Tag: Nurses
Jerusalem college to launch Israel’s first nursing master’s degree in English
The Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) announced that the Israeli Council for Higher Education has approved plans to open Israel’s first English-language Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, which will expand upon the...
NBC pulls episode from ‘Nurses’ show days after getting blasted for ‘SNL’ skit
Jewish groups are cheering a report that NBC is pulling an episode of the TV show “Nurses” from its digital platforms after it depicted a highly inflammatory scene featuring Chassidic Jewish characters.
The fictional show...
Long Island Jewish Medical Center site of one of first injections of COVID vaccine
Long Island Jewish Medical Center was a site of one of the first injections of the coronavirus vaccine in the United States on Monday.
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive-care unit nurse at the hospital in Queens,...
As winter approaches, Israeli nurses hunker down as they continue to tackle COVID-19
A few weeks ago, Alisa Galitzer saw an expectant mother experience her worst nightmare.
At 38 weeks pregnant, the patient entered the women’s health clinic in Beit Shemesh in distress; she hadn’t felt her baby...
Nurses in Israel end their nationwide strike
Nurses in Israel returned to work on Tuesday, a day after launching a nationwide strike on Monday to protest staff shortages exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis.
The National Association of Nurses agreed to end the strike after...
Israel’s nurses go on strike in protest over staff shortages
Nurses across Israel launched a strike on Monday to protest staff shortages, which have added to the heavy strain they already endure as they battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Representatives of the Nurses Association and the Finance Ministry...
Grappling with COVID cases, Israel’s nurses threaten strike over staff shortages
The Israel Nurses Association (INA) threatened a general strike on Sunday over what it claims are worsening work conditions caused by the coronavirus crisis.
“We are collapsing,” INA head Ilana Cohen wrote in a letter...
Jerusalem College of Technology awarded $9 million grant to support nursing program
The Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) announced a $9 million grant from the Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust for the construction of the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences building.
“The grant...
Jerusalem nursing students help curb spread of COVID-19 at senior residences
In partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Health, Home Front Command and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), more than 30 nursing students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) have begun working in nursing homes across...
Nurses in training enlisted to help with corona patients
Given the anticipated shortages of hospital staff able to treat those infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Israeli Ministry of Health has asked nursing schools across the country to train their students in respiratory...