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New RN to BSN Online Program at University of Cincinnati College of Nursing
The University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and UC Health have partnered together to launch a new program for nurses working full-time who want to further their education. The RN to BSN Online Cohort Program will provide free tuition to a select group of UC Health...
Nursing Program Expanded at Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University has recently grown its nursing program, in order to increase admissions and help with the nationwide nursing shortage. The Lisa Haverstick Memorial Nursing Laboratory was expanded and upgraded to allow the school to admit 16 more nursing...
Helping Patients Prepare for Flu Season
It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, and if you haven’t yet gotten a flu shot, you still have time. But why is it important to get the shot, especially if you’re not in any risk groups? And how can you encourage your patients and their family and friends to get...
A Caregiver’s Journal: Helping Family Supercharge Caregiving
On the heels of National Family Caregivers Month in November, which this year carried the theme of “Supercharge Your Caregiving,” here is a way to carry out that charge year-round. And carry it out we must, because health care can no longer ignore these folks....
NPs Can Now Prescribe MATs to Opioid Addicts
According to Joyce Knestrick, PhD, C-FNP, APRN, FAANP, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Congress recently passed and President Trump signed “a comprehensive package of anti-opioid bills into law with a key provision permanently...
UMass Dartmouth Doctoral Nursing Student Receives Jonas Philanthropies Grant
A University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from Jonas Philanthropies. Christine Fournier Bell, a second-year nursing Ph.D student, received the Jonas Nurse Scholar grant for studying the effects of...
New Simulation Lab Strengthens Nurse Education at Midland University
Midland University and Methodist Fremont Health opened a new $1 million simulation lab earlier this summer, providing simulated learning to medical students. The lab, constructed inside of Methodist Fremont Health Center, is used both by medical professionals and...
World AIDS Day: Q&A with ANAC President Jeffrey Kwong
In the past few decades, so much has changed about HIV—for many, it’s no longer a death sentence. Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, ACRN, AAHIVS, FAANP, a Professor and Associate Dean for the Division of Advanced Nursing Practice at Rutgers School of Nursing as well as...
GW Nursing Students Teach Middle Schoolers About Heart Health
Students from the George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing have recently completed the school’s first installation of a two-month program teaching DC middle schoolers about heart disease and healthy living. The program was funded by a grant from the Nurse...
Busting Nurse Stress and Anxiety with Meditation
Nurses know that caring for patients and others before yourself can lead to nurse fatigue. An essential first step to taking good care of yourself is finding a healthy outlet for stress. How can you do that? Some of the simple ways that nurses report for dealing with...
Nurse of the Week: SUNY Delhi Nursing Student Keara Lawson Treats Crash Victim On Way to Clinical Rotations
Our Nurse of the Week is Keara Lawson, a nursing student at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Delhi who was driving from Delhi to Stamford for her clinical placement when she witnessed an accident and stopped to help the crash victim. The quick-thinking...
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Are you an accomplished Family or Adult Gerontological Nurse Practitioner? It’s time for you to be in the spotlight! Springer Publishing is looking for a select group of rock star nurses to inspire and educate the next generation in your area of expertise....
Have You Thanked Your Socks Today?
At this time of year many nurses are wondering how to enter the busy holiday season with more intention and ease. They want to remember the important things about Thanksgiving and bounty and blessings, say, but in the midst of Black Friday madness? Those “gotta get it...
Family Caregivers Celebrated This Month
This month we celebrate family caregivers. The 2018 theme for National Family Caregivers Month is Supercharge Your Caregiving. President Clinton signed the first Presidential Proclamation in 1997 and every president since that time has followed his lead by issuing an...
Year-End Goals Round-Up
The holiday season has almost started and there are less than two months left in 2018. This is the time of year when we can get reflective because it’s always surprising how quickly time passes. It seems like only yesterday when we were all formulating our New Year’s...
75th Anniversary of Hartwick Nursing Program Celebrated with Educational Symposium
Hartwick College recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of their nursing program with a day-long symposium on the future of nursing. Several seminars and sessions were offered, covering holistic caring, pediatric mental health, innovation, and the future of...
Safety First: Nurses’ Role in Helping to Dispose of Medical Waste
While working in health care facilities, nurses are used to disposing of medical waste. It’s a part of the job. There are ways, though, to help with this in your communities as well. We interviewed Maricha Ellis, Vice President, Sales and...
Avoiding Retraumatization: Why You Shouldn’t “Friend” Your Patients on Social Media
Burnout and compassion fatigue can be found as a topic in numerous publications and hospitals are beginning to look at strategies for individual nurses to recognize burnout and compassion fatigue. The nursing profession requires a great deal of empathetic work from...
Movember: Help Change the Face of Men’s Health
Have you heard about the annual health event called Movember (“Moustache” plus “November”)? Men pledge to grow the facial hair above their upper lips and to get donations from their friends, family, and coworkers to fund efforts to address the men’s health crisis. In...
Research of the Week: Duties to Self – The Nurse as a Person of Dignity and Worth
This week we’re featuring Duties to Self: The Nurse as a Person of Dignity and Worth, from Creative Nursing. Author Marsha Fowler, PhD, MDiv, MS, RN, FAAN, explained how the shift in nursing education has informed current nurses how to take care of themselves while...
