Nursing

Two Emory Healthcare nurses recognized as exceptional in their field by AJC’s Celebrating Nurses program

Two Emory Healthcare nurses received top honors from the 2023 Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s (AJC) Celebrating Nurses program for going above and beyond their duties as exceptional nurses in their respective roles. The AJC honored 10 extraordinary nurses and one nurse leader, chosen from nearly 1,000 nominations, during an awards luncheon on May 12 at Crown Plaza Ravinia in Atlanta. https://news.emory.edu/stories/2023/05/hs_2023_ajc_celebrating_nurses_awards_lee_sattler_17-05-2023/story.html

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Careers of the Future: Nursing

With a rapidly expanding population, health services in Australia and around the world are going to be even more important in the future. No matter where you launch your healthcare career, nurses, doctors and health workers will become increasingly critical.  https://insiderguides.com.au/careers-future-nursing/

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Retired nurse shares stories, lessons from global career

By the time she’d finished second grade in Middlebury, Linda Andrews had already decided the career she’d dedicate more than four decades of her life to.“ I was walking in a Halloween parade, and I was a nurse. I decided I was going to be a missionary nurse in India,” the 76-year-oldBristol resident recalled.  https://www.addisonindependent.com/2023/05/11/retired-nurse-shares-stories-lessons-from-global-career/

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College approved to launch Nursing BSN program

The decision to expand the degree-granting authority of community colleges came in response to the overwhelming demand, on the local, state, and national levels, for more registered nurses, especially those with a BSN. In fact, the profession ranks on Ohio’s top 10 critical jobs list. The purpose of expanding the degree awarding privilege is a step toward offsetting this significant

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YSU Addressing Nursing Shortages

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Addressing nursing shortages, enrollment at the Centofanti School of Nursing at Youngstown State University grew more than 80% in the past five years, making it one of the largest majors on campus. According to Dr. Nancy Wagner, director of the YSU nursing school, the school currently enrolls 415 undergraduates and 345 graduate students, preparing them for a

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Healthcare drain

In April 2020, during the first phase of the pandemic, Romania was confronted with the highest number of corona infections and deaths in all of Europe. Not only because of suspicion about the vaccine. But there was also simply too little healthcare staff to care for patients. According to the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), between 2010 and

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Nurses to minister: ‘I don’t think we can carry on much longer’

Stretched emergency departments, working conditions for senior nurses, frustrations around visa applications for incoming nurses and poor intakes for nursing courses at domestic universities all discussed. Verrall says she agrees that change is needed. “I knew many of the nurses I sat down with today. When I hear their stories I can imagine exactly what it will be like because

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Durbin seeks answers to health care worker shortage

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Tuesday met with Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. Sameer Vohra and Medicaid Administrator at Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) Kelly Cunningham to discuss workforce shortages in the health care sector, and public heath funding to ensure Illinoisans can continue to get the high quality,

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Funding and staffing shortages force Connecticut women’s recovery program to close

HARTFORD, Conn. — A local group from the New England Health Care Employee’s union called for action on International Women’s Day Wednesday from Connecticut lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont for funding to staff the Sisters Together Achieve Recovery or STAR program.  The STAR program shut down during the pandemic, but due to staffing shortages and lack of funding the program will close

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