Nursing

The US Senate is “the most privileged nursing home in the country”, the Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said. The former South Carolina governor and ambassador to the United Nations, 51, was speaking to Fox News a day after the Republican leader in the Senate, 81-year-old Mitch McConnell, suffered a second freeze in a month, this time while speaking to …

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley mocked the U.S. Senate on Thursday as a “nursing home.” Haley made the comments in an interview with Fox News when asked about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest episode of freezing up while addressing the press. “It’s sad,” she told Fox News. “No one should feel good about seeing that any more than we …

The application for admission to the Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program at the UAHT Texarkana campus is now open. Students can apply online at www.uaht.edu from September 1 to November 1, 2023. The deadline to apply is November 1, 2023, by 4:30 p.m. The LPN program is a full-time, 11-month, selective admission program leading to a Technical Certificate in Practical …

Comment on this storyComment The Biden administration on Friday released a proposed rule requiring the nation’s nursing homes to hire minimum numbers of front-line caregivers, a long-anticipated response to decades of complaints about neglect and abuse in an industry that critics say is unprepared for the tsunami of seniors heading its way from the baby boom. If implemented as proposed, …

Piedmont Walton Hospital recently named Stevanie Reynolds chief nursing officer for the 77-bed facility. Reynolds brings nearly 20 years of hospital nursing and leadership experience to the role. Reynolds has been a part of the Piedmont system since 2015 and is recognized for building strong relationships with nurses and physicians across the health system. Most recently, she served as the …

US nursing homes will have to beef up their staffing levels under long-awaited proposed new guidelines announced Friday by the Biden administration. The proposed rule (RIN: 0938-AV25), which calls for specific hours of patient care by registered nurses and nursing aides, is the centerpiece of a wide-ranging Biden administration push to improve the quality of care at US nursing homes, …

Comment on this storyComment In most rescue animal adoptions, the adopter picks their pet. In this case, the canine in question chose a new home all on his own. Scout was staying at the Antrim County Animal Shelter in Bellaire, Mich., when he started sneaking out to Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility — a nursing home across the street — …

Walking through LeTourneau University’s new School of Nursing building feels akin to touring a real-world health care facility. Patient beds line the inside of the skills lab, and individual rooms house mannequins in patient beds. Some students choose to study in the lab, while others utilize collaborative classrooms that come with televisions to view study materials, videos and more. Known …

(Credit: mikroman6 / Getty Images) Occupancy in skilled nursing facilities in June was 81.2%, the highest it has been all year, according to the latest Skilled Nursing Monthly Report, released Thursday by NIC MAP Vision. The June level represents a 31 basis point increase from May, Bill Kauffman, senior principal at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, …

Temple University students started a new academic year this week, and among the new faces on campus is the chair of the university’s department of nursing. Earlier this summer, Temple hired Amita Avadhani, a nurse-practitioner with over a decade of teaching experience, to lead its nursing department. Prior to joining Temple, Avadhani spent 13 years overseeing graduate nursing programs at …