Albert Einstein is credited with a pithy definition that insanity is: “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” By that definition, the U.S. health care system has been on an “insane” path for too long. Our fee-for-service payment model has rewarded volume of services over high-quality, coordinated care for decades. […]

As a nursing education specialist with Ascend business ATI Nursing Education, Honey Holman creates and revises content for exams, practice exams, tutorials and video scripts for nursing students. The NCLEX test (which students must pass to become a practicing nurse) is updated every three years and many of ATI’s products are updated on the same […]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones and Bartlett Learning announced that they will be providing Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation, a free online educational resource for clinicians as well as important information regarding the more common ventilators they may encounter in hospitals today. BURLINGTON, MASS. (PRWEB) MAY 05, 2020 In continued response to the COVID-19 pandemic […]

LEAWOOD, Kan., April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As higher education institutions continue to operate in the world of online learning, students in healthcare fields, like others, are being asked to sharpen professional skills and fulfill practice requirements in non-traditional ways. To facilitate healthcare professional and student success, Ascend Learning Clinical Healthcare is launching a suite of complimentary, evidence-based clinical training […]

Creativity abounds at Ascend! We recently challenged employees to submit haiku poems to share how they feel about working from home, and a panel of judges selected three winning poems. With almost 50 thoughtful, inspiring and humorous submissions, below is a selection of poems for all to enjoy.     a capella notes bark, cry, school zoom, laughs and sighs work’s new symphony    Let’s shelter in […]