If you’re not familiar with the nursing field, you might assume “wound care” is just an everyday part of the job. While it’s true many nurses are tending to minor cuts and scrapes as part of their day-to-day duties, only a small portion of nurses possess a deep, specialized skill set for treating more advanced wounds and injuries.

For Sarah Lovelace, BSN, RN, pediatric nursing gives her the opportunity to treat a medically fragile population, and she loves coming to work to do that. “It’s that feeling of having a calling, and to know you can make an impact,” she says. “Nursing is the best decision I ever made in my life.”

More than a decade after advocates started pushing for the change, UNLV this month joined more than 2,000 universities nationwide in becoming a smoke-free campus.

Emory University School of Nursing assistant professor Priscilla Hall, PhD contributed to a recent meta-analysis study on water births that is gaining far-reaching recognition. The study shows that water births provide clear benefits for mothers and their babies, with fewer complications than standard care methods. The new research involving Hall is receiving significant attention from medical professionals and media sources such as “Good Morning America.”

The right tools can help nursing students get and stay organized. Consider these nine simple products suggested by nurses for nursing students.

The moment you decide to make a change and pursue a better career is empowering. You take your future into your own hands and make a choice that you hope will improve your life and the lives of your loved ones. Choosing to become a nurse is a big deal. Naturally, you want to make sure you’ve considered every angle possible. Likely one of the biggest considerations on your mind is how to pay for nursing school.

Nursing school can be exciting, both academically and personally. Learning life-saving procedures and patient care techniques allows future nurses to gain the necessary experience to save lives. However, maintaining good mental health in nursing school poses a challenge.

Even before the pandemic, Nevada had the second-largest nursing deficit in the country, and the pandemic has only worsened nurse burnout and retention. According to a 2022 report, nurses are leaving their jobs at “a dramatically higher rate” — Nevada needs to hire 4,000 nurses just to meet the national average.

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak visited with students from the UNLV nursing course, which provides an opportunity to prepare high school students in the medical field.

It's no secret that hospitals are experiencing a desperate shortage of nurses, and getting more students interested in the profession is the goal of the UNLV nurse camp, which is happening this week.

High school students are opening their eyes to the profession of nursing, UNLV School of Nursing is hosting their biggest summer camp yet.

Nurses in red T-shirts — some with the word “heroes” crossed out and replaced with the word “humans” — held signs and played music outside of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center on a June afternoon as passing drivers honked in support.