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Schools of Nursing See Enrollment Increases Across Most Program Levels, Signaling Strong Interest in Nursing Careers
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 PhD Nursing Programs See 11th Year of Enrollment Declines WASHINGTON, D.C., June 17, 2025 – New data released today by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) show increases in the student population across most undergraduate and graduate programs at U.S. nursing schools, reversing some recent downward trends.
Ending unequal treatment: Strategies to achieve equitable health care and optimal health for all
On June 26, 2024, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a new report examining health care inequities that persist in the U.S. titled "Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All." Flaws in our health system disproportionately affect members of marginalized communities, including stark racial and ethnic inequities in life expectancy, maternal and infant mortality, and many chronic diseases.
AACN Supports Increased Nursing Education Funding in President’s FY 2025 Budget
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 2024 - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to see recommended increases to programs that support nursing education and the workforce in the Administration's proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Released yesterday, the proposal outlines resources for key programs impacting academic nursing within the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education.
AACN Announces 2024 Election Results for its Board of Directors and Nominating Committee
Monday, February 12, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12, 2024 – The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce the results of its 2024 election to fill seats on the AACN Board of Directors and Nominating Committee.
AACN Applauds the Reintroduction of the FAAN Act in Congress
Friday, February 9, 2024 WASHINGTON, D.C., February 9, 2024 – The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) applauds the introduction of the Future Advancement of Academic Nursing (FAAN) Act (H.R.7266/S.3770) by our Senate Nursing Caucus Co-Chair, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and House Nursing Caucus Vice Co-Chair, and nurse, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14).
AACN Receives New Grant to Combat Racism through Nursing Education
Thursday, January 25, 2024 WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2024 – The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, a groundbreaking initiative of the American Nurses Association, has awarded funding to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to better prepare nurses to address racism in academic and clinical settings.
Infertility Solutions
Infertility causes intense stress on individuals and couples trying to conceive. The numerous causes of infertility, which can be difficult or even impossible to pinpoint, can add to a couple’s frustrations. Feelings of guilt or blame can creep into a relationship no matter how much couples try to stay positive. Challenges with infertility can affect every area of a person and a couple’s life.
5 Natural Antidepressants for Managing Depression Over the Holidays
This is the season of festivals, gift giving and joy. But it’s not a jolly time for everyone. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can make winter holidays unbearable for people suffering from its symptoms, and can even lead to suicide. While SAD has effective treatments, suicide prevention information is also included.
MIT Global Ethics Study Uses Interactive 'Moral Machine' to Ask Whose Lives Autonomous Vehicles Should Be Programmed to Save
While designers of autonomous vehicles (AVs) continue their quest to make them safer, the realities of complex roadways call for complex ethical decisions about who lives or dies. To address the technological version of what’s known as the age-old “trolley problem,” a worldwide study asked questions such as: if one or more pedestrian is suddenly crossing the road, should the AV be programmed to swerve and risk going off the road with its passengers or hit the people head-on?
A Prototype for Larry Page's Autonomous Flying Taxi Has Been Unveiled, and the Future Is Now
If you’ve ever watched the 1960s futuristic cartoon The Jetsons, you’ve seen Google co-founder Larry Page’s basic vision for flying taxis. It takes off and lands like a helicopter and flies horizontally with a passenger on board—except George Jetson still had to steer. After several years of quiet development, Page has unveiled the self-driving, electric prototype in New Zealand and plans to bring service-for-hire to the public.
Forget Driverless Cars, Nissan Wants to Make a Car That Anticipates Drivers' Moves Before They Make Them
As cars with more autonomous capability make their way to the road, Nissan is seeking to capture the attention of those people who aren’t ready to let go of their steering wheels. Its Brain-to-Vehicle model—which uses an electroencephalography (EEG) cap to connect driver to car—claims to anticipate and accelerate the driver’s reactions, creating an overall improved driving experience.
STUDY: White Men See Guns As a Means of Empowerment in Times of Economic Uncertainty
In the wake of numerous mass shootings of 2017 and the growing cultural divide in the United States, one study sought to understand the meaning behind guns to their owners. Researchers discovered white men often see guns as a mechanism of empowerment when confronted with economic plight. This subgroup of gun owners tends to carry a particular set of values and policy positions, including insurrectionist tendencies, worth further study. F.
A New Schizophrenia Treatment Allows Patients to Yell Back at the Voices in Their Head and It's Incredibly Effective
There are more than 21 million people suffering from schizophrenia worldwide. Most commonly associated with hearing hallucinatory voices that threaten and insult, schizophrenia can affect people’s ability to maintain employment or healthy relationships. With 25 percent of symptoms being resistant to traditional therapies, a promising study found people with this condition can reduce or even eliminate their symptoms by talking back to an avatar designed to mimic the voices in their head.
