Health coaches are ordinary people who help patients improve and avoid the hospital Many of the participants live in poverty and struggle with chronic illness Destini Belton isn’t a doctor or a nurse.

What it is: Community health nursing blends nursing skills with public health principles to prevent illness and promote wellness for entire populations. Why it matters: It reaches underserved areas, ...

NEW YORK — A nurse supervisor at Montefiore Comprehensive Health Care Center in the Bronx was delivering her start-of-shift updates and mantras — “Covid is not finished with us … clean, clean, clean!” ...

Correction: In this segment, we incorrectly used the logo for the University of Maryland, College Park, when referencing the nursing school located at the University ...

Interventions that address socioeconomic determinants of health are receiving considerable attention from policy makers and health care executives. The interest is fueled in part by expected returns ...

As a student, you’ll get hands-on clinical experience working in one of four urban, culturally-diverse neighborhoods in Grand Rapids. You will learn the health care strengths and needs of these ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs unveiled a massive plan Thursday for expanding its community care network with the purchase of $1 trillion in private health services over the next ...

For many families in Northern Nevada, barriers such as cost, language differences and lack of insurance can make even routine medical care difficult to access. A partnership led by the University of ...

A parish/faith community nurse is a licensed registered nurse who ministers to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of a congregation. Parish/faith community nursing is an opportunity to serve ...