New nurses are buzzing around Sunnybrook, as the hospital has undertaken the province’s Nursing Graduate Guarantee Initiative, offering nursing graduates across Ontario exciting opportunities to learn and grow while securing them full time employment. For nurse Tess Mountain, the initiative means she’s currently working in her dream job: ”This is the mecca of where I […]

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When it comes to graduate nursing programs, the University of Illinois (UIC) Chicago - College of Nursing in Peoria sets the pace for others in the nation. Not only the very first College of Nursing to offer a Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program in downstateIllinois, the UIC College of Nursing also offers the only […]

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It’s a sign of a statewide nursing shortage — dozens of nurses stood outside overnight at Renton Technical College to try to get into a registered nursing course.
There were 40 slots open and 45 LPNs in line.
“This one is first come first serve and doesn’t go strictly on grades,” said Patricia Beers.
Hospitals are suffering a […]

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“It could definitely lead to more jobs,” said Berkshire Health Systems Chief Operating Officer Helen Downey. It’s a message that’s short and to the point. She’s talking about the decision to try and solve the nursing shortage in Berkshire County.“We think we have a responsibility to ensure that we have an adequate supply of health […]

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Legal action could hit the benchmarking body if it fails to deliver pay increases of more than e6,000 a year for the country’s 40,000 nurses, it emerged last night.The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) delivered the warning in the wake of a landmark Labour Court sex discrimination ruling which will boost the pay of Directors of […]

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