Ok so we have established that the Healthcare field is a sure bet for a recession-proof career, and that the nursing shortage is reaching crisis level. You have always thought about entering this field, and the time has come to get the education for it.
The problem??? Nursing school isn't cheap! Trying to figure out how to pay for it?
Scholarships are available, as well as tuition reimbusement. For a comprehensive guide to learn how to pay for nursing school, click below
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and get on the road to a wonderfully rewarding, secure career!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
“Narrative Writing” May Ease Pain In Cancer Patients
From bloggernews.net
Posted on July 31st, 2008
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A recent study conducted at the Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts reveals that cancer patients who write about their experiences may lessen their pain and agony.
Dr. M. Soledad Cepeda, who led the study, states that patients who spent twenty minutes per week writing about their physical and emotional experiences experienced a decrease in pain and an overall “greater well-being” in the longterm.
The research team believes that it is the “emotional release” that accompanies writing that aids the overall healing process. It also allows the patient to better express their needs to their physician.
The benefits of narrative or “emotional” writing have been a topic of psychological study for many years, and many cancer patients choose to implement “alternative” methods of treatment, including writing, massage, and aromatherapy into their overall treatment plan.
Related article courtesy of MSNBC.com.
For further reading related to the emotional effects of cancer, please visit the LIVESTRONG website.
Nicolette Kuff is a freelance writer from Upstate NY.
Healthcare careers and IT careers appear to be recession proof.
From gatlineducation.com
Although online job board postings slowed down by 11% during the second quarter of 2008, the Healthcare Services industry and Information Technology industry appear to be virtually recession proof according to the, “Second Quarter 2008 Career Trend Analysis and Industry Outlook Report,” just released by Beyond.com.
“Although many industries have been affected by the economy, some industries experienced continued growth during this period. Information Technology continued to hold the top position with 13.99% and exhibited the second largest percentage gain over the past 12 months with 1.13%. Healthcare & Medical also remained strong with 12.65%, representing not only one of the largest percentage gains of 0.52% this period, but the largest gain over the past 12 months with 2.15%.” To download the most recent report or previous quarterly reports click here.
Although online job board postings slowed down by 11% during the second quarter of 2008, the Healthcare Services industry and Information Technology industry appear to be virtually recession proof according to the, “Second Quarter 2008 Career Trend Analysis and Industry Outlook Report,” just released by Beyond.com.
“Although many industries have been affected by the economy, some industries experienced continued growth during this period. Information Technology continued to hold the top position with 13.99% and exhibited the second largest percentage gain over the past 12 months with 1.13%. Healthcare & Medical also remained strong with 12.65%, representing not only one of the largest percentage gains of 0.52% this period, but the largest gain over the past 12 months with 2.15%.” To download the most recent report or previous quarterly reports click here.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Healthcare careers promise job security
Hands-on training -- and sometimes guarantees of a job after graduation -- attract people of all ages to programs for nurses, pharmacy techs, radiology techs and other health professions.
BY VANESSA GARCIA Miami Herald
''There has been and will continue to be in the decades ahead a shortage in aesthesia providers, nurses and doctors,'' says Robert Wagner, program director and assistant professor of the anesthesiologist assistants program at Nova Southeastern University.
Services at the University of MiamiAt age 54, Erma Ducasa has gone back to school to become a nurse.
At 41, Angela Okonta also has returned to school to study nursing.
Mid-career switchers like these two women are lining up next to high school graduates to become nurses, as well as radiological technicians, pharmacy techs and anesthesiologist assistants.
SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS
There's a good reason for the broad appeal: Most nursing and allied health programs in South Florida offer on-the-job training in hospitals and medical centers that are hungry for employees. Some of the programs offer scholarships to pay for classes in exchange for students agreeing to work at a participating hospital for several years after graduation.
It's job security at its best in a tough economy, making careers in these health professions practically ``recession-proof.''
''There's never been a better time to be a nurse,'' says Dean Nena Peragallo of the School of Nursing and Health Services at the University of Miami. ``Nurses cannot be outsourced.''
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BY VANESSA GARCIA Miami Herald
''There has been and will continue to be in the decades ahead a shortage in aesthesia providers, nurses and doctors,'' says Robert Wagner, program director and assistant professor of the anesthesiologist assistants program at Nova Southeastern University.
