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VA expands nurses to combat homelessness in Greater Los Angeles
Through new positions that require broad clinical skills, complete trust and a willingness to meet veterans wherever they are, nurses have been an integral part of ending veteran homelessness. Read more »
Swedish Medical Center’s RN Residency Program helps new grads flourish
Nursing school graduates fresh out of school might not be prime recruitment picks at many hospitals. But they are hired regularly at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. Read more »
Nursing grant supports New Mexico education initiative
A $300,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is enabling the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium to implement a coordinated nursing education infrastructure, aimed at increasing bachelor’s-prepared nurses and diversity in the state’s... Read more »


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U.S. News and World Report releases Best Grad Schools in nursing list
U.S. News and World Report has announced its Best Grad Schools in nursing based on 2011 data. Within the top 50 are 10 West regional nursing schools. Read more »
Association names Sutter employee Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year
Brenda McCulloch, RN, MSN, RCIS, CNS, of Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., was named the Clinical Nurse Specialist of the Year by the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. Read more »
Grant to fund patient safety project includes San Francisco hospital
The San Francisco-based Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has partnered with Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality to design and implement an integrated set of interventions to reduce medical errors in ICUs. Read more »
Florida nurse scientist inspires nursing students during UC Davis lecture
Nurse scientist Nilda "Nena" P. Peragallo, RN, DrPH, FAAN, discussed health disparities and the recruitment and retention of minority scientists during the 2013 Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis Lecture Series. Read more »


UW School of Nursing names 2013 Nurse Leader awardees
The awards will be presented May 8 at the school’s Nurses Recognition Banquet at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. Read more »
Sacramento State nursing professor’s gerontology work takes center stage
Cheryl Osborne, EdD, MSN, has been selected as a Fellow of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. She also serves as director of the school’s gerontology program. Read more »
Providence provides free patient healthcare app for ED, urgent care
The app, called iTriage, provides a symptom checker and combines health resources with GPS and mapping technology to point patients to the most appropriate care. Read more »
One of AWHONN’s 2013 emerging leaders hails from Washington
The association recognized Margie Bridges, RNC-OB, MSN, AWHNP-BC, a perinatal clinical nurse specialist at the Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue. Read more »


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