Pediatrics
Parents not confident schools can assist child with chronic disease, mental health
If your child had an asthma attack during the school day, would school personnel know how to respond?
Sep 18, 2017
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News tagged with nursing schools
Pediatrics
A third of schools don't have a nurse. Here's why that's a problem
Jodi Bobbitt, the school nurse at William Ramsay Elementary in Alexandria, Virginia, is always ready to see children with a wide range of injuries and illnesses. One day during the first week of school, the parade started ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Health
Integrating the transitional care model into nurse practitioner curricula to improve outcomes for high-risk older adults
Managing transitions in care for older adults and their family caregivers, no matter the care setting, is especially challenging in a rapidly changing health care system. Patient discharges that typically require prescription ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
School nurses may be crucial to reducing childhood obesity
School nurses do much more than bandage scraped knees and take temperatures. A Rutgers study, published in the journal Pediatric Nursing, suggests they also may play a key role in reducing childhood obesity.
Jul 7, 2023
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Addiction
Expert calls for reforms to address the overdose crisis
At the end of 2022, the federal government eliminated the "X waiver," a major hurdle to providing addiction treatment, but progress needs to be continued, according to the authors of a new Perspective piece published in the ...
May 1, 2023
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Pediatrics
COVID pandemic highlighted the need for more school nurses
Two recent studies surveyed school nurses working across the UK about their current working practices and experiences of working during the pandemic.
Mar 28, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Helping nurses cope when patients bring them down
Nurses work for the good of society, and a new study from the University of Iowa finds they are more likely to feel better about their jobs when hospitals remind them of that.
Feb 13, 2023
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Medical economics
Staff and facility administrator retention has been challenging for long-term care facilities
The pandemic has called attention to an issue that nursing home residents, their families and those who work in nursing homes have been aware of for a long time. Recruiting and retaining both the nursing home staff who provide ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Nurse-midwives want to provide abortions. They're struggling to get trained
When Ariela Schnyer was choosing where to get trained as a nurse-midwife, California stood out for an important reason: The state would allow clinicians like her to provide abortions.
Jul 22, 2022
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Other
How nursing schools can forward nurse-led innovation
In order for nurses to lead in health and health care innovation, schools of nursing and nursing programs must think strategically about the knowledge and skills the next generation of nurses will need and then support those ...
Jan 20, 2022
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