Students who want a taste of real-world nursing can get one in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’s summer externship program.
The eight-week program is specifically designed for students who have completed a foundation course and one clinical rotation and plan to work at UAMS after graduation.
The program isn’t for the weak or faint- hearted.
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Whether just setting out on your career path or looking for a new fork in the road, Arkansas medical professionals encourage nurses — and those still dreaming of a career as a registered nurse — to consider heading to the front of the class.
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Yvette Coleman doesn’t mince words when talking about her life-long profession. “I love nursing,” Coleman, a registered nurse, exclaims.
Coleman, who has worked for 15 years at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is a 20-year Army National Guard veteran. She devotes one weekend a month to the military and in In 2003, she did a 12-month tour of duty in Iraq.
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showIt’s easy to show our support for the troops by waving flags and putting bumper stickers on our cars, but it’s our commitment to their health care that tests our resolve to our men and women in the military.
Providing that care is “the best job in the world,” says spokesperson Laurie Driver of the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. “We are taking care of the folks who took care of our country and defended our freedoms.”
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Don’t let money woes stop you from considering a nursing degree. There’s plenty of financial help out there.
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As a healthcare professional, you take great pride in providing an exceptional experience for your patients. You take pride in your appearance as well – so you should have a uniform that reflects your style and offers exceptional quality at an affordable price. Jamileh Kamran, local fashion designer and couturier, has applied her fashion talent to professional uniforms that offer a fit and a look that is unique and high quality.
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The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses recognizes the compassionate care of registered nurses. It’s a way of saying “good job” to an individual nurses as well as recognizing the hard work, compassion and kindness that the profession demands.
The award is presented by the Daisy Foundation, created by a family grateful for the care that nurses gave one of their own. The family believes nurses are “unsung heroes.”
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It’s said a great nurse is compassionate, smart, self-reliant and a leader. It takes a special person to dedicate his or her life to nursing.
Sometimes, those characteristics are passed on to family. Baptist Health’s new nurse internship coordinator, Lee Ann Danner, says she didn’t plan to follow in her mother’s footsteps, but “in the end, I ended up doing the same.”
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