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Red Cross Seeks Volunteers to Help Those Hit by Hurricane Harvey

Aug 28, 2017

The American Red Cross is asking health professionals, including mental health specialists, to volunteer for disaster-relief needs on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, and provides information on whether you are eligible and how to register your interest. The flooding more

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Workforce Expert, Citing Studies, Questions Dated Laws, Practices

Aug 22, 2017

Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, associate director of research at Healthforce Center at the University of California San Francisco, studies the effect of policies and politics on the nursing workforce. In a recent interview with Online FNP Programs, Spetz talks about her findings on the more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Study: Postpartum Nurses Need More Education on Risks New Mothers Face

Aug 21, 2017

A new study recently published in MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing finds that many postpartum nurses are not well informed about the risks new mothers face after delivery, and many need more education to help reduce the high U.S. maternal mortality more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

WA Nurse Leaders Launch Initiative to Solve State Nursing Education Challenges

Aug 15, 2017

Several complex issues facing nursing are getting in the way of Washington State’s ability to produce a nursing workforce needed by our growing communities: a nursing faculty shortage, nursing education funding that fails to keep pace, and a lack of quality practice more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Transforming Nursing Education Location: Washington

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Life-Saving Innovation Can Be as Simple as an Orange Vest

Aug 15, 2017

At a trauma unit in a Toronto hospital, it’s easy to see who’s in charge: the person wearing the orange vest. A recent column in the New York Times credits a nurse with coming up with this “simple yet effective innovation,” an idea inspired by the confusion among 20 more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Location: National

Suicide Prevention Research Is Part of Her Service to Others

Aug 10, 2017

Erica Joseph, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NP-C is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner with the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System. She has worked as a nurse practitioner in the specialty area of psychiatry/mental more

Issues: Improving Access to Care