Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award, an award honoring longstanding and profound impacts on neonatal nursing from the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN). Spatz is a Professor of Perinatal Nursing and the Helen […]
Illinois is currently facing a shortage of registered nurses (RNs) coupled with a growing demand from employers that entry-level RNs hold four-year bachelor’s degrees. In response to these issues, Illinois community colleges are pushing for the ability to award Bachelor
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Welcome to the holiday season—a time for treats in the break room, holiday parties, cookie exchanges, and festive family meals. Sounds fun, but too often all this merriment prevents weight loss and leads to weight gain. Even worse, according to
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In the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak in 2014, the healthcare community is exploring and testing new technologies that can serve as alternatives to human contact to diminish the risk for providers to care for patients with infectious diseases. At
Choosing a career path in the nursing field is more than just looking at specialty areas and finding a job at the local hospital (although both of those courses of action are terrific choices!). Nursing is a diverse field with
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Meet our Nurse of the Week, Melanie Ryan, a critical care nurse whose career caring for young patients in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units encouraged her son to follow in her path, pursuing a nursing degree from Arizona State
The holiday season is upon us and with it comes once-a-year fun, lot of extra work, and an atmosphere unlike what we have at any other time of year. Whether you love it or not, the month of December is
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Anne Norris, an internationally recognized nursing scientist, has been appointed Interim Dean for the University of Miami (UM) School of Nursing and Health Studies, effective January 3, 2017. Dean Nilda Peragallo Montano announced in August that she will be resigning
Recruiting more minority nursing students is one battle that must be won to increase nursing diversity. Another important battle: ensuring these students graduate and stick with nursing through their first few years when turnover tends to be high. Mentoring is
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Often it’s not nursing knowledge that makes the difference in passing nursing boards, but having strategies for answering questions so that it’s apparent that you really get it. There are ways to prepare for what is often a daunting test
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