As summer storms roll in across much of the U.S., we’re reminded that preparation is an absolute necessity and could mean the difference between life and death. Whether it’s a hurricane, a tornado or ...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. --Womack Army Medical Center held its annual, week-long Nursing Skills Fair in the Health Education and Staff Development Department, Oct. 26 to 30. The fair provided nursing and ...

What Is the Nursing Skills Competency Program? Is the Nursing Skills Competency Program the Same as Continuing Nursing Education? What Are the Benefits of the Nursing Skills Competency Program? How ...

Hospitals with ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designation are always seeking better ways to educate their nurses to ensure quality outcomes. For many facilities, part of this education process ...

Two (2) female medical students are working together on a group assignment. They are writing their notes on a laptop and sitting at a desk in a training laboratory. They are both wearing scrubs. The ...

From sterile technique to leadership on the floor, nursing skills are built through structured checklists, training, and real-world practice. Competency validation ensures patient safety while ...

Taking care of her dad after his two hip replacements awakened Jasmine Barnachea’s desire to be a nurse, but she needed a way to jumpstart her health care education. So when Barnachea, a nutritional ...

Today we’re not only facing a critical shortage of skilled nurses, exacerbated by pandemic burnout layered onto the aging nursing workforce, but we’re also confronted with the fact that most licensed ...

Last April, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a new final rule requiring nursing homes that receive federal payments to meet certain minimum staffing requirements. While the CMS ...

Nursing homes in need of more direct-care workers have received a big boost from federal regulators. A rule that says new aides cannot work longer than four months without becoming certified has been ...

MONTREAL & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A recent survey of 204 nurse learners reveals that immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is gaining traction as the preferred simulation modality in nursing ...

A nursing training facility in India has recently opened, which could be the first to be augmented by virtual reality technology. Healthcare VR developer MediSim VR has partnered with Kusum Dhirajlal ...