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Narcan training program offers proactive approach to stopping opioid overdoses

Apr 14, 2021

Once per month, at the corner of Broadway and Fourth Street SE, Winona State University-Rochester nursing students hand out new leases on life in the form of a syringe. It holds the drug naloxone, better known as Narcan — the overdose-stopper. Prof. Amber Fiedler, an assistant nursing professor at WSU-R, has spearheaded the “Save a Life: Prevent Opioid Overdose” program, which runs every second Thursday of the...

E Ink and IntelliCentrics Work Together to Create an Eco-Friendly Smart Badge with ePaper Display as a Medical Credentialing Solution

Apr 13, 2021

BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 12, 2021-- E Ink Holdings, “E Ink” (8069.TW), the leading innovator of electronic ink technology, today announced its partnership with IntelliCentrics, the innovator of the SEC³URE Ethos, SEC³URE Passport, Link & GO!, BioBytes™ and BioBytes™ Visitor, serving healthcare facilities across North America, the United Kingdom, and China, in developing a smart badge with...

Bold Action Taken to Transform Nursing Education and Strengthen the Nation’s Healthcare Workforce by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Apr 12, 2021

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the adoption of a new model and framework for preparing registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and nurse specialists. On April 6, deans from the nation’s schools of nursing affiliated with AACN approved The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education , which delineates competency expectations for graduates of...

Chronic Stress Could Still Affect Mental Health Years After COVID-19

Mar 30, 2021

The American Psychological Association’s Stress in America survey has revealed that Americans were under greater stress in 2020 than in previous years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This stress could have an impact for years to come. No one is immune to stress, but certain groups, like Gen Z teens and young adults, have been particularly affected. Connectedness and self-care are important ways we can become more...

America’s Filipino nurses remain resilient pillars at home and abroad despite pandemic

Mar 24, 2021

Three months ago, nurse Leane Bulaong walked slowly along corridors of metal frames and white curtains at the Baltimore Convention Center, which had been converted into a field hospital for COVID-19. Instead of wearing her usual nursing scrubs, she had donned a patient gown; a pair of non-skid socks; a pulse oximeter, measuring her blood oxygen saturation; and a nasal cannula delivering oxygen from a tank she pulled alongside. Despite the...

New program helps shift unemployed Georgians into allied health careers

Mar 23, 2021

ATLANTA - Lawrenceville resident Mylyn Ho is focused on her new career as an ophthalmic assistant and already has a full-time job lined up with an optometrist after she graduates in April from Ocuprep --an Allied Health training program that combines virtual and socially distant in-person instruction. "It's very exciting for me to enter a new field. I just wanted to get out and try something new after years of working in...

7 Reasons Nursing is a Great Career for Men

Mar 15, 2021

Although the majority of doctors in the U.S. are male, men are significantly underrepresented when it comes to nursing. In North America, 86% of nurses are female, while women account for 84% of nurses in Europe and 81% in the Western Pacific region. Given these statistics, it’s easy to assume that nursing is a career for women, but this simply isn’t the case. While most nurses may be female, there is an increased demand...

How nurses, midwives can have a greater impact in the new normal

Mar 11, 2021

COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | It’s already March, the last month of the first quarter of 2021 and we are still in challenging times full of uncertainty due to COVID-19. There is little to cling on as the world keeps moving and waits for no man. Unplanned eventualities such as pandemics, political tension, financial hardships are worsening the already worrying circumstances. Like everyone else, nurses and midwives are...

Pandemic Shines Spotlight on Vital Role of the School Nurse

Mar 10, 2021

Change has been the only constant for school nurses since the pandemic began last year. Experts say school nurses have risen to this infamous occasion by learning how to manage and monitor COVID-19 in addition to their traditional responsibilities. The pandemic, it turns out, is highlighting the important and complex job that school nurses do and showing their ability to adapt to difficult circumstances in order to care for...

Symposium explores the role of nurses in vaccine rollout

Mar 05, 2021

In virtual event, nurses celebrate moments of triumph in the fight against COVID-19 and discuss the challenges ahead For decades, nursing has been one of America's most-trusted professions—a role that has never been more vital to public health than it is now, in the midst of a pandemic marked by the politicization of science and the rise of misinformation. "The ability to communicate science begins with trust," said ...

Personal Care Attendants add more hands to the frontlines of long-term care

Mar 03, 2021

As America’s population grows older and drives up demand for long-term care, nursing centers are continuing their decades-long struggle to fill direct care positions — the qualified caregivers who meet the daily needs of residents. The impact of COVID-19 on staff has greatly exacerbated these workforce challenges. Nursing homes must deal with staff calling out sick, the new reality of childcare and family issues, and...

Gaining Knowledge One Database At A Time

Mar 02, 2021

On Feb. 26, Kean’s Nancy Thompson Library Learning Commons (NTLC) held an Allied Health Digital Library Resources Webinar. Kean students were exposed to the many databases on the NTLC website that can help them find health and medical information. The goal of this workshop was to guide students into access to evidence-based healthcare information. The Nancy Thompson Learning Commons is a great...

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