During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients placed on mechanical ventilators reached unprecedented levels. Life on a ventilator is physically and emotionally taxing, often leading to complications such as Post-ICU Syndrome (PICS). Despite the many barriers to communication in
Even nurses who work with dementia patients everyday can find it emotionally and professionally challenging to care for someone with Alzheimer’s. Yes it’s painstaking work that requires awareness, self-control, persistence, and a very substantial fund of patience. And no; at
By the time an assassin’s bullet killed Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968, the much-loved – and much-hated – SCLC leader knew he might never see his daughters grow up. Once he entered the spotlight during the 1955-56
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Nurses just aren’t wired to be bystanders. When you see someone hurt or sick, you run to them because that’s part of who you are. And, after two years of working in a deadly pandemic amid a horrifying lack of
Nurse of the Week: L&D Nurse Amie Page was Injured in Line of (Off)Duty Read More »
If this was 1950, parents all over the state would be losing sleep over this week’s polio infection in New York’s Rockland County. The poliomyelitis epidemic that hit the state in June-October 1916 killed 6000 during those six months and
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In the Covid era, we often hear (and can’t help but understand) that older nurses, resources exhausted by their pandemic ordeal, are retiring early. Nurse of the Week Mercedes “Mercy” Kallal, RN, however, has been a nurse for over half
Nurse of the Week: At 83, Mercy Kallal is Still a “Nurse’s Nurse” Read More »
 “All across our country, people are hurting. They need help. The good news is that getting that help just got a lot easier… This cross-government effort has been years in the making and comes at a crucial point to help
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The British were not to be outdone by a White House ceremony celebrating an immigrant nurse leader’s role in promoting Covid-19 vaccination. So, our cousins across the pond honored their history-making immigrant nurse leader on July 12… and played a
“She poured her heart into helping patients and keeping her fellow nurses safe.” —President Joseph Biden, as he draped a Presidential Medal of Freedom around the neck of Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MS, MBA, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC. “Thank you for inspiring
She Wears it Well: Sandra Lindsay Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom Read More »
If you call this woman Intrepid, you are merely being accurate. When a retired WWII nurse saw her 100th birthday approaching, she decided to celebrate by engaging in a (terrifying) new learning experience while simultaneously helping people… Because that’s just
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