April 26, 2024
Healthcare
Survey reveals only about half of nation's current nurses would choose nursing career again
Given a chance to go back in time to advise their former selves, only about half (52%) of the nation's currently employed nurses say they would choose the field again, according to a survey by Boca Raton-based health care staffing firm Cross Country Healthcare and Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.
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Published on 11/22/2022
FSU's nursing dean Jing Wang addresses salaries, the shortage and more
Jing Wang became the dean of the College of Nursing at Florida State University last year. She is a board member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and recently was named one of 10 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine.
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Published on 11/22/2022
UNF's Brooks College of Health boosts hands-on training with new simulation center
Nursing students at the University of North Florida Brooks College of Health have a new simulation center for hands-on training.
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Published on 11/16/2022
Nursing survey reveals 23% of nurses plan to look for new careers in near future
Given a chance to go back in time to advise their former selves, only about half (52%) of the nation's currently employed nurses say they would choose the field again, according to a survey by Boca Raton-based health care staffing firm Cross Country Healthcare and Florida Atlantic University's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.
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Published on 11/14/2022
Accelerated nursing programs in Florida help get new nurses into practice faster
While nursing wasn't her first career, Proebe Ybanez always felt a pull toward the profession. As a teenager growing up in the Philippines, she recalls feeling helpless as she watched her great-aunt suffer a massive seizure.
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Published on 11/14/2022
Over 1,000 breast cancer patients enrolled in Breast Cancer Research Program at Baptist MD Anderson
Cassie Jackson of Orange Park was intrigued to learn that she was a candidate for a research drug that could help her stage 2/3 breast cancer. Since her diagnosis last July at Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in Jacksonville, she has undergone chemotherapy, radiation and a double mastectomy.
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Published on 10/31/2022
Baptist Health Care expands focus on diagnosis, treatment of breast cancer
Kelly Ward, a social worker and breast health navigator, highlights Baptist Health Care's expanding focus on diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. “We started out with a department of about four people, and now we have 19,” she says.
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Published on 10/25/2022
Closing the job gains gap of Floridians with disabilities
Research from The Able Trust, the statewide organization working to create better pathways for people with disabilities to be successful in the state's workforce, shows labor force participation is growing, but there's still plenty of room for improvement.
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Published on 10/20/2022
FIU's Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center offers free screening for uninsured
The American Cancer Society recommends that women begin getting yearly mammograms at age 40. But when a 56-year-old woman walked into Florida International University's Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center, she admitted that she had never gotten a mammogram. Then, when nurse clinician Lorraine Nowakowski asked her to sign some consent forms to begin the mammogram, the woman started to leave.
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Published on 10/14/2022
Central Florida researchers working on new tactics to treat and diagnose breast cancer
Growing up in her native Kenya, Bindi Nagda, now a doctoral student in applied mathematics at Florida Tech, noticed that people in underdeveloped regions of the country lacked access to sophisticated medical imaging technology or couldn't afford accurate and reliable health care screenings — and those barriers were costing lives. In Kenya, up to 80% of cancer cases aren't diagnosed until the late stages, and nearly 79% of patients don't survive.
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Published on 10/13/2022
Johnny Crowder's startup Cope Notes helps others struggling with mental health issues
Mental health advocate, metal musician and motivational speaker Johnny Crowder's peer-support startup finds a receptive audience around the world.
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Published on 10/10/2022
A breast cancer survivor finds support on a dragon boating team
Jacqueline Mori was 43 in 2005 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Published on 10/10/2022
Tampa General Hospital's new $53-million central energy plant ensures continual power - even in a hurricane
With Tampa General Hospital embarking on a $550-million construction plan that includes multiple components, from 12 new operating rooms to a 2,000-space parking garage, the hospital chose to address one crucial element early on: Making sure that — no matter the weather or the condition of Tampa's electrical grid — it would never lose power.
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Published on 9/20/2022
Lifelong medical challenges inspire growth of Amelia Island Microgreens
Connor Hiebel, 17, of Fernandina Beach, combines his business acumen with a commitment to healthy eating through his business Amelia Island Microgreens, which started in 2020.
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Published on 9/13/2022
Non-profit created by children of doctors helps seniors stay connected with their physicians
The shift to telemedicine has been heralded as one of the silver livings of the COVID-19 crisis, but it hasn't been a simple shift for everyone, says Arjun Verma, a 2022 graduate of Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando. His parents are both doctors, and “many of their patients, especially elderly patients, didn't have access to the devices they needed to connect to their virtual health care appointments” during the pandemic, he says.
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Published on 9/13/2022
Dr. Maria Hatara explores the connection between the gut and children's mental health
Researchers are investigating the connection between gut health and mental health. Dr. Maria Hatara, a gastroenterologist with Tampa General Hospital's Gastro Group of the Palm Beaches, answered questions about the connection and children.
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Published on 8/31/2022
Two Northwest Florida hospitals add pediatric care to their facilities
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay at Panama City Beach has added a pediatric emergency services clinic. The facility is the Studer Family Children's Hospital's fourth pediatric emergency room department in Northwest Florida.
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Published on 8/31/2022
UF/FSU study helps teens stick with taking their heart medications after a heart transplant
Getting adolescent heart transplant patients to take the medications they need is a constant challenge — whether it's the added responsibility of multiple medications or just teenage resistance.
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Published on 8/31/2022
Nicklaus Children's Hospital doctors find new ways to treat patients with high-risk blood and bone marrow conditions
The Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at Nicklaus Children's Hospital is one of two pediatric blood and marrow transplant centers in South Florida, performing more than 30 blood and marrow bone transplants per year for patients under age 21 with conditions including leukemia, lymphoma and other types of tumors.
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Published on 8/31/2022
Golisano Children's Health Center opens a virtual reality chemotherapy room
Over the years, numerous studies have shown that distractions and relaxation techniques can significantly alleviate some of the negative effects of chemotherapy, such as nausea, pain and anxiety.
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Published on 8/31/2022
Johns Hopkins All Children's president puts hospital's mission in focus
K. Alicia Schulhof, president of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital St. Petersburg since July 2021, likes to start staff meetings with a “mission moment” — a story that demonstrates “the impact our team members have each and every day on the patients we care for.”
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Published on 8/30/2022
Engineer designs first smart cushion with sensors for better wheelchair user experience
Tim Balz initially wasn't a good student in high school. He was told he wouldn't go to college. But he had one teacher who believed in him. That teacher introduced Balz to engineering through robotics, and Balz captained the team in his Plainville, Ind., high school. “Engineers have so much power to change so many lives. I knew then it was the best career I could think of to change the world,” he says.
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Published on 8/25/2022
UF researchers develop tool to predict complications during surgery
Every year, approximately 15 million Americans undergo some sort of surgery, and nearly one-third develop a complication. Each adverse event can add up to $11,000 in health care costs and exact a physical and emotional toll on the patient. But a promising AI tool being developed by researchers at the University of Florida could help doctors better forecast how patients will do before they even go under the knife.
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Published on 8/23/2022
Doctor provides mobile medical care to uninsured children
Laura Chilcutt has always felt a calling to work with vulnerable populations. As a lawyer, she spent years championing the rights of immigrants and human trafficking and domestic violence victims for the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (now Americans for Immigrant Justice) and later at her own practice.
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Published on 8/23/2022
Chemists focused on mental health start psychedelic-powered biotech firm
Jackie von Salm and Chris Witowski gave up six-figure salaries with stock options to launch Psilera, a Tampa-based biotechnology company specializing in developing psychedelic-inspired compounds and drug delivery systems for treating mental health disorders...
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Published on 6/16/2022
