ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses : Education

How Would You Respond to a ‘No Black Nurses’ Request?

Chuck Holt — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:04:00 GMT

My mother was barely 15 years old when she began her first real job working the ticket window of a theater in downtown Kansas City, MO. One day, a group of soldiers came to the window and requested four adult tickets to see the latest hit movie. Newly...(read more)

Researchers Link Nurse Burnout to Increased Rates of HAI

Chuck Holt — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:04:00 GMT

Are you feeling a little rundown, like you could use a vacation or maybe a whole new career? Do you find yourself being easily distracted on the job you’re growing so tired of? Is your nursing flame flickering? You’re certainly not alone, as many studies...(read more)

Don't Miss a Step: What Every Nurse Can Do to Help Stop C.diff

Chuck Holt — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:26:00 GMT

It all started with a missed step. The bottom step of a stairway at my brother's house that is, which my mom completely missed one morning about 18 months ago causing her to land funny and break her left ankle. At 75, and having fought a 30-year battle...(read more)

Introducing CE Live

Mike Bederka — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:07:00 GMT

ADVANCE for Nurses is excited to present CE Live , a brand new educational series. In these webinars, experts will share their knowledge in topics across the continuum of healthcare. These nursing continuing education online courses are a convenient way...(read more)

BSN-Go-Round: Will profession finally grab brass ring on upgrading education standards?

Guest Blogger — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:02:00 GMT

Kay Bensing, MA, RN, is senior staff nurse consultant at ADVANCE. Recently, I talked to an editor on the ADVANCE staff who was excited about a program that aims to meet the elusive goal the American Nurses Association proposed in its famed 1965 position...(read more)

Healthcare: The Changing Face of Quality

Guest Blogger — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:34:00 GMT

Diane M. Goodman, APRN, BC, CCRN, CNRN, is in staff development at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL. Quality used to be an easier concept to define for nurses and healthcare providers. If the patient recovered during their length of stay...(read more)

What’s In a Name? Nurses as Doctors

Rich Krisher — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:15:00 GMT

"Hi. I'm Dr. Patti McCarver, and I'm your nurse." That's how an Oct. 1 New York Times article describes a nurse-patient interaction in a primary care setting. McCarver is a nurse practitioner who recently earned a doctorate. The trend of nurses earning...(read more)

Minimizing MRSA?

Joe Darrah — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:50:00 GMT

On my morning drive into work today I heard a radio report that, rather nonchalantly, described the increasing incidence of community-associated MRSA - explaining that the condition is more treatable than the hospital-acquired variety, which was said...(read more)

CNAs as School Nurses: A Good Idea?

Pam Tarapchak — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:10:00 GMT

As students in Salisbury, MD, head back to the days of homework and bus rides, the Wicomico County school district has decided to replace three registered nurses with certified nursing assistants, leaving some schools without an RN to care for children...(read more)

Facebook Post Gets Nursing Students Kicked Out of School

Chuck Holt — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:50:00 GMT

Doyle Byrnes, a 22-year-old nursing student at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS, is suing the school in federal court for dismissing her from its registered nursing program in response to a photo she posted on her Facebook page showing...(read more)

Can Babies Really Read?

Chuck Holt — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:17:00 GMT

A new study published in Psychological Science “presents empirical evidence that infants who watched an unidentified baby video did not actually learn the words the video purported to teach.” According to the Association for Psychological Science ( APS...(read more)

NHS Looking For Volunteers

Candy Goulette — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:42:00 GMT

In 1976, more than 120,000 female registered nurses signed on to the first Nurses' Health Study to volunteer information that would be used to assess risk factors for cancer and heart disease in older women. In 1980, questions were added looking at diet...(read more)

Introducing the Bedbug Registry

Joe Darrah — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:23:00 GMT

Let me apologize up front if you're one of those people who are more comfortable with having not known about a potentially uncomfortable (not life-threatening) situation as opposed to knowing about it, having the opportunity to gauge your exposure and...(read more)

Proposal: Healthcare Workers Should Get Flu Vaccine

Gail Guterl — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:54:00 GMT

I recently received an article from a Midwestern hospital whose experience with H1N1 influenza in spring 2009 motivated them to create a pandemic plan that can be used for any outbreak. In their article, the nurses pointed out employees at this facility...(read more)

Homage to an Unsung Hero

Gail Guterl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:35:00 GMT

It's back to school time again. You can bet of all the back-to-school reports in newspapers, local TV or radio, you won't hear one on school nurses. And I want to know why? With nurse-to-patient/student ratios of 1-to-1,000 in some communities, why isn't...(read more)