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D.C. Registered Nurse First Assistant Expands Career with MSN – Family Nurse Practitioner Specialization

Post University

In 2006, Damon was ready to return to schooland so was his wife, who had also dreamed for years of becoming a nurse. The couple moved to Arizona to be close to family and started nursing school at Gateway Community College. Damon and his wife graduated with associate degrees in nursing in 2009.

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Nursing Shortage: A 2024 Data Study Reveals Key Insights

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

The Retirement Drain The population surge from the baby boomer generation has led not only to a greater number of aging patients but also means that a large portion of the nursing workforce is heading toward retirement – which makes the nurse shortage even more severe.

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What Travel Nurses Can Expect During This Year’s Post-COVID Flu Season

The Gypsy Nurse

If you graduated with your nursing license during or after 2019, then nursing during the pandemic is the only healthcare world you’re familiar with, when sky-high travel nursing rates, paired with nonstop admissions, became the rule instead of the exception. Then, the busy season came to a halt as quickly as it began.

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Gig nursing

American Nurse

Stress, burnout, and lack of work–life balance and flexible work hours contributed to the mass exodus of nurses from their jobs. On-demand, per diem staffing models and travel nursing boomed, and the growing gig economy spurred another flexible staffing approach: gig nursing. May 22, 2022. November 10, 2022.

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North Carolina Nurse Educator Finds Right Fit in DNP Educational Leadership Program

Post University

She left the university where she’d started and enrolled in an associate degree in business administration program at the technical college in her hometown, Trident Technical College, and graduated in 1989. However, she found that the clinically focused Doctor of Nursing Practice didn’t fit her goals or passion for nursing education.

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Student Nurses’ Day: Meet Azariah Torain

Minority Nurse

This year, Minority Nurse celebrates National Student Nurse Day (honored every year on May 8) by learning more about Azariah Torain, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh. What made you decide to go to nursing school ? . Nursing school was a clear choice for me. I envision the two being very closely intertwined.

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Organizations and Events: A Supportive Community Where Black Nurses Can Find Resources

Minority Nurse

Black Nurses Week was founded by Tauquilla Manning, a nurse travel leader who saw a need for an event like this after being told at work that her natural hairstyle was unprofessional. This year’s Black Nurses Week will be held in Washington, D.C.,