Services at the University of MiamiAt age 54, Erma Ducasa has gone back to school to become a nurse.
At 41, Angela Okonta also has returned to school to study nursing.
Mid-career switchers like these two women are lining up next to high school graduates to become nurses, as well as radiological technicians, pharmacy techs and anesthesiologist assistants.
SCHOLARSHIP OPTIONS
There's a good reason for the broad appeal: Most nursing and allied health programs in South Florida offer on-the-job training in hospitals and medical centers that are hungry for employees. Some of the programs offer scholarships to pay for classes in exchange for students agreeing to work at a participating hospital for several years after graduation.
It's job security at its best in a tough economy, making careers in these health professions practically ``recession-proof.''
''There's never been a better time to be a nurse,'' says Dean Nena Peragallo of the School of Nursing and Health Services at the University of Miami. ``Nurses cannot be outsourced.''
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Pittsburg students attend HOSA conference
The Morning Sun
DALLAS —
Several Pittsburg High School students were among more than 5,700 delegates attending the 31st annual National HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Leadership Conference, held June 18-21 in Dallas, Texas.Delegates attending from PHS were Breanna Cash, Aubry Keller, Jenny Martin, Megan Nance, Alison Percy, Jessica Wade and Mrs. Toni Gould, PHS HOSA advisor. Alison Percy and Jessica Wade served as Kansas voting delegates during the NLC.
HOSA is a national organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and Health Science Technology Education Division of the Association of Career and Technical Education. Mission of HOSA is to enhance the delivery of compassionate, quality health care by providing opportunities for knowledge, skill and leadership development of all health science technology education students, thereby helping students to meet the needs of the healthcare community.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Marathon Health Care Centers Receive Prestigious Awards
Earle Lerner, President and CEO of Marathon Healthcare Group, an East Hartford-based skilled nursing provider with Skilled Nursing Facilities in 6 Connecticut cities, proudly announced on Thursday that 3 more of Marathon’s nursing centers have received the National Malcolm Baldridge Award for Quality and Excellence.
Marathon Healthcare Centers of Norwalk, Torrington, and Waterbury join last year’s Quality Award recipients Marathon Healthcare Centers of Prospect and West Haven. This Step 1 award, which will be presented at the American Healthcare Association’s annual convention, was received in 2008 by only 7% of Connecticut’s 244 skilled nursing facilities.
The American Healthcare Association describes the Quality Award Program as: “The AHCA/NCAL Quality Award Program directly supports the Quality First principles to cultivate and nourish an environment of continuous quality improvement, openness, and leadership. These principles are:
- Continuous Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
- Public Disclosure and Accountability
- Patient/Resident and Family Rights
- Workforce Excellence
- Public Input and Community Involvement
- Ethical Practices
- Financial Stewardship”
Marathon Healthcare Group’s President and CEO Earle Lerner stated “We are enormously proud of our employees. This Quality Award is further evidence of their dedication and of our higher calling as a patient-centered organization.”
Marathon Healthcare Group is distinguished by their commitment to achieve outcomes of exceptional quality through unwavering focus on physical, spiritual, mental, and financial wellness and by means of patient and staff empowerment in the facilities and communities they serve.
http://www.marathonhealthcare.com/
Marathon Healthcare Centers of Norwalk, Torrington, and Waterbury join last year’s Quality Award recipients Marathon Healthcare Centers of Prospect and West Haven. This Step 1 award, which will be presented at the American Healthcare Association’s annual convention, was received in 2008 by only 7% of Connecticut’s 244 skilled nursing facilities.
The American Healthcare Association describes the Quality Award Program as: “The AHCA/NCAL Quality Award Program directly supports the Quality First principles to cultivate and nourish an environment of continuous quality improvement, openness, and leadership. These principles are:
- Continuous Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement
- Public Disclosure and Accountability
- Patient/Resident and Family Rights
- Workforce Excellence
- Public Input and Community Involvement
- Ethical Practices
- Financial Stewardship”
Marathon Healthcare Group’s President and CEO Earle Lerner stated “We are enormously proud of our employees. This Quality Award is further evidence of their dedication and of our higher calling as a patient-centered organization.”
