Hopkins Nurse Enters Prestigious Gerontological Fellows Program

March 25, 2011 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Baltimore, MD (NursingSalary.org) – PhD, MS, RN Elizabeth Tanner, an associate professor at JHUSON, has been inducted yesterday as a Fellow of the National Gerontological Nursing Association (NGNA), reports a press release published on The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing website. The National Gerontological Nursing Association was founded in… Continue Reading →

Beginners’ Accreditation Received by the Nurse-Midwifery Program at Baylor’s University Nursing School

February 14, 2011 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Texas, US (Nursing Salary.Org) – This brand new nurse-midwifery program at the Nursing School of Baylor University in Louise Herrington has recently received accreditation from the Board of Review at Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education. The accreditation letter read by Ken Starr, Baylor’s President, held lots of praises for this program… Continue Reading →

Lack of Employment Stability Discouraging Nursing Students

January 30, 2011 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Westmoreland, US (NursingSalary.org) – The US nursing sector is currently going through a tough retirement phase. With several experienced nurses retiring, lots of vacancies have opened up but still new nursing graduates are finding it difficult to gain a permanent nursing position. According to the American Association of Colleges of… Continue Reading →

SLU Gets $200,000 to Teach Teamwork to Nursing Students

January 21, 2011 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Saint Louis, MO (NursingSalary.org) – St. Louis Business Journal reports that Saint Louis University received a $200,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation in Jacksonville to enrich the teamwork and collaboration spirit among undergraduates and graduates from its nursing and medical schools. The grant was received through SLU’s Inter-professional… Continue Reading →

Lack of Full-Time Nurses in School Endangering Student’s Health

January 15, 2011 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Los Angeles, US (NursingSalary.org) – A 2007 survey conducted by the National Association of School Nurses found that most of the schools in US do not employ a full-time nurse and a meager 30% of those schools have part-time nurses on roll. Healthcare for school children must of utmost prime… Continue Reading →

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Offers Nursing Doctorate

January 10, 2011 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Edwardsville, IL (NursingSalary.org) – Starting fall of 2011, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville announced their School of Nursing will be offering a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree. A press release quoted by St. Louis Business Journal tells us that SIUE believes the new degree will address the new regulations… Continue Reading →

Nursing Career in Trouble – ‘Lapse of Judgment’

December 31, 2010 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Kansas, Missouri (NursingSalary.org) – Doyle Byrnes would not have imagined in her wildest dreams that uploading a photo on social networking site Facebook could spill so much trouble for her. Just months before her graduation and certification as a registered nurse, Byrnes finds herself booted out of the Johnson County… Continue Reading →

Health Grant Helps Build Campus Behavior Science Resource Lab

December 24, 2010 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Cleveland, OH (NursingSalary.org) – The National Institutes of Health offered a one year grant in the amount of $647,000 to support a joined effort of the prestigious Francis Payne Bolton School of Nursing (FPB) and the School of Medicine from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). The funds are offered… Continue Reading →

High Tech Dummies for Better Nursing Education

December 22, 2010 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Baltimore, MD (NursingSalary.org) – The fact that patient simulators can help towards preparing the registered nurses of tomorrow is well known. JHUSON has recently joined the group of less than a dozen nursing schools collaborating on a landmark study on how effective this ‘dummy’ education can be. Schools have been… Continue Reading →

US Gets Youngest Nurse Practitioner

December 18, 2010 in Nursing Schools | Permalink

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Chandler, Arizona, (NurseSalary.org) – She is only 18 years old but is way ahead of her peers when it comes to career progress. Last week, she received her Master of Science nursing degree from the Arizona State University. The 18 – year old teenager is Danielle McBurnett. After receiving the… Continue Reading →