May 15—Crane’s Zoe Sierra has been working toward her goals for the future for most of her high school career. She took multiple college credit courses, was a member of her school’s National Honor Society and competed as a varsity volleyball and track athlete. Sierra will graduate sixth in Crane High School’s Class of 2022, … Read more
Construction workers connect a beam as progress continues on the University of New Mexico Hospital’s new tower near Lomas and Yale. Officials recently approved plans to increase the tower from seven stories to nine. (Roberto E. Rosales/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal The University of New Mexico Hospital’s new hospital tower is growing taller … Read more
Months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Air Force Capt. Zlatoslava Karga started to get worried. The 42-year old psychiatric nurse practitioner at Travis Air Force Base in Vacaville grew up in Ukraine, and said she just had a feeling that something bad was looming. She concerned her mother, Luba Karga, who was living in Kyiv, … Read more
This interview was conducted prior to the sentencing of former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught. On Friday, Vaught was taking to three years probation. While the massive outpouring of support for Vaught from nurses succeeded in preventing her from going to jail, the precedent involved in her conviction remains. See, “Mass mobilization of nurses keeps Vaught … Read more
Lynzi Smith, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, loves sharing what she has learned with others. She particularly loves sharing what she’s learned about basket weaving, beadwork and dressmaking. “When they’re done, everyone’s always proud of what they did and they’re happy and they always want to learn more,” she said. Smith said she teaches … Read more
The 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue is almost here! Amongst this year’s bevy of beauties are a slew of new-to-the-mag hopefuls who tried out for this year’s Swim Search. The ladies posed for photographer Yu Tsai at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, many of them holding longtime dreams … Read more
By RICK WAGNER KINGSPORT — Despite some clouds and the threat of rain, the 14th annual Racks by the Tracks festival delivered music, barbecue and 100 various craft beers, wines, seltzers and sangrias to a post COVID-19 pandemic crowd of thousands. Held at the Kingsport Farmers Market, the event on the edge of downtown was … Read more
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Hospital workers are so critical right now. It’s a problem that is impacting the entire country. “It’s hard to say the challenges we have are unique to New Mexico,” said Troy Clark, president of the New Mexico Hospital Association. “There are parts of the challenges that are unique, but the entire country … Read more
Content courtesy of South University. Becoming a travel nurse has plenty of benefits, most notably the recent pay increase sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic and staff shortages around the country. Travel nurses must be able to work hard, adapt quickly, be willing to learn, ask questions, and prepare to uproot themselves as often as every … Read more
HANNAH NORMAN Kaiser Health News Tiffanie Jones was a few tanks of gas into her drive from Tampa, Florida, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, when she found out her travel nurse contract had been canceled. Jones, who has been a nurse for 17 years, caught up with a Facebook group for travel nurses and saw she wasn’t … Read more
