Nearly three quarters of registered nurses working in nursing homes said they had to leave work unfinished because they didn’t have enough time or resources. Three out of 10 had high levels [...]
A total of 15 hospitals in New Jersey earned recognition from U.S. News & World Report. “For 30 years, U.S. News has strived to make hospital quality more transparent to health care [...]
The impending health care professional shortage promises to hit New Jersey harder than most, as the state produces the fewest new practicing physicians and has the third-oldest workforce, [...]
Earlier this month, we learned from Healthy Nurse, Healthy New Jersey (HNHNJ) team member Terri-Ann Kelly several ways to build a healthy habit. A few important takeaways from her message are [...]
Workplace violence toward health care workers is a major issue. Nurses are commonly exposed to aggressive and violent patient behavior. Health care organizations are now starting to acknowledge [...]
On average, American colleges and universities with nursing programs offer about one hour of instruction in handling catastrophic situations such as nuclear events, pandemics or water [...]
Robin Cogan recently heard from a man she treated as a nurse some 15 years ago in the Camden City School District. The former student, whom she had not seen since he was a young boy, told Cogan [...]
In general, there is a shortage of nurses in the state. A report from the New Jersey Nursing Initiative found that projections for 2020 predict a shortfall of more than 40,000 nurses. While there [...]
There’s a new program in New Jersey that will match nurses with pregnant women for greater prenatal care. That means in addition to all of the prenatal checkups with their doctor, moms will now [...]
Hackensack Meridian Health announced it received a $3.4 million award from the Health Resources and Services Administration to launch a comprehensive nurse practitioner residency program. Funding [...]