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Archive for December, 2008
Despite of economic recession in the United States but still the nation different career schools especially nursing schools or health care school uplifted their education system. The Dodge City Community College’s allied Department just lately updated their nursing education with the support from the federal Community-Based Job Training Nursing grant. In which, $ 1.9 million of grant was been awarded by the Allied Health Department last January 2007 that will cover for three years of nursing education. This funding that been received by the school was entirely to be use in order to increase the healthcare learners and future healthcare or nurses in the country. According to Janelle Oliver which is the nurse and CBJT project specialist of the country, she said that the prime goal of this funding is to increase the registered nurse workforce in the country.
Janelle Oliver keep on promoting the healthcare career jobs especially the nursing profession. She said that this nursing profession provides security and lost of flexibility than people usually expected about nursing career. Since, those individuals who choose to take a nursing profession can take the option to work as a nursing teacher, become a part time nurse in the healthcare institution or hospitals, or just work in the nursing homes, clinics and other healthcare agencies. As of now, the United States Department of Labor predicts that there will be about 1 million new sets of job employment openings for the registered nurses by this 2010 especially that it’s been projected that there will be about 27 % shortage of registered nurses that will occur in Southwest Kansas. If this shortage will not be address immediately, it will be predicted that around 1.4 million of registered nurses will be needed by the 2014 with its average wage as $ 38,000. With this urgent need fro more nurses in the country, the Dodge City Community College is one of the top schools world wide that provides a good venue in order to take part of uplifting the healthcare or nursing system in the nation and providing venues for several individuals a chance for career enhancement in the field of healthcare system.
To strengthen the nursing profession in the US, various universities have also improved the educational system as well as updated programs and policies as far as the continuing education of students and professionals involve in the program.
As this developed, nursing faculty members of Misericordia University conducted seminars to help professional nurses understand the new mandatory state regulations on continuing education. The activity was conducted for the members of the Pennsylvania State Nursing Association (PSNA).
Patrick Kenny, PSNA president, presented the program dubbed as ‘The 1,2,3’s of Mandatory Continuing Education,” to be able to provide insights in the various modalities professional nurses should complete to accomplish the required 30-hour for licensure examinations. The event was reportedly attended by at least 55 registered nurses who also participated actively during the conduct of the seminar by asking questions related to the subject matter. The said seminar allowed the PSNA-member nurses to receive at least 1.5 units for continuing education program. The participants came from various nursing groups such as Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Medical Center, Wyoming Valley Health Care System, John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine, Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
The PSNA, representing 205,000 professional nurses, is a non-profit group in Pennsylvania. It exists to develop and advance the nursing profession through practice, advocacy and legislation. Career education to the organization’s members is also among its programs for development.
Misericordia University offers various courses for the undergraduates that include associate and diploma. It is also strengthening its programs to be ready for the new millennium as well as in the 21st century nursing education programs.
Just recently, there were reports of the United States lack of more US citizens that are nursing graduates. In fact, the US government has to hire registered nurses from around the world to augment the demand for more nurses in various hospitals, nursing home facilities, private clinics and other health care facilities in the entire country.
To strengthen its campaign for health education, the Laureate Education has named Dr. Francisco Gutierrez as senior vice president for health sciences and medicine.
As such, Gutierrez is expected to set example and be responsible for Laureate International Universities’ strategic leadership especially in programs for health sciences. These programs include 21 physical therapy schools, 16 nursing schools, 14 dental schools, 15 medical schools as well as more than 20 health sciences programs which will be in 30 cities around the world. Just like an online degree program, these are also expertise needed by many students of the world.
It was learned that prior to his new assignment, Dr Gutierrez served as Health Navigation LLC chief consultant. He was also an official at the Pricewaterhouse Coopers as director. He also became Harris Methodist health System president.
Douglas Becker, Laureate Education CEO said Gutierrez is an international leader recognized in health sciences and medicine. His new position is very important since the Laureate International Universities network now has over 40,000 students. They are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate studies.
Becker said Gutierrez would surely play important role in the development of studies especially in health sciences and medicine. It is also expected that the doctor as new official of the Laureate education would be initiating more programs for the welfare of the health and sciences education in the university.
Dr Gutierrez graduated from his medical degree as well as health management degree with flying colors from the University of Mexico. At John Hopkin’s University he also finished his master’s degree in health finance. These educational backgrounds are solid proof of his dedication to education especially in health and sciences, it was learned.
Dr Gutierrez is not only a symbol of excellence but also professionalism as he does his work with utmost concern, dedication and commitment. Students in the university welcome his new leadership of the department
Travel nursing is now one of the hottest professions today in the US with a lot of students enrolling. This means the goals and mission of the school is effective and they were able to get support from a lot of people interested in the new nursing career in this part of America. Below are major reasons why travel nursing is now the hottest profession as far as nursing is concerned.
- Travel nursing is a new career for registered nurses. This means the demand is really strong so that more and more students enroll in this particular career. Nurses and other Health care professionals allied with this profession have very important roles in the community. It is now an exciting and rewarding career options for nurses and other allied health care professionals.
- Travel nursing allows students to go places. This is also one of the main reasons why more students have noticed this nursing opportunity in the US and other countries in Europe. The travel they experience is really great and they learn many things. Travel is the best education and travel nurses knew they would learn many things when they travel to places.
- Travel nurses receive high-paying jobs. Most travel nurses receive bigger salaries because of the nature of their works in the community. They are always assigned in the far-flung areas service only by few nurses and professionals. This means the experience they can get is truly amazing. They start at over $6,000 monthly salaries for 4 to 8 weeks they are contracted. The most common travel nursing partners in America include the American Mobile Healthcare, Nurses Rx, Medical Express, and Preferred Healthcare Staffing.
- Travel nursing as a profession is now considered in many schools world wide because of its massive marketing and promotion. Many registered nurses and students in other places are getting interested into shifting to travel nursing.
- Bigger salaries and other benefits. This is also what is very tempting in this career is that it offers unlimited income opportunities for interested career professionals. You will be receiving a big salary plus the opportunity to work overseas. The lucrative pay include high monthly income, signing bonus, free housing, insurance coverage, clinical support and other programs.
The accelerated programs in nursing are very important for nursing professionals who want to gain more knowledge that are available offline as well as online.
The University of Phoenix in Arizona is one of the universities in the United States and other schools world wide that improve its nursing education program to cater to the growing demands of students all over the world. The education for nursing in this university is both offline and online education so that it can accommodate students even from far locations. This means they are really committed to make nursing a very accessible profession for everyone especially for the working students and not only for the selected few. If you are in accelerated programs, you can be a registered nurse (RN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and from online RN to BSN.
Campus-based learning
For the campus-based learning format, it provides students to attend classes in the US only near their work places or homes. This is the so-called traditional brick and mortar type of education, Classes are either once a week, offered in evening and day classes and or depending on the schools that offer nursing education classes. The University of Arizona has over 190 locations all over the globe for students to have good choices where to enroll.
Online learning format
For online nursing education students will have all the flexibility they can enjoy. They only need to complete course work and attend electronic forums, download lectures as well as assignments. This is really enjoyable education format because students have all the time to study their lessons n their own convenience. They just have to login at least four days a week to attend to their classes. They can also choose their days and class schedules. Online education is the best option for working professionals who want to add more educational background.