National Nurses Day is tomorrow, May 6, which kicks off National Nurses Week through May 12. To celebrate National Nurses Day, the Discovery Life Channel announced the premiere of two new documentaries about the lives of nurses. First to premiere […]
Mentors can be some of the most important people in your life. Perhaps one—or even more than one—has helped you during different times in your nursing career. You know the value of mentorship, and now you’d like to be one.
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Faculty from the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan know the value of students making mistakes while treating patients, but when the patients aren’t real it’s a better scenario for everyone involved. This led to the building of
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Talking to physicians can be one of the scariest parts of the job for a new nurse. For the rookie RN, a 3 a.m. call to the doctor can be fraught with terror that they’ll say something stupid, get yelled
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The nurse’s union in Stanford began discussions with Stanford hospitals in February, with the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) seeking increased wages, more flexible hours, and a 12-hour weekly cap on on-call times. On April 13, out of
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When she started in nursing, Peggy Lasoff, RN, BSN, was employed as the medical/surgical manager for the VA Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York on the 3-to-11 p.m. shift. In time, she decided that she needed a change. “I realized
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The Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare was named after the institute that awarded the grant. The institute will launch this fall at Ohio State University (OSU) as a national nursing institute for
Western Governors University (WGU) is a nonprofit online university offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Nursing through their College of Health Professions. To honor National Nurses Week, which occurs next month, WGU decided to honor nurses for their important role
There are three fundamental prerequisites for hiring a coach: 1) make sure that you are ready and willing to be coached; 2) choose one with whom you want to work; and 3) make sure your communication is authentic. Studies show
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After two six-year grants totaling over $3 million were awarded to the University of Texas at Austin by the City of Austin, UT Austin announced they will be collaborating on projects addressing health care inequalities and health disparities in underserved
