Nurses can go into so many different areas in the field, cardiovascular nursing being just one of them. But as with all career choices, nurses need to have the right information to determine if this ...

The drivers behind burnout in cardiovascular nursing require country- and systemwide interventions unique to the speciality, according to a statement published Dec. 18 in the Journal of the American ...

Nurses from all sectors can take a leading role in preventing and controlling hypertension, thereby preventing high rates of cardiovascular disease, new study says. With hypertension (HTN) as a ...

“There's nothing I can't do now,” Jessica Eastes says of her new life since the procedure Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She ...

As a registered nurse in Colorado, Jennifer Harlan cares for cardiac patients for a living — but in the past five years, she herself has survived three heart attacks. Last week, Harlan, 53, had the ...

In 2010, prompted by compelling evidence that demonstrated better patient outcomes in hospitals with higher percentages of nurses with a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN), the Institute of Medicine ...

"I didn’t realize how precious [life] was until I nearly lost it," said Andy Hoang, who describes herself as a "pretty average healthy 23-year-old" Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She ...

Andy Hoang, a 23-year-old nurse in New Hampshire, went into cardiac arrest during a training session at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Her colleagues, instead of practicing on a mannequin, ...

“There's nothing I can't do now,” Jessica Eastes says of her new life since the procedure Jessica Eastes had a feeling she would end up working in the field of cardiology. Born blue due to lack of ...

Jessica Eastes had a feeling she would end up working in the field of cardiology. Born blue due to lack of oxygen — "I looked like a Smurf," she tells PEOPLE — she was diagnosed with a congenital ...