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Members of the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies requesting $530 million for Title VIII nursing workforce development programs.
At an online meeting, The Future of Nursing: Passion, Purpose and Progress, an international group of more than 1,200 nurses and nurse champions gathered to consider nursing’s future.
The American Nurses Association joined ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉúand other nursing and health care organizations to launch COVID Vaccine Facts for Nurses, a vaccine education campaign.
The NCSBN is offering eligible vaccinators, such as nurses and physicians, the opportunity to volunteer to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in one convenient location.
The risk of death from COVID-19 is more than 60% higher for obese adults than for their counterparts with a healthy body mass index.
A March 24 webinar sponsored by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú (AHA) will feature best practices in the evolving delivery of virtual care.
To encourage COVID-19 safety and vaccination among underserved populations, the Biden administration will invest $250 million in health literacy grants to cities, counties, parishes or other similar entities.
A study of more than 5,000 hospital admissions for COVID-19 found antibiotics were prescribed more than half the time, even though only a fifth of patients were suspected or found to have bacterial pneumonia.
Researchers hope molnupiravir, which can easily be given in outpatient settings, will be useful in preventing severe COVID-19,
On March 5, Guam became the first U.S. territory to enact the Nurse Licensure Compact.