Working as a nurse can be tough. Because they are so focused on patients, they may not see when they’re experiencing burnoutand that can lead to problems with themselves or with being able to properly care for patients. But there […]
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For the past 37 years, Kathy Catalano, BSN, CPN, RN, has worked as a nurse. About six years ago, she began a Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN) and is glad that she did. Working in the outpatient department of Shriners Hospitals
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There are times—especially around the holidays—that nurses find themselves in situations in which they have to work with intoxicated patients. This isn’t easy by any means. And it’s probably not something that you learned about in nursing school. With New
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Winter is the time of year when hand hygiene is most important—germs and viruses are traveling between people all the time. One way to keep illness at bay is to make sure that your hands are clean. Shriners Hospitals for
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While the holiday season can be a lot of fun, it can also be a time that makes a lot of people become depressed. Whether it’s because they’ve lost family or friends, they’re experiencing rough times, or they are in
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This past spring, Chenjuan Ma, PhD, and Amy Witkoski Stimpfel, PhD, RN, both assistant professors at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, published a study in the Journal of Nursing Administration that examined whether working overtime can negatively influence how
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Of all the various facets of the nursing field, hospice, many people think, is the most emotionally difficult to work in. But Connie OMalley, RN, a hospice nurse for the past three years at Gilchrist Hospice Inpatient Unit in Towson,
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It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, and if you haven’t yet gotten a flu shot, you still have time. But why is it important to get the shot, especially if you’re not in any risk groups? And how can you encourage
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According to Joyce Knestrick, PhD, C-FNP, APRN, FAANP, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Congress recently passed and President Trump signed “a comprehensive package of anti-opioid bills into law with a key provision permanently authorizing NPs to
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In the past few decades, so much has changed about HIV—for many, it’s no longer a death sentence. Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, ACRN, AAHIVS, FAANP, a Professor and Associate Dean for the Division of Advanced Nursing Practice at Rutgers
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