Nursing Careers Blog

High Risk Patients Use Both Conventional Medicine and Alternative Therapies for Asthma; Some Alternatives Pose Risk In depth interviews with a group of low income mostly female African Americans, all of whom had severe asthma, revealed that all participants used some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in combination with conventional medicine. [click link for full article]

December Nursing News And Research BriefsMedical News Today (press release), UK - Dec 25, 2006The School’s community health program is second in the nation and the nursing research program now holds eighth position among the top nursing schools for …

UT nursing school recognized. The Robert Wood Foundation, the country’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to improving health and health care, named the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing as one of 14 schools nationwide to participate in “Transforming Care at the Bedside.”

Ramona Mobbs said her instructors at North Idaho College’s school of nursing challenged her constantly. Even if she decided to give an aspirin, they asked her how she decided it was safe and appropriate.

Dean Jane Wortock of St. Petersburg College’s School of Nursing said the entire country is poorly prepared to respond to a disaster and one reason is because of a major nursing shortage.

After 18 months of waiting, Sue Sanchez landed a seat in the San Bernardino Valley College nursing program.

Nursing is one of America’s fastest-growing careers, and there are lots of options. If you want to work directly with patients, you can specialize in everything from neonatology to hospice care. You can work in a hospital, a doctor’s office, or a patient’s home. Outside of patient care, options range from nurse informatics (helping nurses get access to computerized information) to legal nurse …

Nursing is one of America’s fastest-growing careers, and there are lots of options. If you want to work directly with patients, you can specialize in everything from neonatology to hospice care. You can work in a hospital, a doctor’s office, or a patient’s home. Outside of patient care, options range from nurse informatics (helping nurses get access to computerized information) to legal nurse …

McKinney Memorial Public Library offers Testing and Education …North Texas e-News, TX - Dec 19, 2006… approximately 4,000 accredited schools, including colleges, distance (online) learning opportunities, programs for international students and nursing schools. …

The Challenge of Global HealthForeign Affairs Magazine - Dec 19, 2006… American nursing schools reject more than 150,000 applicants every year, due less to the applicants' poor qualifications than to a lack of openings. …