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Prosecutors: Fake “Nurse” Treated Patients

SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors have charged a man with no medical training of lying his way into a volunteer nursing position at a San Francisco clinic. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 39-year-old Brian Litz was arraigned March 30 on charges of practicing medicine without a license and identity theft. He has pleaded not guilty. […]

School Nurses Try to Curb LGBT Suicides

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers in New Mexico, California and Maryland are working with public school nurses in hopes of curbing suicide rates within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by making school grounds safer. University of New Mexico pediatrics professor Mary Ramos and colleagues at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and the […]

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Oregon Bill Would Let Community Colleges Award 4-Year Nursing Degree

SALEM — A house bill seeking to allow community college boards to award applied bachelor degrees in nursing went through its first public hearing on Tuesday. The bill would allow community colleges, such as Treasure Valley Community College, to award the degree to individuals who have previously earned an associate degree in nursing and met […]

Nurses Use High-Tech Sleep Pods for Students

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Students in Southern New Mexico are learning that often a short nap can save a day that isn’t going right. Two high schools in the Las Cruces Public Schools district and two in the Gadsden Independent School District are using sleep pods — EnergyPods made by MetroNaps. The high-tech pods, a […]

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WVU Offers Tuition Incentives to Nursing Students

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University is offering tuition incentives in hopes of increasing the number of highly trained nurses in the state and beyond. The WVU School of Nursing says it will offer in-state tuition for all students — regardless of residency — to enhance opportunities for nurses through the online Registered Nurse to […]

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Nursing Students Get Hands-On Experience

LINCOLN, Neb.— The flesh-like rubber arms and hands splayed out on a table look very real — too real, in some cases — but it’s the artificial blood oozing from a wound that really pulls it all together. That’s a good thing, at least for the future nurses learning the skills they’ll use regularly at […]

UMKC Nursing Dean Receives Federal Honor

KANSAS CITY, MO – Ann Cary, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies, has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The national advisory council — comprised of up to 23 members including students, practicing […]

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Digitized Records Create Need for Medical “Scribes”

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Electronic medical records have spawned a new health care profession: medical scribe. Working alongside doctors, scribes enter information into a computer, their fingers furiously typing away so the doctors’ digits don’t have to. “I feel like it benefits me, but it benefits the patients more,” said Dr. Meena Agarwala of St. Luke’s […]

N.J. County Equips School Nurses to Use Narcan

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Ocean County has become the first county in New Jersey to supply all of its high school nurses with Narcan, the drug that is used to reverse opioid overdoses. County prosecutor Joseph Coronato says he made the decision to equip nurses with the life-saving antidote after hearing about a recent overdose […]

Idaho System to Hire 100 in 5 Years

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The St. Luke’s health system plans to hire at least 100 health professionals over the next five years to work in Twin Falls, Jerome and Ketchum. A growing population and a need for specialty treatment are driving the hiring of doctors, physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners, spokeswoman Debbie Kytle told The […]

College Gets Grant for Native Americans in Nursing

The Indian Health Service has awarded a grant of more than $300,000 to University of New Mexico College of Nursing to educate more American Indian and Native Alaskan nursing students. The three-year “American Indians Into Nursing” grant brings together the UNM College of Nursing, San Juan College and UNM Center for Native American Health. Read […]

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Aims Nursing Class Scores Perfection

The 2016 class from Aims Community College’s nursing program is perfect, having achieved a 100 percent pass rate on a licensure exam, according to an Aims news release. The average national pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination-RN is 86 percent, meaning Aims is at the top of its jurisdiction and the country, according […]

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