Category: Nursing

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Five faculty from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) have been selected for induction as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – New parents who receive attentive, supportive nursing care during labor and immediately after childbirth are more likely to exclusively breastfeed their newborn….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Seven months ago, the nation first heard of a surge of COVID-19 deaths in a Washington nursing home – an early warning sign of how the coronavirus could rip through such facilities.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Philadelphia (August 18, 2020: 7:00 AM EST) – According to a new study published today in BMJ Quality & Safety, many hospitals in New York and Illinois were understaffed right before the first surge of critically ill Covid-19 patients.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – So you want to be a registered nurse. The path to becoming an RN is arduous, to say the least, but as they say, “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” If you make it to the end, you’ve earned it.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – LOS ANGELES (July 23, 2020) – People age 80 and older account for 19% of patients at Cedars-Sinai, a figure that is expected to increase in the coming years as the general U.S. population ages.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA (July 10, 2020) – As of May 2020, nursing home residents account for a staggering one-third of the more than 80,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in the U.S.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois Springfield are announcing the creation of a joint undergraduate nursing curriculum that, for the first time, will guarantee a spot for incoming freshmen in UIC’s highly ranked nursing program.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PHILADELPHIA (June 24, 2020) – Sudden school closures in the United States were undertaken to reduce COVID-19 transmission this spring.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It seems fitting that on the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, nurses are being celebrated the world over for their bravery, kindness, skills and sacrifice.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, a globally-recognized leader in nursing education, research, and practice, has developed a free COVID-19: Effective Nursing in Times of Crisis course

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – While lifesaving to cancer patients, chemotherapy drugs can be hazardous for the health care workers who handle them, especially during a spill.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – PARK RIDGE, Ill. (AANA)—Monday New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the federal government to provide pay bonuses to frontline healthcare workers.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Having more nurses trained outside of the United States working on a hospital unit does not hurt collaboration among healthcare professionals and may result in a more educated and stable nursing workforce

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As we enter a new year and a new decade, many states have enacted legislation affecting the roles of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in terms of practice authority….

(HealthNewsDigest) – The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing is ranked among the nation’s Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs by U.S. News & World Report.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The website Nursing Home Compare, sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is a go-to resource for many families researching nursing home options for their loved ones.

(HealthNewsDigest.com)  – NEW YORK, N.Y., December 19, 2019— The first National Nursing LGBTQ Health Summit, conceived by the Nursing LGBTQ Summit Advisory Board, was hosted at Columbia University School of Nursing on November 21 and 22.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – When you enter the UCLA School of Nursing lobby, your attention is quickly drawn to three beautiful paintings adorning the walls.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Nurse-researchers at South Dakota State University are helping rural clinics more fully utilize registered nurses in primary care and have expanded the nursing curriculum to better prepare students to deliver that care.