October 2006"Our classrooms are bursting at the seams. I've got students coming out of my ears, and we still need faculty," said Christina Horne, Ph.D., RN, director of the undergraduate program at the WellStar School of Nursing at Kennesaw State University.
She could just as easily be describing the atmosphere at any other Georgia nursing school. To address the problem, Horne is taking on another duty, as member of the new Board of Regents task force on nursing education. Full Article
Battle-weary advanced practice registered nurses, who for more than a decade fought for the authority to write prescriptions and won it last spring in the Legislature, are fighting again - this time with more visible support.
At a public hearing on Sept. 14, many doctors, nurse educators and health administrators came forward to oppose proposed regulations written by the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners to govern prescriptive privileges. Full Article