Nursing

The Emotional Vaccine program is being offered for free for all current and future nurses in the state.

Mother Janice Stanley was also among the first licensed practical nurses to graduate from the old segregated Lincoln High School in 1958 and became Tallahassee's first African-American female postal carriers in the early 1970s.

The university announced it will begin accepting students to the College of Nursing three times a year—in the fall, spring and summer. The school has also reduced the GPA and grades needed for acceptance to the bachelor of science in nursing program.

"I think the pandemic highlighted the nurses' value and now we’re asking to be paid that value,” said rally organizer Emily Bloom.

As the pandemic began, Nurse Simmons helped her hospital's COVID patients. And, then she became one of those patients herself.

Medical professionals are dealing with the scariness of working around patients with a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease. It’s a scary time for anyone in the medical field, especially nurses who have frequent contact with critically ill COVID patients. But that’s not stopping future nurses from pursuing their dreams.

COVID came into the home of yours truly at the tail end of 2020. We can only guess how it happened. We’ve been mostly socially distant, wearing face masks, and living our lives. One family member was in the hospital for almost a week, and visitors aren’t allowed on the COVID floor. We kick off Season 2 with two nurses: one says taking care of your health is better than any mask, and the other cares for critically ill COVID patients.

For years, Florida’s Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) have tried to convince lawmakers to let them set up offices independent of…

Legislative researchers have found nearly half of the state’s nursing programs are underperforming. But Tallahassee area programs are in the clear.State…

Florida’s public university system is developing a program to address a shortage in nurses. The American Academy of Nursing has projected a shortfall…