STUDY: Virtual Reality Technology Found to Provide Pain Relief to Patients
In October, President Trump finally declared what much of the country has known for a long time: the opioid crisis is a public health emergency. Yet while nearly 100 Americans die from opioid-related deaths each day, chronic pain continues to vex more than 25 million Americans. But the fast-developing world of virtual reality (VR) technology is providing relief to patients in clinical trials, hospitals, and soon in our own homes.
8 Ways Parents Can Teach Internet Safety to Teens
Even if teens know more about technology than you do, you can still teach them how to stay safe on the Internet. And you should impart these lessons — early and often. They are important not only for your soon-to-be adult’s personal well-being, but also for her future educational and occupational success. Knowing how to be a good digital citizen and how to navigate the online world safely are essential 21st-century skills. Below are eight tips to help your teen attain worldwide Web wisdom.
Exemplary Leader - Morgan Hill Times: Lifestyles
Back in 1988, one of her housecleaning clients—a business manager for the Santa Clara County Central Protection District—left a fire department application on his kitchen counter for Stocksick with a note saying, “I know you could pass the physical. You should give this a try.” His confidence about her ability to pass the agility test stemmed from her other job as a fitness instructor; she began teaching aerobics in college while a cheerleader and a member of the dance team.
Fresh Light - Morgan Hill Times: Lifestyles
“I had spotted this boatman on the dock awaiting his turn to paddle a boat while watching us,” says Dillon. “He was dressed in a flimsy blue uniform and handmade sandals. In the seconds it took me to climb into the boat, I grabbed this shot, never expecting to get it, but hoping.” The resting boatman was looking at her, and so the photo is more of a portrait—one that took a blue ribbon at a contest in Mountain View.
American Idiot comes home to the Bay Area - Morgan Hill Times: Lifestyles
The Bay Area’s own rock opera has returned to its roots for a grand welcoming. Born of Green Day’s 2004 Grammy-winning prize for Best Rock Album, American Idiot premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theater in 2009, after lead singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong collaborated on the book with Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer. They added a few songs from other Green Day albums, a few lines of dialogue, and were off and running.
How To Make Up After An Argument
Anyone who is married can tell you that conflict is a daily part of it. To keep intimacy alive, you’ll need the proper tools to make up after an argument. Dr. John Gottman, a psychologist who works in marital stability and divorce prediction, has done a great amount of research on couples over his 40-year career. One of my favorite concepts from him is this: Arguments are not the problem. Disagreements are bound to happen.
Being Diagnosed With Skin Cancer Gave Me the Chance to Get a Boob Job
I have always been squeamish. I passed out in health class while looking at a cartoon picture of a tourniquet. Two nurses and a doctor had to hold me down and take my blood when I had mono at 14. I got better after having two children. After a certain point during a 12-hour labor, an epidural is a welcome savior. But that didn't make my fear of needles and IVs disappear. After nursing and working out a lot, my breasts had shriveled. "You work so hard to take care of your body," my husband would say.
Sweatpants & Travel | A Winding Road of Self-Care and Giving Back
By Amy McElroy On the road to Cambria, the drive along California’s coastal Highway 1 pulls me into the ebb and flow of the waves. Normally a driver with sweaty palms and hunched shoulders, I breathe into the turns along the shore and can’t resist stopping for photos of the etched cliffs and arching tide. In my mid-forties with two teenagers, I sigh to realize I’ve never taken a weekend away alone.
Daddy Left Me on The Dance Floor
While my father can’t sing like Christopher Plummer from The Sound of Music, the nasal tenor of “Edelweiss” on the radio welled up inside my throat like a time portal, taking me back to when my dad used to sing it to me at bedtime. Why, I wondered, is every musical memory with my father accompanied by tears? Like Plummer’s patriarchal character in The Sound of Music, my father focused on the rules and rarely spoke his emotions.
I Want To | BlogHer
Here is a past poem that I would like to share in time for Valenine's Day, Enjoy:)His Arms Wrapped Around MeThe Butterflies He Gives MeA Sigh Escape From His LipsHis Voice When He First Wakes UpThe Happiness in His LaughterThe Sound of His HeartbeatWith My Ear Pressed Against His ChestHis Eyes Sparkle With ExcitementHis Smile Light Up His FaceHis Heart Shine From WithinThe Tears He Hides From the WorldAnd Let Him Know It’s Ok to Make MistakesHis Skin With My FingertipsHis Soul From Deep...
Valentine's Day In Schools: Are We Teaching Kids the Right Thing?
I always imagined my parents exchanging Valentines all through elementary school: my father eyeing my mom's glossy black hair as he tucked heart-shaped cards into her shoebox; her tiptoeing over to his desk with candy hearts while he was at baseball practice. They met in first grade, went on their first date to the Sadie Hawkins dance in junior high, and married at age twenty.
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