Some people can’t simply stay home when the weather and the roads get rough. Essential personnel have to show up.

Nurse Andy Diaz Gonzalez works at the Sanford Hospital in Bismarck. She wakes up every morning around 3 to get her workout in, then starts work around

Erin Berger, assistant professor of nursing, was recently named Dickinson State University’s (DSU) 2020 Nurse Educator of the Year. The award was developed by the Nursing Students’ Association (NSA) of North Dakota, a pre-professional student-run organization comprised of nursing students from institutions across the state, to recognize outstanding nurse educators and to stimulate interest in the

The North Dakota Center for Nursing Excellence recognized a local nurse for her work teaching nursing students.

Registered Nurse Deb Thingstad joined Jamestown Regional Medical Center in 1997. As a nurse in the hospital’s Family BirthPlace, she has assisted in the delivery of more than 1,000 babies.

Rural health clinics are struggling to stay fully staffed. Some clinics are partnering with the Center for Rural Health to start recruiting the youngest generation.

Registered nursing ranks second highest in the state in terms of jobs that need to be filled, right behind truck drivers and before fast-food workers. So, how is Sakakawea Medical Center in Hazen is dealing with the shortage?

“We just all have to pitch in and help

Tara Brandner has been working for years on including infertility insurance coverage in health care plans.

She said many couples struggling with infertility feel alone. However, that’s not the case. She said recent statistics show 1 in 6 North Dakotan’s have infertility issues, which equals more than

Bismarck State College has seen enrollment rise in their nursing program since they built their new building.

But they were running into problems reaching out to nursing students in rural communities.

Recently, BSC received a grant that would help rural students receive the education they need for the

Congratulations to these outstanding students who have each received a $2,500 health profession scholarship for the 2019-20 school year from the BCBSND Caring Foundation.

• Ashley Locken, Rock Lake, ND – Dakota College at Bottineau
• Aracely Rodriguez, Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University
• Jodi Schultz, West
  

Many Americans seeking a career have streamed into nursing in recent years, drawn by the ample employment opportunities, good pay and sense of purpose the profession offers. Less evident is a darker side of the job — a level of workplace violence that has many nurses