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QUINCY (WGEM) – Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Science held their annual kick off to the academic year, Commitment to Care. Keynote speaker, Darryl Bellamy, spoke with the students and encouraged them to push past their greatest fears. Blessing of the Hands–when faculty recites blessings for students as they have water poured over their hands–was a highlight of the …

Front-line nurses are the clinicians most likely to encounter patients suffering from high anxiety. Full-immersion virtual reality simulation decreased nursing students’ anxiety levels when communicating with anxious patients, says new research published in the September issue of Clinical Simulation in Nursing. With anxiety as the most prevalent mental health disorder in the United States, nurses do not feel adequately prepared …

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – The Forrest County Board of Supervisors awarded $2.6 million to Pearl River Community College on Monday. The funds will be dispersed over a 15-year period. PRCC President Adam Breerwood said the funds will be used to expand and renovate the Allied Health and nursing programs at the college’s Hattiesburg campus. This includes a second building for …

4 nurse executives reveal how they are adapting to a challenging healthcare environment. Until COVID-19 turned healthcare on its head, care models had not changed much since the early 20th century. But now, nurse executives are finding new and more efficient care models to adapt to the current state of nursing shortages, workforce pipeline challenges, fewer physicians, increased patient acuity, …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Nashville hospital patient was arrested Friday after police said he kicked a nurse in the face and flung blood toward staff while shouting racial slurs. Metro officers were dispatched to TriStar Summit Medical Center in response to a patient fighting with staff. Responding officers found the patient, 45-year-old Gregory Pollock, restrained to a bed. Hospital …