In The News: School of Nursing
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's School of Nursing hosted its annual fall festival on Thursday. The school welcomed prospective students, families, and community members to learn about the programs and have a good time.
This year, Rutgers University reinstated the nurse-midwifery master’s training it had eliminated in 2016. The University of Alabama-Birmingham also restarted its master’s in nurse-midwifery program in 2022 after a 25-year hiatus. In addition, George Washington University in Washington, DC, Loyola University in New Orleans, and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas added master’s training in nurse-midwifery.
Amid a nationwide nursing shortage, innovative strategies are emerging to attract the next generation of healthcare heroes. From holistic admission processes to dual degree programs, the race is on to fill the healthcare gap by redefining how we recruit nursing students.
In a University Medical Center classroom, CPR mannequins laid across the tables as a dozen high school students gathered around. Some grabbed the AED, others pretended to call 911 and a few locked their elbows and began performing CPR.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s fifth annual Nurse Camp has begun, providing high school students with an opportunity to explore the nursing profession.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's nursing school is teaming up with UMC to help 60 high school students get interested in the medical field. This 'Nurse Camp' gives students a feel for being a nursing major.
High school students get opportunity to learn about the Nursing field in the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Nurse Camp.
A 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ program for high school students interested in nursing aims to combat a shortage in the profession.
Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) toured the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) School of Nursing with faculty and nursing staff to discuss her work to address the nursing shortage in Nevada.
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, is helping medical professionals fight staff shortages in the field. The Nevada leader visited the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ School of Nursing on Thursday to highlight her efforts through the bipartisan Train More Nurses Act.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ nursing students dressed in bright red scrubs were hard at work Thursday at the university’s Clinical Simulation Center, where aspiring nurses can participate in real-life scenarios by treating mannequin patients.
As many clinics and hospitals play catch up to the nursing workforce shortage, a Las Vegas clinic is going hands-on with their nurse practitioner students. FOX5 reported on Safe Harbor Medical previously, as they are the clinic that had to take on hundreds of new patients after a local affordable healthcare facility shut down.