Despite a nationwide nursing shortage that continues to worsen, schools across the country are being forced to turn away qualified applicants due to a lack of nursing educators who are available to teach. Unable to expand class sizes, helping bridge […]
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On May 5th each year, Frontier Nursing University recognizes International Day of the Midwife by focusing on the outcomes of midwifery-led care. While we celebrate the role of nurse-midwives, one of our main goals as a leading educator is to
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) has received a $6 million gift to expand its current nursing building. The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation of Philadelphia graciously donated the gift to help fund the necessary expansion.
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Andrew J. Johnson, APRN, CRNA, grew up in a rural area and always knew that it was the exact type of setting where he wanted to work. As the sole anesthesia provider for a critical access hospital in Olivia, Minnesota,
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) recently held a ceremony to celebrate the groundbreaking of its new Nursing and Instructional Building. The180,000-square-foot facility is being made possible thanks to state funding from the Connect NC Bond. Chanceller Franklin
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The Columbia University School of Nursing has launched a comprehensive palliative care program for students of all levels that integrates the basic principles of palliative care into the curriculum. The program reflects the recent development of competencies and recommendations from
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Nowadays, you don’t have to go very far to look at your medical records; you can probably pull them up on your phone right now. Though the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) is pretty widespread, providers still face some
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Not all transplant nurses do the same kind of work. Because a kidney or part of a liver can be transplanted from a live donor, there are nurses who work with them every step of the way and for years
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A new survey conducted by AMN Healthcare, BE Smith, and The Center for the Advancement of Healthcare Professionals in 2017, surveyed 223 nurse leaders about the impact of the nationwide nursing shortage on their organizations. Survey participants included chief nursing
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Infusion errors continue to occur more frequently than they should. In fact, in 2017, the ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that strives to improve patient care through researching health care approaches, rated infusion errors as the number one hazard in
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