The Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden celebrated sixty-three nursing students with a pinning ceremony on January 17. The ceremony marked a significant milestone, the successful completion of the students’ rigorous educational requirements that will enable them to sit for the state licensure examination and transition into professional nursing practice.
Robin Cogan is passionate about making gun violence a vital public health issue.
Congressman Donald Norcross has issued a Congressional Proclamation naming May 2020 National Nurses Month in celebration of the nursing profession.
There is a persistent salary gap within the nursing workforce. It is both harmful and discriminatory. The job of the professional nurse regardless of health care setting is the same but the pay is different. Why the salary gap when male and female nurses are doing the same job? The answer seems to be gender. Donna M. Nickitas, dean of the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden, calls for closing the gender pay gap in nursing in a recent op-ed she contributed to the journal Nursing Economic$.
"Everyone should get a flu shot. The best thing is to not get it, so getting the vaccine is the most important thing and it's not too late still to get the vaccine," advises Dr. Katherine Prihoda, a clinical assistant professor with the Rutgers School of Nursing—Camden. "If you do get the flu the best thing is to stay home."
Jeanann Sousou Coppola, a clinical assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden, will be inducted into the ACNM at the organization’s annual meeting in May.