Known for their compassion, nurses usually go into the field to help others. Most envision themselves doing that at the bedside, not behind a desk.
Yet in today's complex health care environment, nurses often are called to move beyond their clinical roles and become managers and administrators. Those jobs require different skills, but they also can provide additional career satisfaction ... more
Knowing that he wanted to work in a health care job that offered plenty of options, John Summerville chose nursing in 1979.
Summerville, BSN, MN, worked in the emergency room, the intensive care unit, the med-surge unit and orthopedics and was a nurse recruiter. Later, as a representative for a hospital supply company, he was required to teach his clients about the products, and discovered that he liked the education aspect of that job. ... more
Having a heart attack is bad news, but if you live in metro Atlanta, there's also some good news. Thanks to the Atlanta TIME (Timely Intervention for Myocardial Emergencies) Project, you're likely to get the treatment you need faster.
"We say that time is muscle [meaning heart muscle]," said Dr. Eric Ossman, EMS medical director at Grady Health System. "The whole point of the project is to reduce the interval between when someone starts experiencing chest pains or other symptoms and when they receive medical intervention. The less time it takes, the less damage to the muscle." ... more