As the school year starts up again, we thought wed share why nurses love what they do to help inspire prospective students to pursue this rewarding career. We asked each nurse why it’s great to be a nurse right now […]
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Throughout the year, there are days, weeks, and sometimes months that celebrate different facets of the nursing field. September 23-29 is Nursing Professional Development Week. To know why and how nurses celebrate, we interviewed Patsy Maloney, EdD, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC,
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[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=”3.17.6″ meta=”off” featured_placement=”background” text_color=”light” text_background=”on” text_bg_color=”rgba(193,193,193,0.9)” text_orientation=”center” text_shadow_style=”preset1″ /][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″] Nursing, like other health care fields, has been predominately female for quite some time. To increase diversity, some schools are taking the initiative to find ways of
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Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, FCCM, FAAN, EBP, is the lead author of a recent research paper titled “Nurse Suicide: Breaking the Silence” published in the National Academy of Medicine’s Perspectives: Expert Voices in Health & Health Care. We interviewed Davidson
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In honor of National Neonatal Nurses Day, Nurse Elizabeth (Liz) Drake, RNC-NIC, MN, NNP, CNS, CHOC, of Children’s at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, shares her experiences in spreading the word on NICU encounters across the United States, and
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Suicide, in and of itself, is a tragedy for all involved. One field in which it hasn’t often been discussed is nursing. Earlier this year, that began to change when Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, FCCM, FAAN, EBP, and her colleagues
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For more than 35 years, Elizabeth (Liz) Drake, RNC-NIC, MN, NNP, CNS, CHOC, Children’s at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, California, has worked with infants as a NICU nurse. Her time spent at the bedside of these tiny patients with
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Every time you fly in an airplane, the flight attendant explains that, in a crisis, you need to put on your own oxygen mask before helping others—because you can’t help others unless you’re taken care of first. Unfortunately, with regard
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Unfortunately, nearly everyone knows someone who has had cancer. As a result, there are many oncology nurses working to help patients get through their experiences—whether with surgery and the aftercare, chemo, radiation, immunotherapy, and the like. We interviewed Savannah Dunivant,
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As increasing numbers of patients don’t speak English as their first languageor at allthe health care field is taking action. Here’s what’s happening and how you can become involved. Imagine if you were in a hospital in a country where
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