The nation is facing a nursing shortage that will grow unless schools get government help to maintain faculty. Nursing schools across the United States had to turn away 75,029 qualified applicants in 2018 due to a lack of faculty to teach bachelor’s and graduate-level nursing programs, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.… Read More »
Borrowing a swipe of lip balm Morocko/Shutterstock “Sharing makeup or Chapstick is the quickest way to spread cold sores and other infections,” says Ingmire. “If I have an eye infection and you use my mascara, you’re getting it. And, if I keep using my own infected makeup, I’ll keep infecting myself!” So it’s important not… Read More »
Medical professionals see a lot of strange stuff over the course of their careers, especially those who work in the emergency room. In a thread that has gone viral on Reddit, doctors, nurses and EMTs are sharing some of the more outlandish medical emergencies they’ve seen that were caused by sexual encounters gone awry. “I… Read More »
Burnout, overwork and harassment continuing to affect nurses and impact patient care in 2018, due in large part to the national nurse shortage, finds a new study from travel nurse staffing provider RNnetwork. According to the study, 49 percent of all respondents have considered leaving nursing in the past two years, a number that has… Read More »
Mission Health nurses returned to Asheville this weekend from a celebration where four were honored as North Carolina’s Great 100 Nurses at the annual Great 100, Inc. Gala. Since 1989, the Great 100, Inc. has recognized admired and influential nurses across North Carolina. Each year, this organization recognizes the top 100 nurses from North Carolina… Read More »