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A Career In Medical Assisting

My name is Danni R, and I am a certified medical assistant and online educator. I am writing this article to introduce you to an exciting career in the allied health profession that has existed for quite a long time but is just recently gaining the atte
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Nursing News and Events

West Salem School Board considers nursing program (West Salem Coulee News)

West Salem students may soon be able to take nursing classes as part of their curriculum.

Montgomery Co. Woman Admits To Nursing Home Theft (CBS 3 Philadelphia)

A former nurse's assistant has admitted stealing the personal information of a 75-year-old patient from a suburban Philadelphia nursing home.

Nursing aide pleas guilty to ID theft (WPVI-TV Philadelphia)

A former nurses assistant has admitted stealing the personal information of a 75-year-old patient from a suburban Philadelphia nursing home.

Effort targets nursing shortage in 14-county region (Crookston Daily Times)

A global nursing shortage is affecting health-care systems everywhere, but rural areas are hit particularly hard. The Northwest Minnesota Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is working to address this shortage within a 14-county and two-reservation area, but first it needs to know what's behind the problem.

NEW: Investigation finds nursing home deficiencies (The Norman Transcript)

A Norman nursing home could face fines of up to $3,000 a day after a state probe uncovered numerous deficiencies, including that the facility failed to fully investigate abuse allegations.

Nursing program to host open house for new simulation lab (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

SOUTH HOLLAND | The South Suburban College nursing program will host an open house for the collegeâ€™s new simulation nursing lab from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 24.Â The new lab is in Room 4228 on the main campus in South Holland. The open house will feature the collegeâ€™s new family of high-tech simulation mannequins:Â Hal, Noelle and her baby.Â

He's no dummy: Nursing students practice on patient simulator (The Weston Town Crier)

In what could be the start of a unique partnership in health care, a new "man on campus" has arrived on the Regis College campus. He is the Sim-Man patient simulator, a $50,000 human-like robot that has vital signs, can go into cardiac arrest, be treated for pneumonia, appear to be pregnant (as a woman, of course), groan and talk. Video: What they're learning from a dummy

Stamford, Conn. area has highest nursing home costs (The Journal News)

STAMFORD, Conn. - The highest nursing home costs in the country are in the Stamford area, a national survey has found. Private rooms at nursing homes in the Stamford region cost an average of $394 a day and $144,000 a year, according to the survey by Westport-based MetLife Mature Market Institute.

Teenager accused over nursing home assaults (Cootamundra Herald)

ONE of two staff who allegedly sexually assaulted female residents at a Central Coast nursing home was 18 years old and had only recently begun working there, raising questions about the supervision of junior staff at the facility.

Graduate nursing program offered at Texas A&M (Texarkana Gazette)

Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Dr. Meliss Vessier-Batchen is an assistant professor of nursing at Texas A&M University-Texarkana with a background in forensic nursing. She has recently offered to help local law enforcement agencies with forensic investigations.