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June 16th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Speaking to the American Nurses Association House of Delegates, President Obama proclaimed “I love nurses! I love nurses!” The president talked up investing in the primary-care workforce, so that nurses more quickly move from the classroom to the exam room. He talked up improvements under the new health care law, like $250 rebates for the elderly reaching a gap in Medicare drug benefits. And he urged states to start their own high... Read Full Story

January 14th, 2011 | Author: Chris Urbano I had the fantastic opportunity to work as a school nurse for five years. I found the work to be very challenging but also very rewarding. It’s a great specialty for nurses who enjoy working with children and teens. Being a mother, the position worked out well for me because my hours as a school nurse were the same as my kids’ hours in school. Every school district has certain requirements and positions, and most districts have a limited number of... Read Full Story

June 16th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Speaking to the American Nurses Association House of Delegates, President Obama proclaimed “I love nurses! I love nurses!” The president talked up investing in the primary-care workforce, so that nurses more quickly move from the classroom to the exam room. He talked up improvements under the new health care law, like $250 rebates for the elderly reaching a gap in Medicare drug benefits. And he urged states to start... Read Full Story

April 14th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – On April 14, 2010, Adrienne Braxton 33, a nurse’s assistant, was the only person who ran to help a man who was left in the middle of Pico Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles early Monday morning. Adrienne Braxton, a nurse's assistant, was carjacked while trying to save a man's life. CBS   Minutes after a fatal car accident, Adrienne Braxton, gets carjacked tryingto save a man's life.   Braxton saw someone in pain, ran to... Read Full Story

April 14th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – On April 14, 2010, Adrienne Braxton 33, a nurse’s assistant, was the only person who ran to help a man who was left in the middle of Pico Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles early Monday morning. Adrienne Braxton, a nurse's assistant, was carjacked while trying to save a man's life. CBS   Minutes after a fatal car accident, Adrienne Braxton, gets carjacked tryingto save a man's life.   Braxton saw someone in pain, ran to... Read Full Story

April 14th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – On April 14, 2010, Adrienne Braxton 33, a nurse’s assistant, was the only person who ran to help a man who was left in the middle of Pico Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles early Monday morning. Adrienne Braxton, a nurse's assistant, was carjacked while trying to save a man's life. CBS   Minutes after a fatal car accident, Adrienne Braxton, gets carjacked tryingto save a man's life.   Braxton saw someone in pain, ran to... Read Full Story

April 2nd, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff PHILADELPHIA, PA – Some 1,500 nurses and technical staff walked off their jobs on Wednesday, April 1, furious that the hospital had cut a popular tuition assistance program and had failed to add nurses in what they described as understaffed units, among other grievances. Hundreds of nurses and technical employees walked a picket line Thursday amid a standoff over management demands for benefit cuts and other union concessions. “It’s a... Read Full Story

March 15th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff Nursing resumes give potential employers a first impression of you as a person and as a nurse. In this highly competitive job market where nurses are returning to the work force in order to help family budgets meet in the middle and new nurses are graduating daily it might seem impossible to stand out. But, you can make your resume stand out among the hundreds or thousands of resumes being submitted for the same limited number of nursing positions... Read Full Story

March 15th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff Nursing resumes give potential employers a first impression of you as a person and as a nurse. In this highly competitive job market where nurses are returning to the work force in order to help family budgets meet in the middle and new nurses are graduating daily it might seem impossible to stand out. But, you can make your resume stand out among the hundreds or thousands of resumes being submitted for the same limited number of nursing positions... Read Full Story

March 15th, 2010 | Author: Nurses Forum Staff Nursing resumes give potential employers a first impression of you as a person and as a nurse. In this highly competitive job market where nurses are returning to the work force in order to help family budgets meet in the middle and new nurses are graduating daily it might seem impossible to stand out. But, you can make your resume stand out among the hundreds or thousands of resumes being submitted for the same limited number of nursing positions... Read Full Story