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Are Nurses Underestimated Or Overlooked By The Public?
Posted on · Three Houstonians in the nursing field discuss how their profession is perceived and other challenges they face today.
Posted on · Three Houstonians in the nursing field discuss how their profession is perceived and other challenges they face today.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Early voting ends today and has already surpassed all of 2014 in Harris County. Then, we discuss how nurses are perceived in culture. Plus, our non-experts break down the week's news. And Joel Hodgson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 discusses the art of mocking bad movies.
Posted on · Nursing homes are losing nurses to better paying jobs in hospitals
Posted on · Three years ago (June 30, 2014), we talked about the state of nursing in Greater Houston. In particular, we talked about how the industry is addressing the gap between supply and demand, especially as Baby Boomers age and the need for healthcare grows. Are we any closer to closing that gap? What’s being done within […]
Posted on · We often hear that Houston is a global city – but what does that mean? The term might be used to describe our area’s much-touted cultural diversity. But it could also be used to describe the region’s role as an international economic engine. To see just where Houston stacked up on the latter front, researchers from […]
Posted on · (Above: A class at Lone Star College. Photo: Laura Isensee | Houston Public Media) Right now, just three community colleges in the state of Texas are allowed to offer four-year bachelor’s degrees. Houston’s Lone Star College is not one of them, but wants to be. Lone Star College Chancellor Dr. Steve Head argues allowing schools like […]
Posted on · “We know that we are producing, educating, and inspiring people to be nurses and they are answering that call,”
Posted on · Houston Community College has been contending with a number of issues in recent years. The Houston Chronicle reported earlier this year on more than 350 acres of land the college owned that went unused. Thereâs also been controversy surrounding the collegeâs associate degree nursing program, which was put on probation because the state concluded the […]
Posted on · The associate’s degree program in nursing at Coleman College of Health Sciences can’t admit new students in 2016
Posted on · The process of getting licensed as a nurse is getting harder – and so is the career of nursing itself, all as demand for nurses continues at a steady pace. Back in 2014, we got a sense of the demands nurses face when we spoke with three nursing professionals in Greater Houston. At the time, […]
Posted on · Houston Community College has faced a fair amount of criticism in recent years for some land development plans that haven’t worked out. But while that’s gained a lot of notice, and HCC Chancellor Cesar Maldonado admits “course corrections” need to be made, there’s another challenge – an academic challenge – facing HCC: Its associate degree […]
Posted on · Houston Community College has faced a fair amount of criticism in recent years for some land development plans that haven’t worked out. But while that’s gained a lot of notice, and HCC Chancellor Cesar Maldonado admits “course corrections” need to be made, there’s another challenge – an academic challenge – facing HCC: Its associate degree […]
Posted on · August is World Breastfeeding Awareness Month, and thousands of Texas mothers choose to breastfeed their babies instead of using formula. Itâs a practice thatâs been going on for thousands of years, but only in the last few did breastfeeding in public become a social and legal issue. We hear the story of a Houston mom who took […]
Posted on · Valerie Counts, a nurse at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center, talks about her years working the night shift and how she says it gave her the opportunity at times to better connect with coworkers and patients.
Posted on · According to the Texas Board of Nursing, there are more than 32,000 registered nurses in Harris County, and those numbers are expected to grow in the coming years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 19 percent from 2012 to 2022. But while the demand for nurses is there, supply is falling […]