By Tom McLaughlin Simply put, explains Marie O’Toole, being a nurse means being able to make a tangible difference in people’s lives, whether it is bedside in a hospital or a home, or within a larger context, such as a population or community. “As the largest group of health-care professionals, we really do make a […]
By Caroline Yount Health equity for underserved Latino and immigrant populations will be broadened at the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden, which has received a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language office to strengthen Spanish language skills among students and faculty. The grant will allow the Rutgers University–Camden nursing school […]
By Tom McLaughlin Across the nation, school nurses are critical to the health of their students and their communities. Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden will bolster its mission of educating school nurses to address the complex and increasingly demanding health needs of students and […]
Rutgers University–Camden and Atlantic Cape Community College signed a conditional acceptance agreement May 11 to enable students to complete three years of requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Atlantic Cape before seamlessly transferring to Rutgers–Camden for their final year. The agreement offers guaranteed admission into the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden’s RN-to-BS program […]
Ashley Accordino never forgot what she was told four years ago as an undergraduate nursing major at another university. The words hurt then and, even as she reflects on that moment now, she gets emotional. “I was told that I would never get through nursing school,” Accordino says. “My dean at the time told me […]
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