By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 Due to the COVID19 crisis, the American Holistic Nurses Association 2020 conference was cancelled. We can look forward to the 2021 conference, June 8-13, in Orlando, Florida, with many of the same speakers presenting. You can expect to see many of your own Pacific College family will be …
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By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 My name is Lisa McMillan and I am currently enrolled in the RN-BSN program at Pacific College of Health and Science. I was thrilled to find an RN-BSN program which focused on holistic nursing which is becoming so prevalent in healthcare today. After submitting my interest form online, …
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By: Pacific College Published: May 7, 2020 In the summer of 2018, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing published guidelines that stated that all nurses must be educated around six essential areas of knowledge and skill regarding medicinal cannabis use. Those six areas of essential medical cannabis care include: The nurse shall have …
By: Malcolm Youngren, COO, Campus Director – New York Published: May 7, 2020 As I write this, the United States is battling a pandemic which is stressing all aspects of the healthcare system. In New York and across the country, nurses are being asked to care for more patients with fewer resources and more stress. …
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Dear Nursing Students and Alumni, Welcome to our first Pacific College of Health and Science Newsletter! Our goal with these newsletters is to help current students and alumni stay connected to each other and the college, as well as continue to focus on the growth of holistic nursing. Here you will learn about current nursing …
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The healing process is more complex than the modern medical industry would have you believe, with an array of mind-body-spirit interactions impacting patients’ ability to heal from injuries and illnesses. Holistic nurses address the oft-forgotten mental and spiritual aspects of healthcare, thereby promoting long-term wellness as well as short-term relief. The focus is on the …
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Online learning is becoming an increasingly popular solution across all industries and fields of study, including nursing, and PCOM is proud to offer a partially-online RN-to-BSN program for busy students working within the field. Unfortunately, a number of misconceptions still surround online nursing schools, which critics claim are not as challenging or valuable as traditional …
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With Caroline Ortiz, RN, MSN, MPH, CCAP, CMI; Christine Gilchrist, RN, MSN, MPH, NC-BC; and Jeanne Kenney, RN, BSN, HN-BC, CCAP As a population, nurses are measurably more stressed-out than most people. Despite plenty of evidence that unmanaged stress amongst nurses often causes poor health, leading to medical errors, frequent sick days, and high job turnover, nurses have …
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Many of us experience some degree of stress in the workplace, but ironically, nurses (who help treat patients suffering from stress related illnesses) are experiencing stress at a much higher rate than most other groups, according to a study conducted by the American Nurses Association. In the study, 70.5% of nurses cited the effects of …
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Florence Nightingale was born nearly two hundred years ago, and her nursing insights are still in use today. In addition to her contribution of “environmental nursing”, in which she drove significant hygienic reform in hospitals, Nightingale was ahead of her time in her connection of the mind and body. One of the founders of what’s …
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