Home-visit practice model finds niche in NYC
Primary Care Nurse Practitioners of New York has created a home-visit practice model that may help fill the primary care gap, especially if more states allow advanced nurses to practice to the full extent of their licensure. Founder Gina Nelson says skepticism turned into referrals when physicians realized the collaborative benefits of house calls. The practice now employs roughly 40 nurses with various specialties. MedPage Today (free registration)
(10/24)
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N.M. approves money for advanced training of nurses
New Mexico legislators approved almost $1.7 million in a recurring appropriation to help the University of New Mexico College of Nursing increase the number of primary care nurse practitioners and nurse midwives. Carolyn Montoya, interim director of the College of Nursing practice team, says students can be sent all over the state for clinical training, and the school tries to place students from rural areas in clinical positions in their hometowns. Nurse.com
(10/22)
University sees success with competency-based program
Western Governors University, a nonprofit university, specializes in nursing and other fields where workforce demand is high. The school collaborates with employers to develop curricula and create measures of competency that students must pass. The competency-based model has allowed the school to keep tuition flat since 2008 while improving employability for its students, provost David Leasure says. eCampus News (free registration)
(10/23)
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School prepares nurses to work in underserved areas
Frontier Nursing University graduated more than 500 students during its 75th anniversary year. President Susan Stone says the Kentucky school's mission has always been to recruit nurses from rural and underserved areas, educate them to the master's degree level and send them back to work in their communities. WYMT-TV (Hazard, Ky.)
(10/26)
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Thursday webinar -- Lessons learned from Texas: How you can help with the Ebola threat
The state of Texas was recently thrust into the national spotlight when it treated the first case of Ebola in the U.S. The city of Dallas quickly mobilized and determined how to best support all health care workers, hospitals and other care facilities while planning for the real possibility that more patients with Ebola would present themselves. This complimentary webinar on Thursday, Oct. 30, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, presented by Texas Nurses Association and Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, will highlight what nurses need to know to effectively handle Ebola cases. Speakers include Mari Tietze, MSN, Ph.D., RN-BC, associate professor, Texas Woman's University Denton; Lisa Cornelius, M.D., MPH, infectious diseases medical officer, Texas Department of State Health Services; Robert Haley, M.D., professor of internal medicine, director of the Division of Epidemiology Internal Medicine Department, UT Southwestern Medical Center; Robert L. Dent, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, ENP, FACHE, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nurse executive, Midland Memorial Hospital; and Susan McBride, Ph.D., RN-BC, CPHIMS, professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing. Space is limited -- register today!
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