Name: Tonie Perez education: Kettering College of Medical Arts title: Respiratory therapist workplace: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s Regional Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RCNIC) location: Cincinnati, Oh. Every eight seconds in the United States a new baby is born. Each […]
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Jacqueline Daughtry grew up in Montego Bay, Jamaica, but she moved to the United States to pursue a career as a cosmetologist. After 17 years in cosmetology, however, Daughtry decided to pursue a second career. Considering her family commitments and
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Name: Sara Ochoa, MOMT, PT education: Master’s in Orthopedic Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy title: Clinic director workplace: Physio Therapy Associates location: Geneva and Aurora, Ill. At my job “I’m an administrator as well as a clinician, so my typical week
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Name: Laura Gaughan education: Master of Social Work, Loyola University, Chicago; Bachelor of Science in Sociology, Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. title: Director of social services workplace: Brightview Care Center location: Chicago, Ill The role of a social worker varies depending
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It’s another busy night at the trauma unit at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. A group of visiting inner city high school students is watching as a shooting victim is rushed in. As the patient deteriorates, doctors and nurses
Teen suicide is a hidden epidemic in the United States. It is often overlooked by health care providers, parents and teachers because of the belief that suicide is something that happens to other people’s patients or children. No one wants
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Harvey Skip Davis, RN, PhD, switched from full-time student to full-time nursing educator this year after completing his doctorate last summer. Then, he says, his education began in earnest. The transition has been daunting at times, the San Francisco State
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Imagine getting paid to work in the field you love while also enjoying opportunities to travel around the country. That, in a nutshell, is what the field of travel nursing is all about. With no end to the national nursing
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What do astronauts on the International Space Station have in common with the Alaska Natives on Diomede Island, just 2.5 miles from Russia in the Bering Strait? Not much other than they both receive health care services via telehealth technology.
Addiction continues to be one of society’s most complex and prevalent problems. Millions of Americans abuse alcohol, drugs and nicotine every year. No culture is exempt from substance abuse–it is an equal opportunity disease that crosses all cultures. Over the
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