( U5TRN2EW6E28 ) In April of 2010, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the release of $267 million from the Recovery Act Funds for new Health IT Extension Centers.  In February 2010, The White House announced a total of nearly $1 billion in “Recovery Act awards to help health care providers advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.” The release of funds is a direct result of the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, offering a direct impact to the HIT industry that is “expected to support tens of thousands of jobs from nurses and pharmacy techs to IT technicians and trainers.”

Not many people can say they love what they do for a living, let alone list specific reasons why. For me, it’s easy these days.  I help people set a course to work toward a new future!  I am honored to be working as a Nursing Admissions Coordinator at Beckfield College. 

As the Dean of Nursing, I welcome new nursing students to our programs at Beckfield College during two of our four terms each year. To ensure I get to know each and every student, I teach the first nursing class. I don’t make things easy for them, as every quarter in the program continues to escalate in difficulty and intensity. I disclose to them how challenging it is going to be while learning about each student’s ambitions and any personal experiences that led them to the profession of nursing.

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We have all been paying attention to the healthcare reform debates going on for the last year or so. All of us have an opinion about what changes should take place and those that should not .

Welcome to the launch of the Beckfield College Blogs. As an active member of the Greater Cincinnati community providing educational opportunities to individuals while supplying needed talent for area businesses, we want to extend our information arm to you.

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