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Section: Nursing
Nursing
Meeting Nursing Demands Through Diversity
For the past decade, the nursing profession has made diversity a priority. While the numbers in the profession — less than 25 percent minority nurses — do not yet mirror the general population of the United States — 38 percent non-White people — solid efforts and strategies are at work to facilitate change. In the […]
February 28, 2018
Nursing
Pushing for Diversity in Nursing
Studying public health as a college student, Dr. Lisa Whitfield-Harris was hesitant to expand her career to higher education, a field that required her to do more public speaking than she was used to. “I knew I wanted to be in nursing,” she says. “I didn’t figure it out until later on in my career […]
February 26, 2018
Nursing
Nurses Slam AMA for Stand on Independent Practices
AMA opposes what it calls “inappropriate scope of practice expansion,” while the nurses group says care from nurse practitioners is safe and typically more efficient than care from physicians. “The American Medical Association has asserted, once again, its commitment to put the profit of its physician membership ahead of patients and their access to high-quality […]
December 4, 2017
Nursing
DACA Nursing Students Can’t Get Licenses
At least two Arkansas nursing colleges have informed current students who received federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals protections that they cannot obtain state professional licenses because of their legal status, officials said Friday. Read More
October 16, 2017
Nursing
Navy Removes Employees in Snapchat Incident
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Navy hospital in Florida has removed some employees from patient care after Snapchat photos showed a nurse giving the middle finger to a newborn with a caption that said, “How I currently feel about these “mini Satans.” Jeanne Casey, spokeswoman for the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, said in a statement released late […]
September 20, 2017
Nursing
Student Who Questioned Training Wins Settlement
FLINT, Mich. — A Michigan college has been ordered to pay a woman’s nursing school tuition after she was dismissed for questioning lessons she says taught students to scare patients into vaccinations. Nichole Rolfe, 35, was awarded about $15,000 on September 11 in a lawsuit against Baker College, the Flint Journal reported. Rolfe sued the […]
September 13, 2017
Nursing
Some Texas Community Colleges to Offer Bachelor’s for Nursing, Teaching
DALLAS — Some Texas community colleges are expanding their curriculums to offer bachelor’s degrees and help meet the increased need for nurses and teachers. The 2017 Legislature approved letting community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in high-need areas like applied sciences, applied technology and nursing, The Dallas Morning News reports. Until now, few Texas community colleges […]
August 9, 2017
Nursing
Jacksonville Offers Program for Nursing Instructors
Jacksonville State University plans to offer a discounted educator program to community college nursing instructors this fall to help improve their teaching skills. The one-year, postgraduate program focuses on nursing instruction and is part of a larger effort by the university to offer higher levels of education to nurses. Some JSU officials and nursing experts […]
July 17, 2017
Nursing
Alabama Project Aims to Increase Number of Hispanic Nurses
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama is launching a program to increase the number of Hispanic nurses involved in health care. The Capstone College of Nursing has received a $1.7 million grant for the Bama-Latino Project, which aims to recruit Hispanics into baccalaureate nursing programs. Alabama nursing professor Normal Cuellar says in a statement […]
July 10, 2017
Nursing
Bluefield State Signs Deal to Fill Medical Jobs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Bluefield State College has signed an agreement with the state Department of Education to offer health sciences pathways to more quickly launch careers in medicine. The Health Science Education Pathway and the Associate of Nursing Pathway outline exact courses students need to fulfill requirements for in nursing and radiologic technician associate’s degrees […]
June 12, 2017
Nursing
Idaho Faces Severe Nursing Shortage
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho continues to experience pockets of severe nursing shortages while better paying jobs in surrounding states are attracting Idaho’s nursing graduates, according to a recently released report from the Idaho Department of Labor. The report, issued late last month, found that southwestern Idaho faces the biggest challenge of finding enough nurses because […]
June 7, 2017
Nursing
4 Mississippi Schools Must Improve Nursing Programs
JACKSON, Miss. — Four Mississippi universities and community colleges have been told to make improvements to their nursing programs. The College Board earlier this month granted accreditation renewals in nursing instruction at 23 universities and community colleges. Alcorn State University was placed on warning, with board documents stating the school’s three-year passing rate on the […]
May 31, 2017
Nursing
Arkansas University Restores Nursing Program
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Arkansas State Board of Nursing has approved the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s request to bring back its pre-licensure nursing program. The university’s approval for the program, which extends through 2020, is the final step before accreditation, the Pine Bluff Commercial reported. “The action of the Arkansas State Board […]
May 24, 2017
Nursing
Center Convenes Global Summit on Indigenous Care
Indigenous peoples across America and around the globe often struggle with diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and substance abuse. Finding solutions for those health care issues requires closer interaction between those affected communities and health care professionals like nurses, who work on the frontlines daily. Five months after it was established, Florida State University’s Center for […]
May 22, 2017
Nursing
Nursing School Provides Care on Wheels
JACKSON, Miss. — For almost 20 years, the University of Mississippi School of Nursing has been running the UNACARE Health Clinic in Jackson’s Midtown. Now, it has a new tool to bring medical care to even more patients. Starting this summer, the clinic will take health care directly to patients in the Midtown area two […]
May 8, 2017
Nursing
Board Bars New Enrollments for Nursing Program
Low examination pass rates from Houston Community College’s vocational nursing graduates provoked state accreditors to block the school from enrolling new students to the program until scores improve. The Texas Board of Nursing placed the vocational nursing program, which grants certificates, on “conditional” status at its April meeting because less than 80 percent of graduates […]
May 1, 2017
Disparities
Nurse Trainees Talk Patients’ Language
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota nursing program is running simulations in Spanish to increase cultural competency of nursing students. The Dakota Nursing Program at Bismarck State College began its collaboration with a Spanish professor’s class to run scenarios in Spanish, with the help of a student-translator, The Bismarck Tribune reported. “They’re seeing more and […]
April 26, 2017
Nursing
N.D. Nursing School Gets Reprieve
BISMARCK, N.D. — Dakotas-based Sanford Health has renegotiated a contract with state and higher education officials to keep a nursing program open in Bismarck. The action comes after legislators introduced an amendment in the higher education budget that would not allow any state money or private funds to be spent on the program. North Dakota […]
April 24, 2017
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