Tiffany Dover, RN, did not intend to become a figurehead of the anti-vaccine movement when she received her first shot via a livestream in 2020, but the internet had very different plans, NBC News reported April 10.
Five female leaders at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health started their careers tending to patients at the bedside. But somewhere along their career tracks, all five set their sights on the top of the leadership ladder.
It’s an interesting time to step into a nursing leadership role in a new hospital — depending on where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing, it can actually be like jumping from the proverbial frying pan into the fire.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing students looking to take the National Council Licensure Examination had no choice but to perform all of their training in simulation labs due to social distancing guidelines.
Almost 50 percent of working mothers take an extended leave of absence to raise their children, according to a LinkedIn poll. According to another, 81 percent of married parents report taking a career break after a child is born. And for nurses, taking…
Only around 15 percent of registered nurses in the U.S. carry a master’s degree and 2.2 percent hold a doctoral degree, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Despite the small number of professionals who carry advanced degrees i…
Up to 30 percent of New York nurses’ clinical training time could be conducted in a simulation lab if Gov. Kathy Hochul signs legislation recently passed by the State Assembly, according to an April 3 article on nurse.org.
Azita Emami, PhD, MSN, RN, was named dean of the Yale School of Nursing in Orange, Conn., according to an April 3 press release. She is expected to continue her longtime focus on paying attention to the important role nurses play in underserved communi…