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."
Nationally respected doctor and scholar Dr. George C. Hill CCAS'61, a graduate of Camden High School and of Rutgers University–Camden, led a discussion about how the history of scientific mistreatment of Black people by the medical community is impacting desires to receive the COVID-19 vaccinations. Camden Mayor Frank Moran offered introductory comments at the start of the event. A Q&A with Dr. Hill, featuring Dr. Jubril Oyeyemi, medical director of care management initiatives at the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, and moderated by our faculty member Dr. Tyshaneka Saffold, a clinical instructor of nursing at Rutgers–Camden, followed the talk.
Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri knew at a young age that she wanted to pursue a caregiving profession.
Meet Karina DeCasablanca, an undergraduate nursing student at the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden and Heritage Speaker of Spanish, who recently answered five questions asked by Lead with Languages, a national campaign aimed at making language proficiency a national priority. As an aspiring air force nurse or nurse anesthetist, and translator, Karina has seen first-hand the impact that her language skills can have in providing care and assistance to those without English proficiency.
Strengthening Rutgers University–Camden’s role as a regional leader in health care and the sciences, the 107,000-square-foot Nursing and Science Building, located at Fifth and Federal Sts. in Camden, has opened.