Myrna Elma Ricarte Honored for Accomplishments in Nursing

Myrna Elma Ricarte, Registered Nurse at Orange County Healthcare Agency, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in nursing.
Ms. Ricarte has 50 years of overall professional experience, and has been with Orange County Healthcare Agency for 16 years. As a registered nurse, she is responsible for educating patients on [...]

Terry J. Jones-Copeland, RN Distinguished for Professional Excellence in Nursing

Terry J. Jones-Copeland, RN, Staff Nurse in the Ambulatory Healthcare Department of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in nursing.
A registered staff nurse, Terry J. Jones-Copeland lends nearly three decades of experience to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital. Specialized in [...]

Cambridge Who’s Who Honors JoAnn C. Green for Excellence in Nursing Consultancy Services

JoAnn C. Green, a critical care nursing consultant and Clinical Education Specialist at Tampa General Hospital, has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in nursing consultancy services and clinical education.
Skilled in the field of critical and cardiac care nursing, JoAnn C. Green is noted for her adept ability to [...]

Amid Calls for More Highly Educated Nurses, New AACN Data Show Impressive Growth in Doctoral Nursing Programs

According to new survey data released yesterday by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), enrollment in doctoral nursing programs increased by more than 20% this year, signaling strong interest among students in careers as nursing scientists, faculty, primary care providers, and specialists. Final results from AACN’s 2009 annual survey confirm that enrollments in [...]

Reforming Care Delivery: How Will It Affect Your Nursing Career?

While no one knows whether Congress and the president will achieve comprehensive health care reform, nursing experts are convinced that, regardless of what happens in Washington, nurses will find greater career opportunities in the future.
From larger patient populations and greater demand to advances in telemedicine and more community-based, non-hospital careers, a number of factors are [...]

The Effects of Health Care Reform, or No Reform, on America’s Nurses

Along with insurance issues and patient protections, the documents spelling out the plans for health care reform contain several provisions to increase the supply of nurses and support nursing education and training. What will happen to these provisions–and the future nursing workforce–if reform isn’t passed in the near future?
Nursing leaders are clinging to hope, [...]

New York travel nursing jobs to help cancer patients

Pink ribbons have long been synonymous with Breast Cancer Awareness, but there’s another advocacy group helping women who face a different cancer diagnosis: ovarian cancer; its ribbon is teal blue.
RNs are a critical part of the medical team treating a woman with cancer, which, you could say, is women helping women; according to the U.S. [...]

Nursing Shortage National Concern

Tens of thousands of hospital deaths every year can be blamed on a nationwide nursing shortage, according to a report released today by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
The private commission, which inspects and accredits hospitals, believes that a lack of nurses is to blame for thousands of deaths caused by problems [...]

New survey finds nursing shortage likely to increase

Nearly one-third of registered nurses surveyed in January say they will not be working in their current job a year from now, and close to half say they plan to alter their career path in one to three years.
The 2010 survey of registered nurses released Wednesday by AMN Healthcare, a San Diego-based provider of [...]

Nursing Shortage looms

In the midst of a national nursing shortage, Indiana nursing programs rejected about 2,500 qualified applicants because of a lack of full-time faculty, according to a survey of state nursing programs.
The 2008 survey by the Indiana Nursing Workforce Development Coalition said faculty shortages prevent nursing programs from maintaining a supply of qualified applicants.
With a looming [...]