Yale University has proposed to found a new Global Health Institute as a joint effort of the deans of the schools of Public Health, Nursing, and Medicine (Sten Vermund, Ann Kurth, and Robert Alpern, respectively). The new institute is pending […]
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Approximately 85.11% of candidates passed the NCLEX RN on their first attempt in 2017, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). You can be one of those who passes the exam on the first try, too;
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According to the American Nurses Association, a healthy nurse is “one who actively focuses on creating and maintaining a balance and synergy of physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, personal and professional wellbeing. A healthy nurse lives life to the fullest
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Our Nurse of the Week is Ashley Apple, a nursing student at the University of Virginia (UVA) who gathered a team of caregivers to travel to Texas and help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Apple, 38, was the owner of a
My name is Sarah and I have been a postpartum nurse for about a year. I work on a 36-bed labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum unit in the Seattle area. We take care of a variety of postpartum patients and
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) College of Nursing is offering a new online course on human trafficking beginning this fall. The course will be taught by Donna Sabella, an expert in the field of human trafficking, and open to
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Prostate cancer is the second most common form of cancer in men (skin cancer is first), with the American Cancer Society estimating 161,360 new cases in 2017. A nurse’s role in prostate cancer awareness, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment is essential.
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The job market for nurses has improved in recent years and nursing experts expect continued job growth. So how do you make the best impression as the best candidate? Here are six strategies: 1. Know thyself.  It’s difficult to develop a
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Wendy Wood Neeson has been named the new Edward A. Whitney Endowed Nursing Chair for the Northern Wyoming Community College District (NWCCD) by the University of Wyoming (UW). Whitney Benefits created the endowment in 2006 at Sheridan College to enrich
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing recently announced that they have received more than $4 million in funding to support graduate programs for the 2017-18 academic year. The funding will go toward supporting students who are
