The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects more than 175,000 job openings for registered nurses each year through 2029. While the demand for healthcare professionals is high, so are stress levels. According to a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, approximately six in 10 healthcare workers felt stress that affected their mental health during the pandemic. Fortunately, there is a solution for stressed...
Several sets of twins and siblings were a part of College of Medicine’s White Coat ceremony this year.
Manuel Carrazana teared up as he watched his identical twin daughters collect their white coats, marking their journey to become physicians — a career he gave up when he migrated from Cuba to pursue a better life for his family.
His daughters, Ana and Anela, are among three sets of siblings — including two sets...
Her shift is finally over.
Florence “SeeSee” Rigney, a 96-year-old former nurse in Tacoma, Wash. is finally enjoying retirement after nearly 75 years at MultiCare Tacoma General.
NBC’s KING 5 news reports that Rigner completed her last shift Friday. That report, which includes video of Rigner saying on her 92nd birthday she’d leave nursing someday, stated that she was believed to...
Health care teams are becoming increasingly diverse in today's world of medicine, comprising many different providers with distinct roles. Anyone interested in pursuing a career in health care has to decide which of these roles most distinctly matches their interests and aspirations.
Many students aspiring to enter health care deliberate between going to medical school and nursing school. While these two fields can be...
When Ellen Strack decided at 52-years-old that she wanted to return to school and become a registered nurse, some people might have thought that was a farfetched task, but not her.
Strack graduated from Dale County High School in 1983, and immediately enrolled in Wallace Community College. But she didn’t finish – then. She moved away and life took over. She would return to Wallace in 1998.
“When I...