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The medical profession has been built by hardship.
People go in for all kinds of mundane things now. Refill this prescription for headaches. Get a few stitches on a cut from a fall. A referral for physical therapy or a pregnancy test.
But what built the legion of medical professionals have been epidemics and wars. Sometimes both. World War I ended just as the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was beginning.
Nursing, specifically, has been a response to overwhelming numbers of people in need. In the 19th century, Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale turned what had been a somewhat amateur way to provide comfort to the injured or dying into a calling. Ultimately, that job was as critical to winning a war as weapons or strategic assaults. The more soldiers who survived, the fewer replacements were needed and the stronger an army became.
Interest in healthcare jobs is on the rise
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A CWRU Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing student participates in a class during the fall 2020 semester at the Health Education Campus.
Ashley Bailey was just a few months into nursing school when the pandemic hit.
The next several months looked vastly different than she d planned. The Hondros College of Nursing student hadn t expected to do her clinicals online through virtual clinical experiences her nursing video game, as she calls it. With COVID-19 restrictions, bartending was no longer the reliable, flexible and lucrative option she d expected to carry her through her collegiate journey.
Salute to Iowa Nurses: Veteran nurses share their biggest lessons and insights
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The COVID-19 pandemic, which presented some of the most intense clinical and emotional challenges many nurses had ever encountered, has not diminished interest in the profession. In fact, student enrollment in nursing programs increased in 2020, according to a survey by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) released in April.
Baccalaureate-level enrollment rose 5.6 percent, with more than 251,000 students entering U.S. programs. Enrollment in master’s and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs rose 4.1 and 8.9 percent, respectively.
What advice would Iowa’s veteran nurses give to these students, especially after serving on the front lines during the pandemic? What’s the one thing they wish they knew when they were getting into nursing? The Register asked three 100 Great Iowa Nurses honorees, recognized for their contributions to patients, colleagues and profession, an
Among the five most common major fields for students pursuing an associate degree or undergraduate certificate, health professions and related clinical sciences programs fared the best in enrollment this spring, according to the latest numbers available from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.