Coming up this week: nurse practitioners seek independence
We'll take on the controversy surrounding the independence of nurse practitioners. Should they be allowed to practice independently? The deans of Upstate Medical University's college of Medicine and...
View ArticleThis week: specialized nursing care for overweight patients and senior citizens
This week, HealthLink on Air is airing an entire episode devoted to nursing. We will hear about two types of specialized nursing care, plus we’ll hear from the author of the American Nurse...
View ArticleJefferson Community College nursing program one of best in state, but at what...
For the second year in a row, every student who completed Jefferson County Community College's nursing program passed the New York State Board of Nursing exam on their first try. This makes JCC one of...
View ArticleNurses have higher rates of workplace injury than construction workers
Three seniors in the nursing program at the SUNY College at Brockport follow professor Jennifer Chesebro through a long nondescript room with eight occupied hospital beds along the walls.Chesebro...
View ArticleHospitals attempt to help nurses cope with high levels of on-the-job stress
This is the latest installment in our ongoing series on the health risks of nursing.
View ArticleOncology nursing one of most emotionally difficult professions
Nurses who provide care to cancer patients do some of the most emotionally difficult work there is in medicine. This week on WRVO's health and wellness show "Take Care," hosts Lorraine Rapp and Linda...
View ArticleOncology nurses and their role in end-of-life treatment decisions
Nurses who provide care to cancer patients do some of the most emotionally difficult work there is in medicine. The life and death situations they routinely face can lead to what was once known as...
View ArticleComing up this week: nurse practitioners seek independence
We'll take on the controversy surrounding the independence of nurse practitioners. Should they be allowed to practice independently? The deans of Upstate Medical University's college of Medicine and...
View ArticleThis week: specialized nursing care for overweight patients and senior citizens
This week, HealthLink on Air is airing an entire episode devoted to nursing. We will hear about two types of specialized nursing care, plus we’ll hear from the author of the American Nurse Project....
View ArticleJefferson Community College nursing program one of best in state, but at what...
For the second year in a row, every student who completed Jefferson County Community College's nursing program passed the New York State Board of Nursing exam on their first try. This makes JCC one of...
View ArticleNurses have higher rates of workplace injury than construction workers
Three seniors in the nursing program at the SUNY College at Brockport follow professor Jennifer Chesebro through a long nondescript room with eight occupied hospital beds along the walls. Chesebro...
View ArticleNurses unions propose solution to injuries, patient safety
The American Nurses Association reports 8 out of 10 nurses say they frequently work with joint or back pain. The nursing profession has the highest rate of on-the-job injuries of any other in the...
View ArticleHospitals attempt to help nurses cope with high levels of on-the-job stress
This is the latest installment in our ongoing series on the health risks of nursing. Emily Roth sits in a café after a long weekend shift. The 27-year-old obstetrics nurse eats a sandwich and gushes...
View ArticleOncology nursing one of most emotionally difficult professions
Nurses who provide care to cancer patients do some of the most emotionally difficult work there is in medicine. This week on WRVO's health and wellness show "Take Care," hosts Lorraine Rapp and Linda...
View ArticleOncology nurses and their role in end-of-life treatment decisions
Nurses who provide care to cancer patients do some of the most emotionally difficult work there is in medicine. The life and death situations they routinely face can lead to what was once known as...
View ArticleThis week: nursing, pancreas transplants and precision medicine
Nurses today are likely to have more training and to seek further training than their counterparts a generation ago, according to Upstate University Hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer Nancy Page and...
View ArticleNew Upstate Medical University academic building paves way for health care...
Students at Upstate Medical University’s College of Nursing and other health profession programs have a new home in a brand new state-of-the-art building in Syracuse. The $40.5 million, five-story...
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