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Nursing
PhD Nursing Programs Ranked
Everyone knows what nurses do: everyone has encountered a nurse, whether in the primary physician’s office, the emergency room, or the hospital. Nurses provide the hands-on care, meets a patient’s immediate needs, and do the grunt work of the healthcare system. But, outside of the nursing profession itself, very few people think about the other […]
Other News
Black Students Less Likely to Get Mental Health Care
A startling new study claims that black and Hispanic children and young adults are half as likely as white students to receive treatment for mental health problems. This study raises racism concerns because the racial and ethnic disparity exists despite the fact that both minorities have a similar rate of mental problems as that of […]
Disparities
Audit: 2,300 VA Patients Assigned to ‘Ghost ‘ Doctors
IOWA CITY, Iowa — More than 2,300 VA patients in Iowa and South Dakota were assigned to primary care “ghost panels,” or doctors who no longer worked at their hospitals, a federal audit found. Critics say the practice is a way that some VA hospitals have made their doctors’ caseloads appear artificially small and within […]
Policies
Medical Marijuana Ruling Frustrates Patients
MACON, Ga. — Medical marijuana supporters in Georgia were hoping for something different from the federal government, not its recent ruling that cannabis should remain off-limits. Georgians like Janea Cox of Monroe County want to be able to get medical cannabis just like other prescriptions instead of breaking the law to seek therapies for themselves […]
Disparities
Community Garden Fills Need for Healthy Food
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Ruth Torres is so devoted to her garden that a knee-high cast after foot surgery failed to deter her from planting and tending to it for the past three months. Her 8- by 4-foot raised bed in the incubator garden off English Street run by New Haven Farms is full of […]
Policies
Deputy Kills Mentally Ill Patient Armed with Sign Post
FAIRFAX, Va. — A sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a hospital patient who was wielding a metal sign post and appeared to be mentally disturbed, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old Hispanic man had just been discharged from Inova Fairfax Hospital Monday (August 15) night when he began wielding a sign post with a sharp metal end, […]
Disparities
Athlete’s Problem: Too Much Testosterone for a Woman
RIO DE JANEIRO — The young athlete, now competing at the Rio Games, always considered herself to be a girl just like the others, a girl who loved to run. Then the governing body of track and field told her she was different, so different that her track career could be over. Marked “confidential” and […]
Blogs/Opinion
Wakeup Call on Mental Health
More than 30 years ago I published a paper that examined violent incidents involving African-American and white patients in an inpatient psychiatric facility. To the surprise of nearly everyone at the time, the study found African-Americans patients were less violent than whites. The study has been replicated multiple times, and the explanation was that African-American […]
Nursing
Could Start-Up Change How Nurses Are Hired?
A startup is hoping that its new website —still in beta — can bust open the world of recruiting and placing nurses. “We want to bring transparency to this space and give power back to the nurses,” said Jason Ayachi, co-founder of RampUp Nursing, a site that went online just a couple of months ago […]
Disparities
Researcher Wants to Improve Cancer Outcomes for Minority Men
The Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences were awarded an $8 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Cancer Institute to establish the Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center in Precision Medicine and Minority Men’s Health at the Medical University […]
Nursing
No Degree? Veteran Nurse Learns She Didn’t Get one
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. —Tara Jordan said she’s been practicing as a registered nurse since graduating with an associate’s degree and passing the registered nursing exam. The problem is that she never actually got a degree. In 2009, Tri-County Technical College sent the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation a certificate of endorsement for […]
Other News
Race Plays a Role in Pain Treatment
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Roslyn Lewis was at work at a dollar store here, pushing a heavy cart of dog food, when something popped in her back: an explosion of pain. At the emergency room the next day, doctors gave her Motrin and sent her home. Her employer paid for a nerve block that helped temporarily, […]
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