In The News: School of Nursing
We’ve been living with COVID-19 for nine months now, and we have more information about how best to prepare our homes for a worst-case scenario. Here’s a handy checklist as we head into Southern Nevada’s colder months.
The Las Vegas plant community has blossomed during the pandemic, a trend that stemmed from people spending more time at home, shop owners say.
Most people know nurses for their bedside presence or caring for individuals with illnesses. However, there is a small proportion of nurses who are scientists or researchers. These researchers devote their efforts to systematically answering questions directed toward understanding and improving the human response to illness and treatment (known as nursing science) or the educational preparation of clinical nurses (known as the science of nurse education). These researchers can be found in academic institutions, in the community or even in a laboratory.
Angela Amar, Dean of UNLV School of Nursing, is interviewed by former Lady Rebels basketball coach Jim Bolla on the importance of healthcare workers on the frontlines and SON's role in promoting nurses as essential workers.
Advocating for oneself in a medical appointment is challenging, even in your native tongue. Medical jargon is a barrier in any language. What happens in Las Vegas when a pandemic hits and foreign tourists and residents who are not fluent in English exhibit signs of COVID-19? Coronavirus does not discriminate. Yet, will the frontline healthcare workers be prepared to care for patients from other cultures? Standardized Patient Educator and Theatre Translator Gigi Guizado de Nathan describes the development of a simulation to teach medical students how to bridge the communication gap with underserved populations. If a novel use of translation, at the nexus of art and science, with a humanitarian objective piques your interest, this is the presentation for you.
Teenage cancer patient Jorge “Fabian” Trejo-Ibarra carefully considered his options when he was told he could request something big and bold through the nonprofit Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Adrian is diving into online learning that's here to stay with an EXPERT in the arena, Dr. Karyn Holt. Dr. Holt is the Director of Educational Quality and Innovations at UNLV and has dedicated much of her career promoting quality online learning in the health professions. What's the secret to great online education and how do we ensure "no significant difference" from F2F (face-2-face)? Dr. Holt gently guides us through these topics with her infectious enthusiasm and love for medicine and medical education.
"Racism and Nursing" with Angela Amar, Dean at UNLV School of Nursing and Minnie Wood, Lecturer/Clinical Instructor at UNLV School of Nursing. Hosted by Doris Bauer, President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Nevada - PNANV.
A UNLV nurse followed all the precautions to avoid COVID-19 and still go the virus.
View a complimentary recording of the Inside Higher Education webinar recorded on August 14. Drs. Angela Amar, Lisa Day, and Jenny O'Rourke explored how shifts in course delivery impact curriculum and assessment. We know for certain that key foundational principles of good teaching hold consistent and will impact how today’s nursing students benefit from their nursing education in the unique context of COVID-19.
Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host. For those of you who may not know, this is what the medical world calls the chain of infection. It is how an infectious disease spreads from one person to the next. The concept behind it is simple. Keep the chain intact, and the disease runs rampant. Break it, and the infectious agent won’t stand a chance. I first learned of this cycle back in my first semester of nursing school and have since carried it with me throughout my career as both a pediatric nurse and clinical instructor. In fact, it is a concept I teach to the level one students here at the School of Nursing, and it has kept me from contracting any major illnesses until very recently.
In this summer 2020 edition of Medical Minute, UNLV nursing Associate Professor Jennifer Kawi (Ph.D., MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE)discusses the various ways to manage chronic pain and talks about the risks of using opioids.