When illness strikes, you want to know that the care you need will be available. If the shortage of health-care providers continues to rise, many Virginians may not get that much-needed care.

 

Each year, National Nurses Week is celebrated from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

 

Recruiting and retaining nurses is crucial to the hospitals that serve Greater Richmond.

 

This was a banner year at the General Assembly for significant changes in the mental health arena aimed at providing more appropriate care for patients.

 

The recorded history of Richmond's visiting nurses dates back at least 108 years to the founding of the Instructive Visiting Nurse Association in 1900.

 

According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, registered nurses constitute the largest health-care occupation in the nation with 2.5 million jobs in 2006.

 

Teachers and staff at Richmond's William Fox Elementary School had an April training session on food allergies, led by AT Home Care, a home health care agency based in Richmond.

 

The Metropolitan Nurses Association, a volunteer non-profit organization, seeks to serve the needs of the African American community.

 

The following is a list of area schools and technical centers that offer nursing degree programs and certifications.

 

Each summer, rising sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders don scrubs and examine the many areas of hospital-based nursing through a weeklong summer camp.

 

Kevin E. Witty's fellowship with the Nurse Leadership Institute of Central Virginia came right on time.

 

The Nurse Leadership Institute of Central Virginia is accepting applications for the 2008-09 class of fellows, which will be expanded to 30 positions.