Entries by vantastich

Legal Nurse Virtual Conference July 2020

Patricia Iyer and Barbara J. Levin co-host a legal nurse conference on July 9, 10, 16 & 17th. There is a great lineup of expert speakers and interesting topics such as achieving financial success, how to set up a business, utilizing social media platforms to expand your business, and how to attract clients. Other topics […]

Space Medicine

How do astronauts keep safe and healthy during long trips through the solar system? That was a question many of us were asking ourselves as we watched the Space X Falcon 9 launch on May 30th, 2020. This is the Dragon´s second mission from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; onboard the Dragon spacecraft were […]

From the bedside to the classroom

Our friends at Herzing University are hosting another webinar talking to healthcare industry experts about their nursing experiences and what different career pathways that are available for nurses, no matter if you are a newcomer to the industry or a healthcare professional with years of experience. Webinar Details:  Jun 23, 2020, 12:00 PM Eastern Time […]

Males in Nursing and the Stereotype Struggle

There are a total of 3.3 million nurses in the US workforce, and around 9.1% are male nurses. You can quickly deduce that nursing is a female-dominated field. However, the 9.1% number demonstrates a steady increase of male registered nurses. This promotes the stigma that nursing is a ¨female profession¨. Due to this stigma, men […]

Year of the Nurse: Real Nurses, Real Stories

Our friends at Herzing University are hosting a webinar talking to healthcare industry experts about their nursing experiences and what different career pathways that are available for nurses, no matter if you are a newcomer to the industry or a healthcare professional with years of experience. Webinar Details:  Wednesday, May 27th, 12:00 PM CST In […]

We need more healthcare professionals – How can we train them all?

Rising growth in demand for services within the healthcare industry prevails over contentious policy debates. In an industry already showing signs of a shortage, the growth is expected to continue and exponentially increase the need for more healthcare workers including not only nurses and physicians but technologists, allied health professionals, and support workers. Not to […]

RN-BSN & Nursing Pathways

While job openings have traditionally outpaced job hires in healthcare, the gap between openings and hires has been widening rapidly since 2014. Job openings have been rising while job hires have remained relatively static. Demand factors widening the gap of unfilled jobs are as follows: aging of the population, the retirement of Baby Boomer healthcare […]