Marathon Healthcare Group is distinguished by their commitment to achieve outcomes of exceptional quality through unwavering focus on physical, spiritual, mental, and financial wellness and by means of patient and staff empowerment in the facilities and communities they serve.
http://www.marathonhealthcare.com/
The Connecticut Hospice, Inc. Announces the Arrival of Six Nurse Scholars From The Henrietta Szold-Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing
From www.marketwatch.com
BRANFORD, Conn., July 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Connecticut Hospice, Inc., birthplace of Hospice in America, is proud to announce the arrival of six Nurse Scholars from The Henrietta Szold-Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, Jerusalem Israel, in conjunction with New York University College of Nursing.
Lauren Brown, MSN, Co-Director of Education, together with Marianne Treantafilos, APRN, architect of the Norma F. Pfriem International Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Nursing, stated that, "this is the second time in as many years that the nursing scholars have arrived from Israel. The Directors noted that part of their work will require the nurse scholars to clinically round with the interdisciplinary team at 6:30 every morning."
The Connecticut Hospice, Inc. will provide these post-graduate nurses with the opportunity to assess the multi-dimensional needs of new or continuing patients and families receiving care in the Hospice Hospital of Palliative Care setting and the Hospice Homecare setting. The nurse scholars will observe communication modalities used by the Hospice nurses, APRNs, physicians and other staff with patients and families to help the patients/families reach their ultimate goals.
Nurse scholars will learn the key elements of assessment of patients with irreversible disease, including physical symptoms, as well as psychosocial and spiritual aspects of care. The graduate nurses and the Connecticut Hospice nurse preceptors will have the opportunity to reflect on professional and personal challenges of caring for patients at the end of life.
SOURCE The Connecticut Hospice http://www.hospice.com
Copyright (C) 2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
BRANFORD, Conn., July 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Connecticut Hospice, Inc., birthplace of Hospice in America, is proud to announce the arrival of six Nurse Scholars from The Henrietta Szold-Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, Jerusalem Israel, in conjunction with New York University College of Nursing.
Lauren Brown, MSN, Co-Director of Education, together with Marianne Treantafilos, APRN, architect of the Norma F. Pfriem International Fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Nursing, stated that, "this is the second time in as many years that the nursing scholars have arrived from Israel. The Directors noted that part of their work will require the nurse scholars to clinically round with the interdisciplinary team at 6:30 every morning."
The Connecticut Hospice, Inc. will provide these post-graduate nurses with the opportunity to assess the multi-dimensional needs of new or continuing patients and families receiving care in the Hospice Hospital of Palliative Care setting and the Hospice Homecare setting. The nurse scholars will observe communication modalities used by the Hospice nurses, APRNs, physicians and other staff with patients and families to help the patients/families reach their ultimate goals.
Nurse scholars will learn the key elements of assessment of patients with irreversible disease, including physical symptoms, as well as psychosocial and spiritual aspects of care. The graduate nurses and the Connecticut Hospice nurse preceptors will have the opportunity to reflect on professional and personal challenges of caring for patients at the end of life.
SOURCE The Connecticut Hospice http://www.hospice.com
Copyright (C) 2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved
Careers In Medical Radiography
The popularity of radiography in the field of medicine has grown exponentially. Radiographers were encouraged and trained to adopt the new technology of conducting diagnostic tests involving X-rays. It started with fluoroscopy, computed tomography and mammography. Medical radiographers later added ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging to the list of specializations.
Medical radiographers are experts who make use of imaging instruments to x-ray various body parts of human beings, in order to diagnose health problems properly. The procedure incorporates medical imaging actions to identify health related problems. Besides this, professionals also prepare the patients for radiology examinations by positioning them under the machines and ensuring appropriate doses of radiation. In addition, medical radiographers are also responsible for maintaining the records of patients and radiographic machines.
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Medical radiographers are experts who make use of imaging instruments to x-ray various body parts of human beings, in order to diagnose health problems properly. The procedure incorporates medical imaging actions to identify health related problems. Besides this, professionals also prepare the patients for radiology examinations by positioning them under the machines and ensuring appropriate doses of radiation. In addition, medical radiographers are also responsible for maintaining the records of patients and radiographic machines.
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