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The CVS Health Foundation Scholarships support the most promising family nurse practitioners and physician assistants of tomorrow. (Shutterstock)
Information via University of St. Joseph
HARTFORD, CT The CVS Health Foundation has awarded $3,000 in Family Nurse Practitioner & Physician Assistant (FNP/PA) Scholarships to three University of Saint Joseph students in the University s Family Nurse Practitioner Program.
The CVS Health Foundation Scholarships support the most promising family nurse practitioners and physician assistants of tomorrow from accredited Colleges of Nursing and Physician Assistants schools across the country.
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The scholarships seek to help mitigate the impact of the ongoing primary care physician shortage in the United States. With more Americans living longer and fewer primary care physicians, the demand for highly skilled nurse practitioners and physician assistants is only expected to increase.
Carroll Foy releases COVID-19 economic recovery plan
Published Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, 11:07 am
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Jennifer Carroll Foy
Virginia, on the aggregate, has done reasonably well economically holding up through COVID-19, but more than 200,000 people who lost their jobs because of COVID are still out of work.
Jennifer Carroll Foy, a former state delegate running for the Democratic Party nomination for governor, is working to address where we are, and where we’re headed post-COVID.
Carroll Foy on Tuesday released a policy plan that centers on providing relief to the hundreds of thousands of Virginians who lost work during the pandemic, as well as small businesses traditionally left behind in favor of massive corporations and special interests.
Reply The FNP program is an important addition to Manhattanville’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences. (Manhattanville College)
Press release from Manhattanville College:
Jan. 19, 2021
Manhattanville College today announced that it will offer a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program in the fall at its newly opened School of Nursing and Health Sciences.
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According to The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Family Nurse Practitioners, who have a wide scope of practice and can provide care to patients of any age, are considered the cornerstone of primary healthcare with 70 percent delivering primary care in the United States. Americans sought care from approximately 290,000 FNPs for more than one billion office visits in 2019.
The need for blood donations has soared along with COVID-19 deaths, which are closing in on 400,000 in the United States and just hit a new daily record of more than 4,300.
Blood shortages have been reported nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic, with life-saving blood supplies dwindling, putting patients in emergency rooms and hospitals at risk.Â
Franciscan Health Michigan City has scheduled two blood drives to help make up for the lack of donations taking place at workplaces and schools during a time of remote work and e-learning.
Versiti Blood Center will accept donations outside Entrance A at the hospital, at 3500 Franciscan Way, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 27 and from 2 to 6 p.m. Jan. 28.
Pearson, Hawai i Pacific University Partner to Offer New Online Advanced Nursing Degrees, Certificates
Programs Designed to Address Skyrocketing Demand for Skilled Nursing Professionals, Including a Contact Tracing Certificate
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HONOLULU, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Today, Pearson and Hawai i Pacific University (HPU) enter into a new partnership to bring HPU degree and certificate programs online, including three new online nursing degree programs offered through the University s College of Health and Society (CHS): Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and a Post-Master Certification (PMC). The MSN and DNP programs will launch Fall 2021, and the PMC program begins Fall 2022, incorporating some of the most high-demand, concentrated degrees that will enable graduates to be leaders in the healthcare industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall employment of nurse practitioners