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Where's Nursing?

The Washington Independent’s Mike Lillis wrote an interesting piece about how legislators are dancing around the edge of healthcare policy, not wanting to commit themselves to anything that poss… more »

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College Nursing Enrollment Breaks Record — 1 comment

jkraus wrote 2 weeks ago: A story in today’s online version of the Rappahannock Record says this year’s nursing e … more »

Tags: Legislative News, Workforce, General, Trends in Higher Education, VCCS, Virginia's Community Colleges, Nursing, Rappahannock Community College, RCC

Overworked nurses mess up patients' meds: a nurse responds to StatsCan report

Kate Lunau wrote 1 month ago: We hear a lot about Canada’s doctor shortage. But Canada’s also in the grip of a nursing … more »

Tags: What the Health?, canadian nurses association, doctor shortage, nurses, Statistics Canada

Where's Nursing?

Annie wrote 1 month ago: The Washington Independent’s Mike Lillis wrote an interesting piece about how legislators are … more »

Tags: Health Care, registered nurse, issues, media narrative, patient safety, Patient Advocacy, Professional nursing, Domestic Policy, Healthcare Cost Containment

Hospital Surge Capacity Myth Busters

Annie wrote 1 month ago: The Washington Post’s Spencer Hsu presented a two part series (parts one and two) about the Ho … more »

Tags: Health Care, issues, media narrative, Video, Emergency Department Overcrowding, Emergency Departments, Emergency preparedness, Health and Welfare, Health Policy

When Bad Is Good: The Dow(n) Is Up World of the Wall Street Journal — 5 comments

Annie wrote 2 months ago: The Wall Street Journal just loves misery. Here’s the latest celebration of it with a nursing … more »

Tags: Health Care, issues, Bias, Propaganda, media narrative, patient safety, Patient Advocacy, free market, Economics

Florence Nightingale as Economic Indicator?

mklozotsky wrote 2 months ago: Today’s Wall Street Journal puts an atypical spin on the economic weakness in the U.S. financial … more »

Tags: Healthcare Receivables, Healthcare Employment, Nursing, The Wall Street Journal

Not Fiction: The Nursing Shortage Results From the Nursing FACULTY Shortage

ValleyGirl wrote 2 months ago: We recently heard Dr. Beverly Malone of the National League for Nursing talk about the direct correl … more »

Tags: Advancement, News, faculty, nursing faculty shortage, nursing doctoral students, who will teach nursing students, nursing doctoral scholarships

Eight Students Interviewed for ABC Story on Nursing and Nursing Shortage

sonblue1 wrote 3 months ago: On Monday, March 17, eight BSN students were interviewed for a story on nursing and the nursing shor … more »

Tags: News, Students, BSN students, ABC News, Nursing Career, SON in the news

"Nurse faculty key to the nursing shortage," says NLN CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN

ValleyGirl wrote 3 months ago: “Nurse educators are essential to the future of health care,” said Beverly Malone, PhD, … more »

Tags: News, faculty, Beverly Malone, nurse educators, nursing faculty shortage, National League of Nursing, nurse faculty salaries, career development for nurses, nursing associate degree programs

Demand for travel nurse jobs among staff nurses robust in 2008 — 1 comment

I love Travel Nursing wrote 3 months ago: Study shows more nurses prefer benefits of travel nursing Boca Raton, FL (MarketWire) March 25, 2008 … more »

Tags: Career, health, Jobs, travel nurse, healthcare jobs, nurse demand, nurses, Nursing, Travel