Last Saturday, as part of a program called Minority Nurse Leadership in the 21st Century, about 100 minority nurses from all around California met at Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno to discuss the role of nurses in patient advocacy […]
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I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed the other day when I saw a post by someone on a nursing group page. The nurse had posted a photograph of his own daughter’s neck, not in a hospital setting, with a
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During the economic recession a few years back, the University of Florida (UF) decided to phase out their Jacksonville nursing program, but after recently allocated funding totaling $500,000, the nursing program is starting back up. Despite a number of nearby
Jon Hagen was working a normal Saturday night shift as a flight nurse during Labor Day weekend in 2002 when he and his partner received a call about a rollover accident on a rural highway. They rushed to the scene
Effective as of September, Gwendolyn Gaston was appointed the new Dean of Nursing at the Dallas Nursing Institute (DNI) to kick off the 2016 academic year. Throughout her appointment at DNI, Gaston is expected to help further advance the nursing
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In an effort funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services, St. Louis University (SLU) received over $2 million in federal funds to provide nursing scholarships to disadvantaged students over the next three and a half years. Similar
It seems that every day there are new discoveries in the field of Alzheimer’s disease. From new treatments to ways to screen for the disease, the condition is in the news as frequently as some politicians. How reliable are these
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In collaboration with the University of Colorado, Denver (UCD), the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Nursing will be launching a post-master’s certificate program to become a psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner. The program which is expected to
Women represent nearly 80% of the healthcare workforce, and they represent 77% of hospital employees. Also, 26% of hospital and health system CEOs were women in 2014. Statistics show the number of women in healthcare is rising, but there are
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With constant upheaval and changes in the health care system, nurses need to diversify their knowledge, including learning how to incorporate sound business decisions into their practice. Many nurses today are choosing the entrepreneurial path to coincide with their nursing
