- 'It is frustrating': U.S-educated nurse from Ottawa hits barriers to getting licensed in Ontario
Two and a half years after graduating summa cum laude, Rachael Geiger is unable to work as a registered nurse in Ontario. Before she accepted a swimming scholarship to attend Boston’s Northeastern ...
- Local pediatric nurse launches childhood trauma education program
A local pediatric nurse recently launched a trauma-informed resource for training and advocacy for childhood trauma-related education.
- Compton: Make nurse practitioners permanent solution to health care access in Virginia
Last April, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Ralph Northam recognized the value of nurse practitioners when he issued Executive Order 57. The Executive Order allowed NPs with ...
- Life as a community nurse
Asked to imagine a nurse’s workplace, most will conjure up a mental picture of a busy hospital ward in a large district general. Life as a ...
- Vizient Receives Four-year Accreditation Status in Continuing Education from Joint Accreditation
Obtaining IPCE accreditation status assures health professionals and the public that continuing education (CE) offerings meet the standards of Joint Accreditation’s sponsoring o ...
- COVID-19 proved 2020 was truly the Year of the Nurse
When the World Health Organization named 2020 as the ‘International Year of the Nurse,’ it had no inkling of how true that would become. The designation was meant to honor the 200th anniversary of the ...
- 100-year-old nurse receives distinguished national public health service award
A 100-year-old nurse practitioner received the Surgeon General's Medallion. It's the highest honor civilians can receive for public health service, and Dr. Loretta Ford received it for her ...
- Nurse Dies 4 Weeks After Exposure To Coronavirus Working At Jail
"Yes, most people will be able to survive COVID, but for others, such as Steven, it is a death sentence," said friend, Dr. P.S. Martin.
- Nurse Practitioners in Massachusetts Granted Full Practice Authority
The start of the new year means the start of full practice authority for nurse practices (NP) in Massachusetts. Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation that went into effect on January 1, 2021 that ...
- Lehman College Students In Family Nurse Practitioner Program Learn They’ll Be Able To Take...
There is good news for dozens of Bronx nurses seeking their master's degrees after the program's accreditation was revoked last month.
