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Tips for Advancing Your Career as a Nurse

Jun 18, 2021

Nursing is one of the most physically demanding but rewarding professions worldwide. In addition, it is one of the fastest-growing careers, especially in the United States. As the country’s largest profession in healthcare , this occupation is projected to grow at 15% for the next decade. Therefore, if you are interested in making the most out of this profession and, more importantly, for your career development, check...

Young, Black, Healthcare Heroes Are Tackling Disparities During Dueling Pandemics

Jun 16, 2021

From newly registered nurses to medical students, a strong pipeline of Black healthcare workers is needed more than ever Wearing an N-95 mask, a full-body yellow gown, and latex gloves, Rebecca Hamilton, a newly registered nurse, was ready for her fourth shift on the medical surgery floor at a local South Florida hospital. Full of nerves and grateful for the opportunities afforded to her, Rebecca's career as a Black registered...

Strong immune response protects young children from Covid-19, suggests study

Jun 14, 2021

Researchers said the findings could help design coronavirus vaccines for adults which mimic the protection shown in children. Young children have relative protection from coronavirus because their bodies produce a strong immune response to it, according to a new study. The University of Bristol and Bristol Royal Hospital for Children conducted research which found that infants produce relatively high levels of antibodies and immune...

The Fundamental Question of the Pandemic Is Shifting

Jun 11, 2021

During a pandemic, no one’s health is fully in their own hands. No field should understand that more deeply than public health, a discipline distinct from medicine. Whereas doctors and nurses treat sick individuals in front of them, public-health practitioners work to prevent sickness in entire populations. They are expected to think big. They know that infectious diseases are always collective problems because they are...

These Pastors Are Spreading the Good News About the COVID-19 Vaccine

Jun 09, 2021

These church leaders say they believe it’s their calling to help spread the word about the importance of getting vaccinated and working together in communities to beat COVID-19. On May 22, parishioners and members of the greater All Saints Episcopal Church community in Lakewood, New Jersey, arrived at nearby La Casa De La Tia Restaurant for one of the 14 “Grateful for the Shot” COVID-19...

Telehealth Is Here to Stay

Jun 07, 2021

In the earliest days of the emerging COVID-19 pandemic—in a news story published on March 16, 2020, to be exact—we reported that homecare companies were facing a new problem: denials of service. Patients and customers were increasingly refusing to let providers into their homes out of fear of infection, and professionals were declining to go out into the field for the same reason. “Patients are increasingly...

We must promote careers in public safety for all Americans

Jun 04, 2021

During the past year, public safety officials across the United States have been fighting COVID-19, mass shootings and turmoil, many times a result of public safety officers’ misconduct. A closely related issue that has not received much publicity is the growing difficulty in recruiting and hiring public safety employees. It is also important to note that it is difficult to recruit minority candidates. The purpose...

How Health Care In The U.S. May Change After COVID: An Optimist's Outlook

May 31, 2021

With more than one-third of U.S. adults now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there's growing optimism on many fronts. A majority of states have either lifted health-related restrictions or have announced target dates for doing so. Already, many clinicians and health policy experts are thinking about what the post-pandemic world will look like. COVID-19 demonstrated that even in a behemoth industry like health...

Trauma Nurse Valerio Pizzoferrato Discusses His Best Career Advice Learned from Experience

May 28, 2021

Valerio Pizzoferrato has dealt with countless healthcare issues, one of the largest being the recent COVID-19 pandemic A trauma nurse is a leader, so it's important to develop top-notch management and leadership skills” — Valerio Pizzoferrato FORT LEE, NJ, USA, May 28, 2021 / EINPresswire.com / -- Valerio Pizzoferrato has been a Healthcare Informatics Trauma Nurse since 2012. He has dealt with...

Almost no nursing home in America was safe from COVID-19, federal study finds

May 26, 2021

'In many cases there were real lapses of oversight,' says a director on GAO's health care team Months after it became painfully clear that older people were the most likely to die from COVID-19, poor infection control resulted in multiple, sustained outbreaks at the overwhelming majority of the nation’s nursing homes, according to reports from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Of the 50 states and District of...

COVID and Long Term Care: Proposed legislation would set standards of care for seniors in long-term care facilities

May 24, 2021

Mike Perry will not engage in the blame game over COVID-19 deaths among residents in America's nursing homes. Nor will many of his colleagues working in the industry exacerbated by the virus. "There were a lot of dynamics going on," said Perry, CEO of the WellBridge Group based in Brighton that operates 26 long-term care facilities in Michigan including Rochester Hills, Clarkston and South Lyon. - Advertisement - ...

America’s nurse shortage is a crisis in the making. Training nurses to be leaders could solve it

May 21, 2021

After a year defined by the global public health crisis of COVID-19 , America’s nursing workforce is in dire straits. Some experts estimate that last year marked the largest retirement of nurses ever recorded in the U.S., and forecasts predict an additional 500,000 nursing retirements by 2022, which will leave the country with a nursing shortage totaling an estimated 1.1 million. This mass exodus has...

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