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Colquitt Regional holds 3rd annual interprofessional training

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Colquitt Regional Medical Center recently held its annual interprofessional development training exercise for participants in ... Read more

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Nursing apprentice program helps alleviate nursing shortage

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Thanks to two new federally funded grants, technical college students in high demand career paths ... Read more

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Georgia hospitals are relying on travel nurses to survive. But they can’t afford it forever.

ATLANTA — Since October, the Northeast Georgia Health System has spent $80 million on contracted nurses to fill ... Read more

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Colquitt Regional hosts interdisciplinary training

MOULTRIE, Ga. — For the second consecutive year, Colquitt Regional held its interprofessional development training exercise for participants ... Read more

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Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, ... Read more

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Hospitals fear staffing shortages as vaccine deadlines loom

Hospitals and nursing homes around the country are bracing for worsening staff shortages as state deadlines arrive for ... Read more

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Violence against healthcare workers increasing, state lawmakers told

ATLANTA – A veteran nurse who was allegedly attacked by a violent patient was one of several speakers ... Read more

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Ida and COVID-19: ‘Twin-demic’ slams Louisiana hospitals

HOUMA, La. (AP) — The wind ripped chunks off the hospital’s roof and the entire building rumbled. One ... Read more

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Show appreciation for cleaning staff

Thank you to all the house cleaning aides who are just as important to the Colquitt County health ... Read more

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Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID

The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other ... Read more