In The News: School of Nursing
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.
A graduate student in nursing at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, implemented a better way to dispense medicine at VA Hospital of Southern Nevada.
Forensic nursing can help shed scientific light on areas like criminal activity, violence, and abuse. One form of human trafficking is forced organ harvesting, a medical practice making select people unwilling organ donors. UNLV Associate Professor and forensic nurse Dr. Kathleen Thimsen explains where this commonly occurs, why it's challenging to stop, and how this act muddies the ethical waters of health care.
This summer, high school students are learning what it takes to join the field of nursing and it’s happening at UNLV’s School of Nursing for its third annual nurse’s camp.
As Ryker Moriwaki showed Mario Scott how to monitor a person’s oxygen levels at UNLV’s School of Medicine on Wednesday, the two shared something in common: both of their mothers were nurses.
High school students are getting a first-hand look at what it takes to be a nurse.
The term “water birth” describes a range of practices, but all involve immersion in water during some stage of the labor and delivery process. Jennifer Vanderlaan, a maternal health researcher at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Nursing and a co-author of the new paper, said the practice is akin to sitting in a hot tub and is used for pain management.
The term “water birth” describes a range of practices, but all involve immersion in water during some stage of the labor and delivery process. Jennifer Vanderlaan, a maternal health researcher at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Nursing and a co-author of the new paper, said the practice is akin to sitting in a hot tub and is used for pain management.