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Focusing on Men’s Health
Men’s Health Month is recognized every June, but it’s not a month exclusively for men. Men’s Health Month is an opportunity for men to learn more about their own health and how to protect it, but it’s also a time when women who have men in their lives—partners,...
9 Benefits of Remote Health Care
Telehealth has slowly been making inroads over the past couple of decades, and the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has only escalated its adoption. Doctors have been told to hold every visit possible remotely in order to cut down on the chances of spreading the...
The Risks to Travel Nurses During the Pandemic
Travel nurses are in great demand right now, as they are helping to relieve frontline workers during COVID-19. While health care facilities are doing everything they can to make environments safe, there are still specific risks that travel nurses are dealing with...
Nurses’ Mental Health During COVID-19
As the nation struggles through the health, social, and economic upheaval of the COVID-19 crisis, nurses are at the crux of it all. As nurses cope with the physical and emotional impact of working with so many critically ill patients and in conditions that often...
How to Keep Your Patients Calm During the Pandemic
With visitors being banned at most hospitals and health care facilities because of the spread of the coronavirus, nurses are often now one of the only contacts that patients have. So how can you help keep your patients calm during this scary time? Dr. Judi Kuric,...
Critical Care Nurses Are Essential
Critical care nurses, those who work on critically ill patients in intensive care units, emergency departments, and other units, have likely had some of the most intense moths of their careers this spring. As the last week of National Critical Care Awareness Month is...
Resumes, LinkedIn, and HR Portal Profiles, Oh My!
Most nurses at one time or another in their career will want to get hired, get promoted, or get noticed. Besides what everyone has to keep in mind (like how to look for another job without alerting a present employer), nurses have unique considerations...
Join ANA President and UNTHSC Nurse Leaders for Free Nurses Month Webinar
The University of North Texas Health Science Center is honored to host Dr. Ernest Grant, President of the American Nurses Association to offer the preamble for their free Nurses Month Webinar, presented by HSC nurse leaders and faculty. Join HSC nurse leaders and...
Nurse Practitioners: Opening Your Own Practice
In many states, Nurse Practitioners (NPs) can open their own practices. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Here’s how to decide and, if you choose to, the types of actions you’ll need to take. When Scharmaine Lawson, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, had been a...
Oncology Nurses Care for the Whole Patient
Oncology Nurses Month is honored throughout the month of May and celebrates the broad options of this nursing path. Nurses who pursue this career specialty and who work with patients who have cancer are open to many career opportunities. They are often on the cutting...
