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Colo. schools to hire nurses with help of marijuana tax revenue | Texas counties face shortage; hospital hiring trend shifts | Many factors affect nurses' job satisfaction, research finds

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November 18, 2014

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Colo. schools to hire nurses with help of marijuana tax revenue
Colorado has awarded more than $975,000 in grants, funded through marijuana tax revenue, to 11 school districts to use to hire health care professionals, including school nurses. State legislators have allocated $2.5 million in marijuana tax revenue for hiring health professionals in schools, and more grant applications are being considered. The Denver Post (11/13)

Texas counties face shortage; hospital hiring trend shifts
Texas counties are seeing shortages of nurses due to increased demand for health care, an aging population, retirements in the field and a lack of nursing school faculty. Michael Lacourse at Sam Houston State University says demand is high at urban hospitals for nurses with bachelor's degrees, while nurses with associate degrees are more likely to be hired in rural areas. Community Impact Newspaper (Pflugerville, Texas) (11/12)

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Many factors affect nurses' job satisfaction, research finds
NurseZone.com (11/11)
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Nurses pick certificate programs to expand skills
Nurses are going back to school not only for advanced degrees but for certificate programs in specialty areas such as teaching, HIV/AIDS care and case management. Pace University College of Health Professions and Lienhard School of Nursing Dean Harriet Feldman says the certificate program trend is not being driven by any national movement but stems from nurses wanting a change of pace or to add to their skill sets. Nurse.com (11/17)

Forensic nursing is important part of profession, nurse says
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital forensic nurse Lucinda Bridges says forensics is an "underserved but necessary" part of nursing, and she finds it rewarding to help sexual-assault victims. The Tennessee hospital's program is voluntary, has a nurse on call at all hours and cared for 121 victims in the last fiscal year. The Jackson Sun (Tenn.) (11/14)

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Hawaii schools have funds, programs to help nurses advance
American City Business Journals/Honolulu/PBN Biz Blog (11/13)
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Faculty shortages limit nursing school admissions
The U.S. is facing a nursing shortage, research has found, and Columbia University assistant professor of nursing Lusine Poghosyan says faculty shortages are limiting nursing school admissions. The profession must find a way to make an academic career in nursing as attractive as a clinical career, and part of that is ensuring competitive salaries in the academic setting, she says. The New York Observer (11/13)

Recruiters tell job seekers how to avoid resume black holes
Submitting a resume online is commonplace, but John Adams of the networking organization August Group likens it to sending your query down a black hole, because "everything goes in and nothing comes out." Recruiting experts say job seekers should know important keywords for their profession that send their resumes to the top of the pile. They also are advised not to rely solely on online applications and to connect with networking sites such as Linkedin. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (N.Y.) (tiered subscription model) (11/16)

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AHA toolkit helps hospitals recruit veterans for nursing jobs
H&HN Magazine online (11/11)
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