In The News: School of Nursing
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) nursing student Alyssa Macleod spent time over the last few months taking classes through distance learning due to COVID-19.
In this summer 2020 edition of Medical Minute, UNLV nursing Associate Professor Jennifer Kawi (Ph.D., MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE) explains what chronic pain is, how common is it in the U.S., and why you should seek medical help if you suffer from it.
Deans of the UNLV Dental and Nursing schools Lily T. Garcia and Angela Amar discuss ways medical professionals are working to make doctor visits safe.
In this June 2020 edition of "Medical Minute", UNLV School of Nursing professor Dr. Andrew Thomas Reyes discusses the prevalence of PTSD and why it's critical to spread more awareness. June is also PTSD Awareness Month.
Mark StHilaire knew he had high blood pressure when he was diagnosed with COVID-19, but he didn’t realize that the underlying health condition put him at risk of serious complications from the disease.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly one in five nursing homes in Florida have barely a one-week supply of personal protective equipment, or PPE, such as N95 surgical masks and gowns.
UNLV School of Nursing posted to its twitter page today that students are supporting the community and have bought water, medical kits and snacks for protesters.
Pandemic pressure and stress are being blamed for people’s declining mental health. Recent studies have found more than 40% of Americans fall into that category and the impacts may linger long after COVID-19.
There may never have been another point (at least in our generation) where the work, sacrifices, and impact of nurses and other health workers were more obvious to so many people than now.
There may never have been another point — at least in our lifetimes — when the work, sacrifices and impact of nurses, and other health care workers, were more obvious to so many people than now.
America calls our medical workers heroes, but their sacrifice to save lives goes far beyond the walls of a hospital.
It’s unnaturally quiet these days on the UNLV campus, which normally would be swirling with students preparing for final exams coming.