On May 25, 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed to make some changes in the way it provides veteran care in the United States. The largest integrated health care system in the United States, the VA proposed a […]
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According to statistics, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) comprise more than half of the population living with HIV/AIDS in the US despite accounting for only 2 percent of the population. Rebecca Schnall, PhD, assistant
Have you ever noticed how many altruistic nurses there are out there in the world or even just in your own community? I’ll bet you dollars to stale breakroom donuts that you’re one of them. It seems as though it’s
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A new study from the UCLA School of Nursing shows that eye-tracking technology could improve nursing education by reducing the role of subjective assessments, providing more consistent evaluations. Eye-tracking technology has been used for testing and training airline pilots, and
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August marks national breastfeeding awareness month, and although overall national breastfeeding rates are on the rise, breastfeeding rates for African American mothers are significantly lower than other racial groups. The benefits for both mother and baby are numerous, yet some
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When a Naval aircrewman witnessed a life-or-death moment taking place on the San Diego-Coronado Birdge last Monday, he pulled over to stop a man from leaping into the bay below. As the sailor struggled with the man attempting suicide, he
With summer’s end right around the corner and classes just about to start, now is a good time to start thinking of what you can do to start your school year off right. Whether you are heading straight into nursing
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Faye Hummel, Director of the School of Nursing at University of Northern Colorado (UNC), is one of 17 distinguished nursing educators in the United States selected for induction into the 10th class of fellows of the National League of Nursing’s
Below, I interview Lt. Meg Whelpley, a nurse practitioner (NP) with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) on the Cardiology Consult Service at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She tells us about her career as a bedside nurse,
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A new program from Oakland University’s (OU) School of Nursing at Focus Hope in central Detroit has $800,000 in grant money intended to provide full tuition for specially qualified applicants. The program’s purpose is to help people get back on
