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Archer City ISD, Vernon College partner to offer CNA program for high school students

Jun 19, 2020

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - Archer City High School students now have the chance to start college early by graduating high school with two medical certificates: one as a certified nursing assistant, and the other as a clinical medical assistant. Justin Sanders, the continuing education coordinator at Vernon College for Allied Health, said he was noticing more and more high school students from Archer City traveling to...

Scituate nursing students go from college to the COVID-19 frontline

Jun 17, 2020

By Ruth Thompson rthompson@wickedlocal.com Lily Reid, left, and Katey Ferguson had just graduated from nursing school when they were hired to work with COVID-19 patients at the Boston Hope Medical Center, a 1,000-bed field hospital set up at the Expo Center in Boston The ink was barely dry on their college diplomas when Lily Reid and Kathryn “Katey” Ferguson were called to action in the face...

UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS NURSE PRACTITIONER PROGRAM EARNS TOP RANKING FROM LEARN.ORG

Jun 11, 2020

Indianapolis—The University of Indianapolis was recently named to Learn.org ’s list of the 50 best schools at which to pursue a nurse practitioner degree. The category includes programs offered in hybrid format (on-campus, online and clinical experiences). The University ranked #16 on the list and was the only program in Indiana to be ranked. Learn.org, which began its rankings in 2003, considered hundreds of...

HOW SHOULD MEDICAL STUDENTS RESPOND TO COVID-19?

May 01, 2020

Medical students have always volunteered to help during health crises and disasters, and research suggests that pitching in with due care is good for them By Kieren Fahey, University of Melbourne In the face of the worst pandemic of our generation what should medical students be doing to help stretched health systems? Should we be jumping in an helping? Will we just get in the way? Do medical schools have a duty of...

Top 25 Best Online Nursing Informatics for 2019

Dec 11, 2019

The variety of specializations in nursing means that there is a place in nursing for nearly every kind of interest and skills, from research to law to technology. Nursing informatics, in particular, has become one of the most in-demand and fastest-growing nursing specializations . Nursing informatics is where nursing and Big Data meet; NI specialists are responsible for wrangling, organizing, and analyzing the...

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