Nursing student Acacia Herndon doesn’t graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas until June, but she’s already getting a jump on her career and providing some much-needed assistance at Centennial Hills Hospital during the stressful COVID-19 pandemic.

The shortage of nurses in Las Vegas and around the country continues to rise. And with the lack of staff, hospitals are calling on travel nurses to help.

UNLV nursing student Acacia Herndon doesn’t graduate until June, but she’s already getting a jump on her career and providing some much-needed assistance at Centennial Hills Hospital during the stressful COVID-19 pandemic.

The UNLV School of Nursing is partnering with Adam's Place to provide a virtual grief support group.

Hospital staffing remains in ‘crisis’ as hospital bed occupancy rises to 98% in Clark County

Hospitals around Las Vegas continue to struggle with staffing issues. Nurses are part of that equation. While nursing shortages are nothing new, they have increased due to burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, local nursing programs like the UNLV School of Nursing are seeing an increased interest in new students who want to step in to help and learn. We take you inside some of their training at the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas to see how they get some hands-on experience before they join the workforce!

Governor Steve Sisolak announced an effort to recruit nursing students across Nevada to help overwhelmed hospitals across the state.

How are minority children with ADHD affected by diagnostic, treatment, and educational inequities—and what can we do about it?

In the second part of a three-episode arc, learn how the pandemic impacted Asian-American healthcare workers.

Two Filipino American students in Southern Nevada are among this year's recipients of APIA scholarships from a fast food giant.

Jon Dimaya remembers the car ride into Sunrise Hospital the night of October 1st, 2017.

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