Daily Nurse

While anyone who works long hours at a high-stress job is vulnerable to burnout, nurses, doctors, and other medical professionals are at an especially high risk of experiencing this phenomenon, which the Mayo Clinic defines as “a state of physical, emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your […]

The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and University of Alabama (UA) Colleges of Nursing recently announced a new joint Nursing Science PhD program. The program will be implemented in summer 2019 and will be the first online joint Nursing Science PhD program in the state. Dr. Marsha Howell Adams, dean of the UAH College […]

The Penn State Shenango nursing program 2018-19 lecture series was recently kicked off with a presentation and demonstration on “Opioid Overdose Awareness.” Shenango Campus Nursing Program Coordinator Dr. Joan Humphrey and Nursing Instructor Amy Higgins will facilitate the event, which will include a Narcan demonstration by flight paramedic Christopher Nagy and special guest lecturers Mercer […]

The Duke University School of Nursing welcomed its newest class to the Emerging Leaders Program during a kickoff celebration this week. This is the second group of nursing professionals chosen to participant in the year-long professional development program. The Emerging Leaders Program is a collaboration between the School of Nursing and Duke Learning & Organization […]

Imagine taking a national examination that culminates your educational experience, as well as impacts your future career potential. This national exam is delivered in English, but that is not your primary language. The pressure has been mounting because you know that the opportunity to take your passion for helping others to the next level hinges […]

Our Nurse of the Week is Elsamar Ibarra who was a nursing student in Texas when Hurricane Harvey struck her hometown last year. Even while her own home had taken on water, Ibarra still couldn’t sit by while she watched people pouring into shelters on the news, so she jumped into action and rushed to […]

Walden University has announced that it will be introducing a new competency-based pathway for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) Completion Program through Tempo Learning®, a custom-paced educational experience for students who want to earn a degree. The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that employment of registered nurses will grow 15% from 2016 to […]

The University of Arkansas (U of A) Eleanor Mann School of Nursing director, Susan Patton, has been selected to participate in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Wharton Executive Leadership Program. According to AACNNursing.org, the four-day program is taught by faculty from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who present relevant […]

Clemson University recently announced the opening of a four-story $31.5 million building on the Greenville Health System (GHS) Greenville Memorial Medical Campus that will triple the number of students in the university’s nursing pipeline. The building will enable Clemson and GHS to address the critical shortage of nurses in the state, and has already allowed […]

Dr. Joan Slager, CNM, DNP, FACNM, was recently named Dean of Nursing at Frontier Nursing University (FNU). Slager was named FNU’s Interim Dean of Nursing in March 2018 and previously served as the program director for FNU’s Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Slager graduated from Frontier’s School of Midwifery and Family Nursing in […]