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NewsHHS awards $71.3M for nursing education
With a looming a healthcare workforce shortage, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has awarded $71.3 million in grants for nursing education and workforce development programs. The Read more...
Are new nurses interested in ongoing education?
Here's a column which might raise a few hackles. In it, a nurse-editor writes about an experience she had where she attended a seminar on H1N1 vaccination programs in New York City. The editor, Read more...
Nursing programs expanding to meet demand
As we've reported for years, a lack of training slots for nurses has long been one of the biggest obstacles to addressing the nationwide nursing shortage. While plenty of students want to enter Read more...
UnitedHealth offers business training to nurses
At UnitedHealth Group, nurses play a wide variety of roles, with many as likely to be working in disease management or answering advice lines as providing traditional care. Hoping to expand their Read more...
To fight attrition, hospitals fight nursing stress
As everyone knows, nursing is an extremely stressful profession, both physically and emotionally--a problem only made worse by chronic staff shortages. These stresses are part of the reason so many Read more...
| Press ReleasesMayo Clinic Medical School Will Expand to ArizonaCollaboration with Arizona State University will include advanced degree in Science of Health Care Delivery PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mayo Clinic announced the expansion of Mayo Medical School in Read more >> Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™ Now Available Through NetLearningDeveloped by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, the popular course is now accessible via the convenient, user-friendly NetLearning Learning Management SystemCLIFTON PARK, N.Y., Aug. Read more >> Kaiser Permanente Offers more than $300,000 in Scholarships to Nursing Students Facing Tough Economic TimesPASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nursing students in California are getting a financial boost from Kaiser Permanente’s Deloras Jones, RN Scholarship program with $319,500 in community benefit Read more >> Council of Medical Specialty Societies Releases Response to Future of Nursing Report from the Institute of MedicineCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) today announced its response to the Future of Nursing report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The IOM report was Read more >> Veterans Administration Awards Contract to the City of Hope to Expand the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)DUARTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the City of Hope a three-year contract to educate nurses on how to provide better palliative care for Veterans with Read more >> |
