IOM’s Report on the Future of Nursing. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) established an initiative on the way forward for the nursing field for two years under the request of the Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The exercise culminated in a document which contained recommendations on an action-oriented […]

Recent changes in the healthcare sector have emphasized population well-being, quality of care, and service value. As a result of these reforms, registered nurses in the United States face both opportunities and challenges (Salmond & Echevarria, 2017). As a result of their numbers, nurses are vital in the ongoing transformation […]

High infant mortality rates have been a key public health issue in the United States over the last decades. Researchers have been focusing on learning about the causes, the risk factors and possible interventions in reducing infant mortality (IM). IM can be defined as the passing away of a newborn […]

New research suggests that sleep might be a crucial factor in improving learning power. Young adults who took a 90 minutes lunch break to nap were found to have improved learning power and a better memory ready for knowledge absorption. Prior research has linked sleep to better consolidation of memories […]