In The News: School of Nursing

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Nurses across Las Vegas have left the area or the profession during the pandemic, leaving critical staffing shortages as the omicron surge swept through Nevada and filled hospitals.

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UNLV Health schools teamed up Saturday for a poverty simulation. The goal is to build empathy and expose students to the impacts of poverty in the valley.

U.S. News & World Report

Nursing student Acacia Herndon doesn’t graduate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas until June, but she’s already getting a jump on her career and providing some much-needed assistance at Centennial Hills Hospital during the stressful COVID-19 pandemic.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The shortage of nurses in Las Vegas and around the country continues to rise. And with the lack of staff, hospitals are calling on travel nurses to help.

Las Vegas Sun

UNLV nursing student Acacia Herndon doesn’t graduate until June, but she’s already getting a jump on her career and providing some much-needed assistance at Centennial Hills Hospital during the stressful COVID-19 pandemic.

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The UNLV School of Nursing is partnering with Adam's Place to provide a virtual grief support group.

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Hospital staffing remains in ‘crisis’ as hospital bed occupancy rises to 98% in Clark County

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Hospitals around Las Vegas continue to struggle with staffing issues. Nurses are part of that equation. While nursing shortages are nothing new, they have increased due to burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, local nursing programs like the UNLV School of Nursing are seeing an increased interest in new students who want to step in to help and learn. We take you inside some of their training at the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas to see how they get some hands-on experience before they join the workforce!
KVVU-TV: Fox 5
Governor Steve Sisolak announced an effort to recruit nursing students across Nevada to help overwhelmed hospitals across the state.
Psychiatric Times

How are minority children with ADHD affected by diagnostic, treatment, and educational inequities—and what can we do about it?

KNPR News

In the second part of a three-episode arc, learn how the pandemic impacted Asian-American healthcare workers.

ABS-CBN

Two Filipino American students in Southern Nevada are among this year's recipients of APIA scholarships from a fast food giant.