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What You Need To Know Before Becoming A Nurse

Jan 27, 2021

It makes no difference what career you choose in the end; unless you research it thoroughly and you learn as much as you can about it before you start, it could be that you’re making a mistake. Researching before you begin is crucial since you will be spending money on your studies, time and effort on your work, and if it turns out that you just don’t enjoy what you’re doing or it’s not quite what you thought it would...

Dr. Fauci Says It's Nurses, Not Him, Who Are Inspiring The Next Generation

Jan 25, 2021

In November 2020, there were over 700,000 google searches on “how to become a nurse” and other related keywords. Now, more than ever, individuals want to become nurses. High school and college students are watching the pandemic unfold on TV and nurses are at the forefront of the fight. Most feel a need to help others, some are drawn to the fast-paced intensity of units such as the ICU and ER, and others see the job advertisements...

Top Tips for Studying While Working as a Nurse

Jan 22, 2021

With nursing, there are plenty of options when it comes to climbing the ladder. If you are at the start of your nursing career, then you have most likely considered advancing even further, whether that’s to become a nurse anesthetist or a family nurse practitioner. Getting there can be a struggle, however, as you will need to further your education. Attaining a nursing master’s or doctorate takes a lot of hard work, and it is...

Opening these 2 car windows gives the right air flow to help prevent Covid transmission: study

Jan 19, 2021

If you’re taking a taxi or rideshare during the Covid pandemic, or driving with someone not in your household, wearing a mask and rolling down the windows are the best things you can do to reduce transmission of the virus. Now a new study has identified which windows you should roll down in the car to provide the most protection. According to the findings, opening the window farthest from where you’re...

World Braces for Surge of Coronavirus Variants

Jan 18, 2021

A patient arriving at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil, on Thursday. Credit...Michael Dantas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The more contagious coronavirus variant discovered in Britain has now been detected in more than 50 countries, including Argentina on Saturday, and is believed to be driving surges in at least two. But how widely that version of the...

10 Steps to Reform and Improve Nursing Homes

Jan 15, 2021

Expert insights on how the industry should evolve in response to COVID-19 by Sari Harrar, Joe Eaton and Harris Meyer, AARP , January 13, 2021 | Comments: 0 A male nurse helping a man using a walker walk down a nursing home hallway It's complicated. This phrase has become the default and arguably lazy response to many 21st-century challenges. But when...

Nursing Home Vaccine Stories: One CEO’s Personal Appeal to Reduce Hesitancy

Jan 13, 2021

Just as predicted before the rollout began, vaccine hesitancy among nursing home workers stands as a serious barrier to widespread acceptance in long-term care — and, in turn, fully fostering group immunity among the most vulnerable. Battered by COVID-19 and unwilling to trust the institutions that oversaw the deaths of their patients and colleagues, a significant percentage of frontline caregivers have said no to the coronavirus...

US Lawmakers Approve $900 Billion Coronavirus Aid Package

Jan 11, 2021

Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at podium, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., right, speak to the media with members of their caucus about the expected passage of the emergency COVID-19 relief bill, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, on… The U.S. Congress has passed a massive year-end bill that includes a $900 billion coronavirus aid package and $1.4 trillion...

Summit County nursing home task force releases recommendations to improve conditions

Jan 08, 2021

Summit County nursing homes should consider working with the community to improve the work culture of their caregivers, providing residents with technology and hiring immigrants and refugees to address staffing shortages. These are among the recommendations included in a final report issued Thursday by the Summit County Nursing Homes and Facilities Task Force, a group that's been examining the condition of long-term...

Health care professionals can decline COVID-19 vaccine — for now

Jan 06, 2021

Millions of health care workers are slated to receive the first batch of potentially lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines by the end of this month. But not all of them want to be first in line . Only one-third of a panel of 13,000 nurses said they would voluntarily take a vaccine; another third said they wouldn’t and the rest said they were unsure, according to a late October survey by the American Nurses Association....

Nurses: The most trusted professionals in America

Dec 30, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At the end of a year when medical workers have braved exposure to the coronavirus to provide lifesaving care, Americans have become more likely to laud the honesty and ethics of nurses, medical doctors and pharmacists. Still, nurses remain the undisputed leader, as they have been for nearly two decades. Nurses earn a record 89% very high/high score for their honesty and ethics this year, four percentage...

Online Program Brings Pets To Nursing Homes And Smiles To America’s Loneliest

Dec 30, 2020

CHICAGO (CBS) — Keeping the most vulnerable from the coronavirus means fighting another kind of sickness: loneliness. Restrictions make Christmas especially challenging for family members in nursing and senior living homes. CBS 2’s Marissa Parra found some new ideas that have tails wagging. Nine months in to the COVID-19 pandemic, most are familiar with the capabilities devices have to keep people from feeling lonely...

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