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16 Benefits of Online Learning for Flexible Study

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

In 2024, Research and Markets forecasted that the online education market will reach $788.05 Sources Research and Markets, “Global Online Education Market Report by Type, Provider, Technology, Region, and Company Analysis 2024-2032,” Research and Markets, April 2024, [link]. billion by 2032. ManpowerGroup. Levitz, Ruffalo Noel.

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Systematic Expulsion of Black and Overseas Nurses: How Employers Are Weaponising the NMC Referral Process

Equality 4 Black Nurses

A 2019 study found that overseas-trained doctors were twice as likely to be investigated and sanctioned compared to their white UK-trained counterparts. On receiving a referral to the Fitness to practice team, the NMC calls an interim hearing and disproportionately imposes a suspension.

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Speech Pathologist Vs Speech Therapist: Are They the Same?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Healthline , May 9, 2019: [link]. ASHA, 2024: [link]. American Speech-Language Hearing Association, “Speech-Language Pathologists,” ASHA , 2024, [link]. Sources: Adrienne Santos-Longhurst, “What Is Speech Therapy?,” American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, “Who Are Speech-Language Pathologists, and What Do They Do?,”

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Woman Faked Nurse Credentials to Inject Fake Botox, Say Prosecutors

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On November 1, 2024, federal authorities charged 38-year-old Rebecca Fadanelli, owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa in Randolph and South Easton, Massachusetts, with illegally importing counterfeit cosmetic products and administering them without proper medical credentials.

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Alabama Veterans Affairs Nurse Earns Bachelor of Science in Nursing Via SIMPath® in 16 Weeks

Post University

A Move to the Veterans Health Care System In 2019, Teri joined the Veterans Affairs (VA) Central Alabama Health Care System as an emergency department nurse and moved to per diem nursing (PRN)status with Jackson Hospital. She enrolled in July 2024. She went through a divorce, however, and needed time to build up courage.

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The one-hour nurse visits that let insurers collect $15 billion from Medicare

Health Leaders | Nursing

A Wall Street Journal investigation of insurer home visits found the companies pushed nurses to run screening tests and add unusual diagnoses, turning the roughly hourlong stops in patients’ homes into an extra $1,818 per visit, on average, from 2019 to 2021.

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Nearly 100 measles cases reported in the first quarter, CDC says

American Nurse

. “However, because of the increase in cases during the first quarter of 2024, additional activities are needed to increase U.S. ” The CDC began analyzing reported measles cases after two outbreaks in 2019 in unvaccinated communities in New York. 2020 to March 28, 2024. 2020 to March 28, 2024.

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