Those who are most interested in a rural healthcare practice are those who grew up in and prefer a rural setting. With the need for rural practitioners critical, the most effective way for rural ...

Eight students make up the first cohort for a new training program created to recruit and retain nurses in rural North Dakota ...

Nurses are described as the backbone of the American health care system, and too few can endanger patients and community ...

To help respond to a Nebraska rural nurse shortage, the University of Nebraska Medical Center plans to award 30 full scholarships with federal funding it secured for its new Rural Nebraska ...

As emerging technologies transform patient education, nursing faculty are exploring how artificial intelligence can strengthen patient health literacy. Her interactive podium presentation, “Empowering ...

Rural nurses play an essential role in delivering health care to residents of small and geographically isolated communities across the United States, and in many cases they serve as the first — and ...

Rural health systems face a myriad of challenges that have widespread implications for rural communities, which this program hopes to address.

About 60 million Americans living in rural areas rely on small, local hospitals for care. The pandemic is exacerbating every pitfall rural hospitals face, draining resources already in short supply — ...

Earlier this month, Virginia joined other states in applying for a portion of the federal government’s $50 billion allocation for rural health funding. This is especially important in the commonwealth ...

Before Iron Range nurse Sarah Junek was properly trained to treat victims of sexual assault, she felt ill-equipped to handle the severity of such situations. “I just always felt horrible that I was so ...

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