Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring asserts that caring and love transcend distance, space, time, and physicality, and it’s true. Feelings of love, kinship, friendship, grief, and compassion across time and distance confirm our basic shared experience of caring, regardless […]
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I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed the other day when I saw a post by someone on a nursing group page. The nurse had posted a photograph of his own daughter’s neck, not in a hospital setting, with a
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As part of a $2 million renovation that took place over the summer, Illinois Wesleyan University’s School of Nursing now functions like a virtual hospital. The renovations took place in Stevenson Hall, a 116-year-old building that has housed Wesleyan’s nursing
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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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The first Nurse Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit and Hackathon was held at Northeastern University’s Boston Campus on June 17-19 with attending nurses from all practice settings. “Hackathon” was created from combining “hack” – writing computer programming for enjoyment – and
With newly emerging healthcare methods like telemedicine, hospitals and nursing groups are arguing that the rules of state licensing inhibit nurses’ abilities to use new methods of care in the digital age. This push to end state licensing proves the
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Boise State University (BSU) believes that their virtual reality technology is giving them an inside look at the future of nursing. Nursing students at BSU also learn patient care using high-fidelity mannequins in the simulation center, but faculty members think
Imagine that you live in Kansas, far from the bustling world of large hospitals, world-class doctors, and instant health care. Besides yourself (a nurse), there is a doctor and another nurse. In this neck of the woods, most patients are
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In April, the MedStar Health system of 10 hospitals and hundreds of physician-affiliated offices around the Maryland and Washington, D.C., area became the latest hospital system targeted by ransomware. Ransomware is a type of virus or malware that blocks access
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Last fall, the University of Michigan School of Nursing opened a new Clinical Learning Center Simulation Lab. The 13,000-square-foot Clinical Learning Center is part of a new $50 million building. With the opening of the new building, the school of
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