According to Survey, there will be about 9 million nurses America will need by 2030 and about 355,000 Nurse Practitioners are needed to lead nursing teams by then. With this, it is very important that we start investing in the current nursing students to ensure their success and that they will be ready to serve the healthcare needs of America.
The life of a nursing student is not easy, as busy as they are when they finally start working in...
Little Fletcher Pack woke up Monday morning and asked: “Is today vaccine day?”
For the 3-year-old from Lexington, South Carolina, the answer was yes.
The nation’s infants, toddlers and preschoolers are finally getting their chance at COVID-19 vaccination as the U.S. rolls out shots for tots this week. Shipments arrived in some locations over the weekend and some spots, including a Walgreens in South Carolina and...
When Shannon Rosen found out she was going to be a licensed nurse last month, her father was right behind her, literally. The video of Mark Rosen cheering her on and their shared tears and joy have earned the internet's admiration.
The 26-year-old from Estero, Florida, posted an emotional TikTok video last month showing her and her dad hugging and crying after she learned she had passed her nurse licensing exam. Her post has...
A rising number of graduate programs offered by the University of South Florida are considered among the best in America, according to 2023 rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News). USF features 13 graduate programs ranked in the top 50 among all public and private institutions, led by industrial and organizational psychology at No. 3, public health at No. 16, and the audiology and criminology programs...
The investment aims to fill a growing shortage of care providers and improve treatment in underserved communities throughout the United States
he University of Pennsylvania has received a $125 million gift to create a first-of-its-kind, tuition-free nurse practitioner program in Philadelphia that will recruit students to fill a growing shortage of primary care providers in the United States. The program will emphasize training a...
Build Back Better excludes career and technical institutions from Pell Grants, harming 900,000 students.
I always knew I was interested in nursing. To please my parents, I pursued a degree in business administration at Penn State but never finished. Instead, I worked in customer service and recruiting. The pandemic, for me, was a wake-up call. I watched Philadelphians opening their doors and windows to cheer for health-care workers...
Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital in Billings, Mont., she'd never heard of Billings or visited the United States. A native of the Philippines, she researched her prospective move via the internet, set aside her angst about the cold Montana winters and took the job, sight unseen.
Venus has been in Billings since mid-November, working in a surgical recovery unit at Billings Clinic, Montana's largest hospital in...
HUDSON, Ohio — America’s nurses are undoubtedly hailed the heartbeat of our nation right now and some of them say it is a heavy cross to carry.
“We’re doing the best we can,” said Cleveland Clinic nurse Tracey Kaser. “It’s very tiring, it’s very emotionally exhausting.”
According to a survey published by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 92% of nurses who responded...
(CNN) The Omicron Covid-19 variant is now the most dominant strain in the US, accounting for over 73% of new coronavirus cases less than three weeks after the first was reported, according to estimates posted Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It's been just 20 days since the US detected its first case of Omicron .
For the week ending December 18, Omicron accounted for 73.2% of cases, with Delta...
The “disinformation doctors” are expanding, even as Congress and state medical boards scrutinize the operation and the group’s founder, Simone Gold.
AMERICA’S FRONTLINE DOCTORS, an organization that has been widely criticized for spreading false information about Covid-19 vaccines and advocating for potentially dangerous replacements, is expanding. According to a newsletter the group sent to its...
The challenges of balancing life responsibilities and school are sometimes cited as a barrier to higher education attainment.
Shannon McGuire sees that issue through a different lens.
“I look at my husband and my kids, and they stood by me through this whole journey,” said McGuire. “This was for me, but it was also for them. I needed them to know that we don’t give up and we push through. If you want...
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- After four years in a Washington state prison for first-degree burglary, Chelsey Johnson learned she was eligible for a work-release program that would shave the final year off her sentence.
She was excited by the prospect, but also scared. Then 31, she had spent half her life either doing drugs or doing time.
"I knew I needed to make massive changes," Johnson said....