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As a nurse, she put her heart and soul into patient care. As a social reformer, she sought to ...

A few decades ago, school nurses primarily cleaned and bandaged children's cuts and scrapes from ...

As part of our ongoing series on the topic of shared governance in health care, we’re taking a look ...

Shared governance is a term that’s getting tossed around health care administration circles and ...

If you’ve read or watched the news lately, you’re probably familiar with the term “superbug,” or ...

If ever there was a time to enter the nursing profession or advance within it, it’s now. The ...

"A nationwide shortage of primary care physicians has combined with recent changes in health ...

Health care workers may be exposed to health risks during handling, preparation or administration of ...

Emergency room overcrowding threatens public health. In 2007, 200 ER physicians reported knowing of ...

Forensic nurses are specially trained medical professionals who, according to the American Forensic ...

The book “Success in Practical/Vocational Nursing,” by Signe S. Hill and Helen A. Howlett, offers a ...

Perhaps the most difficult news for parents to hear is that their child suffers from some type of ...

In the late 1800s, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still developed a philosophy that "body systems are ...

After years of fake "Mayo Clinic diets" circulating, ranging from the "grapefruit diet," "cabbage ...

Many vaccines can provide nearly complete protection against infection for decades. Unfortunately, ...

Probiotics is the name given to live microorganisms — like bacteria or sometimes yeast — that are ...

A Celmar Dengage Learning online reference, "Nursing fundamentals: Caring & clinical decision ...

Time was, the typical entry-level nurse went to nursing school for two years (or less), completed a ...

Many parents are rejoicing in the new IRS ruling that now makes breast-feeding supplies deductible. ...

The Initiative on the Future of Nursing is the collaborative effort of the Institute of Medicine and ...

It can happen in any profession, but burnout is an all too common complaint in nurses who have ...

According to a study conducted by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2007, ...

Every year, the Gallup Poll surveys Americans on the most respected professions. Nurses have ranked ...

Nursing is one of the most in-demand fields in today’s job market. With current job prospects for ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, “More than 65 million Americans provide care to a loved one.” ...

Clarissa Harlowe Barton, better known as Clara Barton, was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in Oxford, ...

On January 1, 2011, the first “baby boomers” turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare. The aging ...

What is perioperative care? Its textbook definition refers to the patient experience before, during ...

What does the term performance measurement mean within a health care context? Essentially it is an ...

Wound, ostomy and continence nursing (WOCN), often referred to as wound care nursing, is a nursing ...

Knee replacement surgery was not an option for patients 50 years ago. Although the first knee ...

Interferons are low-molecular-weight proteins that are part of the non-specific immune system and ...

Ever since Oct. 1, 1902, when Lina Rogers Struthers, RN, became the first nurse to work in a public ...

Most nurses, physician assistants and physicians carry smartphones and use them at work daily in ...

Community nursing, or public health nursing, is a part of the medical field that deals with ...

Mary Eliza Mahoney: First African-American to earn a professional nursing license...

Health care workers have discovered that new technology is bringing new risks when it comes to ...

As people get busier and medical care gets more complex, diagnostic services are forced to adapt to ...

There are no guarantees in any vocation, but there is data to support that those with more ...

When we think of nurses, we tend to think of compassionate caregivers, not teachers. Most of us ...

While some areas of health care may be seeing decreases in demand, home health care is on the rise. ...

According to Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow, palliative care nursing—a relatively new specialty in ...

A report released in October 2010 by the U.S. Institute of Medicine called for an increased level ...

The job function of nurses has been expanding far beyond tasks involving traditional bedside care. ...

Critical-care nursing has evolved over time into one of the most demanding, stressful, and ...

Registered nurse Diana Gilbert remembers her first Operation Smile mission well....

Nurses are relied upon to help others, but we may not consider that there are nurses who are in need ...

Telenursing is a subspecialty of the larger field of telehealth. Telenursing uses telecommunication ...

Nine years ago, Marie Eve-Chainey’s world as she knew it came crashing down....

Americans are increasingly obtaining their primary medical care from health care professionals who ...

Nursing is currently the fastest-growing profession in the nation’s largest industry: health care. ...

University of Phoenix strives to achieve the highest educational standards in the nation. From its ...

Innovation comes at a cost—whether the expense is in time, money or dealing with the inconvenience ...

Experienced hospital nurses realize that nursing positions don't vary that much, no matter where you ...

Nurses find themselves confronting issues of professional ethics and human rights in the everyday ...

The phrase "nursing home" may suggest that the staff is made up primarily of professional nurses, ...

Emergency room nurses face an increased fear and risk of being assaulted due to program cuts. ...

Evidence may be mostly anecdotal in nature, but it appears that animals not only make good ...

Nursing shortages have been considered severe in the past, even during World War II. In fact, there ...

The massage therapist can play a vital role in the care of a patient who is HIV positive. Massage ...

The development of competencies for nurses working with geriatric populations is important on ...

The Magnet Status Hospital program originated with the American Nurses Association's American ...

New regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow patients to appeal ...

The recent outbreak of whooping cough, including a California epidemic that has killed six infants, ...

Hospital readmissions are a major focus for hospitals, as well as regulatory agencies, and hospitals ...

Some companies are putting their employees' health first by offering a variety of chronic care ...

Cardiovascular nurses specialize in working with patients who have been diagnosed with cardiac and ...

In health care today, everything is measured to "assure quality, quality improvement, and quality ...

Everyone has a unique and individual learning style, but all sensory learning styles fit into three ...

The earthquake that shook Haiti to its very core on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, had a magnitude of ...

According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), there are 778,000 practicing ...

Nurse-Family Partnership is a program that partners nurses with first-time moms to achieve better ...

Eating healthy during a busy nursing shift can be challenging. According to Nurse.com, many ...

Difficult patients come with a variety of specific personality issues. You might encounter patients ...

Technology has advanced considerably in recent years, and its use has become more prevalent in all ...

Hospitals rely on nursing agencies to mobilize travel nurses willing to work through strikes. This ...

A psychiatric nurse practitioner is an advanced practice R.N. who provides services to individuals, ...

An article on childhood obesity in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, ...

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 56 percent of all employed nurses were ...

Citing this study by the Health and Human Services Administration (HHSA,) the article "Nursing ...

The article “Do Strikes Kill?” published online at philly.com discloses information on a recent ...

Bad medical writing impacts public health by keeping information exclusive, by obfuscating facts ...

Overcrowding in hospitals effect patients through inefficiency, the spread of infection, longer ...

There’s a growing concern about the amount of medical waste that is generated daily. According to ...

Promoting wellness on any front, including social media resources, benefits patients and health ...

In addition to providing quality medical care, the best nurses feel a compelling desire to care for ...

“Take Care Clinics” is the brand name of Walgreens Health and Wellness Division convenient care ...

As soon as a nurse has the educational qualifications to be licensed, it is time to seek licensure, ...

Nurses who have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree have opportunities to advance to ...

It's 2 a.m. in the Emergency Room. A man in scrubs walks up to your teenage daughter's bedside to ...

The virtual nurse is having a bad day. In the corridors of her digital hospital, she encounters ...