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
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
As a labor and delivery nurse at UC Davis Medical’s Women’s Pavilion, Aracely Eres was well aware that advanced nursing degrees are necessary for healthcare because of the industry’s value of education and credentials. More and more hospitals are expecting
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The Yale School of Nursing (YSN) hosted 100 students this summer for the first-ever National Student Leadership Conferences’ (NSLC) nursing program. Students who took part in the program were given insight into available careers in the nursing field, an overview
The Rheumatology Nurses Society (RNS) is a non-profit professional nursing organization committed to the development and education of nurses to benefit patients living with rheumatologic diseases. RNS recently announced its “Heroes of Caring” project, an initiative aimed at recognizing and
Your nursing license is critical real estate. It reflects the fact that you’ve successfully amassed the right credentials to practice your skills. What it may not do, however, is give you wide berth in using that experience anywhere. In fact,
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is pleased to welcome Dr. Nena Peragallo Montano as the new dean for the School of Nursing, effective January 1, 2017. She is currently dean and professor for the University of
