There are reports of current nurse shortages in all but a few OECD countries. With further increases in demand for nurses expected and nurse workforce ageing predicted to reduce the supply of nurses, shortages are likely to persist or even increase in the future, unless action is taken to increase flows into and reduce flows [...]

Two week tuition-free summer residential internship at the University of Michigan School of Nursing
Attend mock nursing classes
Interactive sessions and workshops w/ nurse speakers
Opportunity to work with a faculty researcher and mentor on projects related to nursing
Learn strategic college preparatory skills
Applicants should:
Be students entering grades 9-12 considered economically or educationally disadvantaged or racially underrepresented within the [...]

When a school nurse is assigned to the school (or school district), that person is the key school staff member who coordinates provision of health care services for a student with diabetes at school and at school-related activities. When notified that a student with diabetes is enrolled in the school, annually or more often as [...]

Educating the next generation of qualified nurses in sufficient numbers is paramount to addressing the current nursing shortage. However, the current educational infrastructure in nursing schools inhibits workforce growth. While schools are struggling with such barriers as limited classroom space, insufficient clinical sites, and overall budget constraints, it is the shortage of nurse faculty that [...]

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded an eight year $4.1 million dollar grant to New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) to extend the significant work of Christine Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN and Carol S. Brewer, PhD, RN to study newly licensed Registered Nurses (NLRNs) in order to track changes in their careers. The [...]

Summary of Nurse Faculty Loan Program
You are the recipient of a Nurse Faculty Loan. This loan fund was created by the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration to increase the number of qualified nurse faculty. As a recipient of Nurse Faculty loan funds, you may be eligible to have up [...]

Alaska Statute 08.68 is the statute related to nursing in Alaska; 12 AAC 44.800-12AAC 44.895 are the regulations set forth by the Board of Nursing that govern certified nurse aides. Please read the application instructions, statutes, and regulations before completing your application.
REQUIREMENTS
An applicant is eligible for certification as a nurse aide by endorsement if the [...]

Silver Spring, MD – Frances E. Likis, DrPH, NP, CNM, of Nashville, TN, received the 2009 Kitty Ernst Award, one of the most prestigious honors awarded by the American College of Nurse?Midwives (ACNM), during ACNM’s 54th Annual Meeting & Exposition in Seattle, WA.
“Francie’s energy and enthusiasm are clearly evident in her day?to?day work. In just [...]

The WVU School of Nursing is pleased to announce that it has been authorized to offer the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) to our graduate students, who are or plan to become nurse educators. This external funding was obtained from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in a [...]

As a very young child, Ramón Lavandero ’79, president of the YSN Alumnae/i Association, was taken along on hospital rounds by his physician grandfather in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although his grandfather died when Ramón was four, the value of a profession in health care was imprinted on the boy.
After a stint as a volunteer [...]