Colleges, universities, and trade schools are ramping up nurse-related partnerships, scholarships, internships, and mentorships in hopes of meeting the workforce’s increasingly dire needs.
Articles Tagged: UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 25, 2022 6:00 am158d ago
While Iowans are generally highly vaccinated against polio, Linn County public health officials say recent cases in New York, Israel and the UK serve as a reminder and a warning not to forsake vaccines.
Higher Ed Nov. 26, 2022 9:54 am64d ago
Among four proposals Mercy Iowa City entertained last year in its search for a new partner was one from University of Iowa Health Care offering more than $605 million to take ownership of the community hospital and make it the “centerpiece” of a new UIHC “community division.”
Health Care and Medicine Jul. 22, 2022 6:00 am192d ago
Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital have announced additional partnerships with area nursing programs in an effort to recruit more locally trained nurses in the midst of ongoing staff challenges.
Health Care and Medicine Jun. 6, 2022 3:35 pm237d ago
UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids has announced a $25 million project at the Nassif Heart Center that is set to begin later this summer. The project will consolidate heart and vascular services within the same space and will expand existing services.
Community May. 24, 2022 6:00 am251d ago
Designed to help children effectively cope with loss in a safe, accepting environment, camp activities focus on the grieving process, encouraging interaction with others who have experienced similar losses.
Higher Ed May. 11, 2022 9:58 am263d ago
Adding to the growing clinic side of its operation, University of Iowa Health Care on Tuesday opened new Urgent Care and Sports Medicine clinics in Cedar Rapids.
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Health Care and Medicine Apr. 24, 2022 6:00 am285d ago
Health care providers in Eastern Iowa are pulling out all the stops to recruit and retain nursing staff amid an ongoing nursing shortage in the United States.
Health Care and Medicine Mar. 28, 2022 6:00 am310d ago
Effective March 28, 2022, both Cedar Rapids hospitals will begin allowing some hospitalized patients more visitors, a break from stricter policies set at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
People & Places Jan. 14, 2022 6:00 am381d ago
With fewer of them since the pandemic began, hospice volunteers in Eastern Iowa listen to the stories that many don’t hear in the final stages of people’s lives.
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 31, 2021 6:00 am395d ago
Henry was the most popular name for boys born at Cedar Rapids hospitals in 2021. For girls, Ava and Nora took the number one picks.
Community Dec. 29, 2021 6:00 am402d ago
Ava and Henry are 2021’s top girl’s and boy’s baby names respectively at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s in Cedar Rapids, but those names fell down the ranking when including lists from other UnityPoint hospitals in Eastern Iowa.
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 16, 2021 3:23 pm409d ago
Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids have postponed all elective and nonemergent surgeries through Christmas, effective immediately. The decision comes just a day after Iowa broke records for COVID-19 hospitalizations, surpassing more than 800 patients this week.
Health Care and Medicine Dec. 15, 2021 5:45 am411d ago
Throughout much of the pandemic, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics offered its cardiac rehabilitation services through a virtual format, helping patients from the comfort of their own homes. But other hospitals opted to keep rehabilitation facilities open, noting that most patients prefer the benefits of in-person care.
Health Care and Medicine Nov. 26, 2021 7:00 am430d ago
As of this month, Sue Mincks has officially flown 1,000 times as a flight paramedic at the LifeGuard Air Ambulance at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital. She joined the crew in 2005.