Having to wear PPE creates a communication barrier that imposes a heavy burden on nurses. Patients look to nurses for information, help, and comfort, but now—at a time when they depend on nurses more than ever—you have to interact while
How to Communicate in PPE Gear: Tips from a Patient-Provider Comm Expert Read More »
In March, when New York City staggered under the weight of the COVID-19 outbreak, the images of refrigerator trucks, overwhelmed hospitals, and outdoor triage centers set Amy Kinder’s caregiving instincts afire. On April 5, 2020, the ER nurse left her
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Nurse of the Week Stephanie Walker had been a registered nurse for almost 40 years when she was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) in 2015. After working in pediatric intensive care, she had spent the last 15 years as
When it seems hard to persuade people in the grip of a pandemic to wear masks, it is understandable if you sigh at the prospect of reminding them to get vaccinated for this year’s flu viruses. Amid all the changes
Time to Vaccinate! Preparing for the 2020-21 Flu Season Read More »
As ICU nurse Alex Duron learned, evangelical schools do not welcome gay students with open arms. After Union University accepted Duron into their graduate program for nurse anesthetists, he thought his next three years were mapped out. Unfortunately, his plans
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Nurse of the Week Pamela Zeinoun was on the fourth floor of Beirut’s Saint George Hospital University Medical Center during the deadly August 4 explosions. As the blasts tore into the hospital and shook the entire building, the 26-year-old nurse
Clinicians still receive little training or preparation in providing care for LGBTQ patients. According to an Association of American Medical Colleges report, while 76% of the schools responding said they covered some LGBTQ themes, the LGBTQ-related curriculum at half of
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As colleges and universities around the country struggle with burgeoning outbreaks of COVID-19, students at Ohio State University are trying to find ways to make campus life safer. The Safe and Healthy Campus Innovation Challenge, hosted by OSU’s College of
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Nurse of the Week Cathy Scholtens is known as a nurse who will go the extra mile for her neighbors and her pediatric patients… So well-known in fact, that the Missoula, Montana pediatric ICU nurse received two awards in one
Nurse of the Week Cathy Scholtens Wins Two Awards for Nursing and Community Service Read More »
Sharon Tapp learned that a severe case of COVID-19 can threaten not only your life but also your sense of self. After a lifetime of good health, COVID transformed Tapp from a busy nurse case manager into a comatose ICU
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