Neonatal nurses sum up their work very succinctly. As the theme of 2017’s Neonatal Nurses Day, celebrated every September 15, states We Save Babies! Sponsored by the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), the We Save Babies! theme resonates with […]
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Mariann R. Piano, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, has joined the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN) as a senior associate dean for research. A distinguished researcher in cardiovascular disease and an expert on the effects of binge drinking on young
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As a travel nurse, you may encounter patients concerned about the Zika virus disease, especially if you are in Texas or Florida. These hurricane-battered states suffered extensive flood damage and have plenty of breeding spots for the disease-carrying bloodsuckers. Although chillier
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Our Nurse of the Week is Calvin Kennedy, a Nurse Team Leader in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. As a two-time kidney transplant recipient, Kennedy joined Team Mountain in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to showcase the
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recently welcomed a new faculty member to the College of Nursing. Dr. Thuy Lam Lynch recently began her tenure as an Assistant Professor of Nursing at UAH. After earning her undergraduate degree in
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Villanova University’s College of Nursing is mourning the loss of Louise Fitzpatrick, EdD, RN, FAAN, who has served as the Connelly Endowed Dean since 1978. After a three-year battle with cancer, Fitzpatrick passed away last week, but is remembered as
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The compassionate work and care of all nurses deserves to be celebrated, and throughout the year, different branches of the nursing profession get the chance to spotlight their unique duties. This week, September 10 to 17, is National Nephrology Nurses
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Nine students from the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Nursing traveled 5,000 miles to the Greek Island of Lesvos to volunteer in a Greek refugee camp before returning to campus for the first week of classes. The nursing students
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So you’ve graduated from nursing school, passed the NCLEX, and gotten your first nursing job. All the hard work is done, right? …Not quite. While the path to becoming a practicing nurse may not be the easiest, the reality is
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A recent encounter between Nurse Alex Wubbels and a police officer who arrested Wubbels for refusing to let the officer draw blood from an unconscious crash victim led the Utah hospital to make changes to their protocol. According to The
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