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of LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 4, 2021) —  About 115 University of Kentucky College of Nursing faculty, staff and students volunteered their services at the UK COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kroger Field on Saturday, Feb. 27. The volunteers enabled the clinic to offer expanded Saturday hours and an increased vaccination capacity by about 1,000 people. This was the final week of a five-week volunteer effort from UK's health care colleges to extend clinic hours from noon to 6 p.m. each Saturday. The UK Kroger Field COVID-19 vaccination clinic operates from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday-Frida...

Flags Flown At US Capitol And In Virginia, Michigan And New Hampshire In Honor Of National Cancer Prevention Day Feb. 4 National Cancer Prevention Workshop Featured 70 Speakers News provided by Share this article Share this article RYE, N.H., Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark National Cancer Prevention Day on Feb. 4, the National Cancer Prevention Workshop welcomed more than 70 speakers for a virtual workshop that was viewed by students, legislators, physicians, nurse and public health professionals. To mark the day, state flags were flown at the capitols of Virginia, Michigan and New Ham...

While the COVID-19 pandemic rages on worldwide with new variants, the urgency for Kentucky nurses to continue to be on the frontlines now extends out to a massive vaccine campaign. Just like Florence Nightingale, mother of modern nursing, and Mary Jane Seacole, British-Jamaican nurse and business woman, did in the Crimean war, nurses today are working 24/7 to get the mission accomplished.   Although the practice settings may change from a critical care unit one day and the next day a large parking lot tent or football stadium or drive-through clinic, the shepherding of public health in the...