In The News: School of Nursing
In a University Medical Center classroom, CPR mannequins laid across the tables as a dozen high school students gathered around. Some grabbed the AED, others pretended to call 911 and a few locked their elbows and began performing CPR.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s fifth annual Nurse Camp has begun, providing high school students with an opportunity to explore the nursing profession.
UNLV's nursing school is teaming up with UMC to help 60 high school students get interested in the medical field. This 'Nurse Camp' gives students a feel for being a nursing major.
High school students get opportunity to learn about the Nursing field in the UNLV Nurse Camp.
A UNLV program for high school students interested in nursing aims to combat a shortage in the profession.
Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) toured the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Nursing with faculty and nursing staff to discuss her work to address the nursing shortage in Nevada.
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, is helping medical professionals fight staff shortages in the field. The Nevada leader visited the UNLV School of Nursing on Thursday to highlight her efforts through the bipartisan Train More Nurses Act.
UNLV nursing students dressed in bright red scrubs were hard at work Thursday at the university’s Clinical Simulation Center, where aspiring nurses can participate in real-life scenarios by treating mannequin patients.
As many clinics and hospitals play catch up to the nursing workforce shortage, a Las Vegas clinic is going hands-on with their nurse practitioner students. FOX5 reported on Safe Harbor Medical previously, as they are the clinic that had to take on hundreds of new patients after a local affordable healthcare facility shut down.
Millions of Americans suffer from not being able to get a good night’s sleep. It’s especially tough in a 24-hour city where workers are often on unusual time shifts. The Good Day Las Vegas crew knows what it’s like to struggle with getting enough snooze time so we took our questions to Dr. Jinyoung Kim at UNLV’s Nursing School who has done her own in-depth, deep sleep research.
For some, white noise is the ultimate sleep aid. For others, however, the term raises a big question mark. That's behind the monotonous noise.
Deans say turning nurses into educators a ‘hard sell’ because of low wages and high academic requirements.