Stereotypes of school nurses primarily dispensing aspirin, taking temperatures, and offering hugs are rooted in nostalgia. These days, school nurses increasingly handle a growing number of students with chronic or serious health issues, provide emergency care, and connect with community […]
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A study conducted by the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) cites increasing demand for certified case managers. The CCMC’s 2014 Role and Function Study also found that employers are willing to pay higher salaries for professionals whose education, training,
Nurse entrepreneurship is a growing segment of the health care industry right now. If starting your own business or expanding your nursing talents into an innovative new product is something you’re interested in, now is a good time to start.
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Nurses are on the front lines of health care, so they know exactly what tools and systems they need to do their jobs. With all that experience and knowledge, nurses realize they have a definite advantage when it comes to
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With summer comes lots of daylight, a little more time to enjoy the outdoors, and hopefully, some vacation time. Whether you’re spending two weeks away from work or trying to cobble together two days off in a row this summer,
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Lots of people want to save money and they are cutting back, taking on extra work, and sticking to budgets to meet their goals. But once you start building your nest egg, do you know the best way to take
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It is an enviable opportunity to provide healing services to a country in need by combining a fairly large, diverse, multidisciplined medical team. Three nurses on missions did just that, and in the process, they saw that one person can
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Nursing school is difficult, no doubt, but it pales in comparison to the first year working as a nurse. New nurses face many obstacles they may not have even fathomed while in school. Whether you landed a position in your
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Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, PhD, RN, CNN, assistant professor at Rutgers, The State University of Jersey, College of Nursing, and winner of the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association (ANNA)’s 2005 Nurse Researcher of the Year award. According to the dictionary, nephrology is “a
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Welcome to the world of occupational therapy (OT). You are about to learn about a profession that can truly make a difference in a person’s life. As a practitioner in OT you can improve the lives of people, from newborns
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