The Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center (STC) in Baltimore has always been known as a fast-paced place that saves lives of people who are in the most dire condition and often near death. After a brutal accident or […]
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Nursing is a stressful job. So when you think that a patient may have been misdiagnosed by another health care worker, it’s important to know exactly what to doespecially if the misdiagnosis could cause permanent harm or death. It’s important
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In October 2012, Rebecca Lee, RN, was working at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Hurricane Sandy hit, and it hit hard. Lee recalls that all the subways, highways, tunnels, and bridges were closed. Streetlights were out. Robberies and looting
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When Teri Dreher, RN, CCRN, iRNPA, owner of NShore Patient Advocates, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, was still working as a nurse, she remembers when a patient kept having massive hemorrhagic episodes after a routine surgery. Despite this, the doctor wasn’t
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All nursing jobs have instances of stressful situations in them. It’s the nature of the field. But working at a Shock Trauma Center can be even more so. Rashidah B. Francisco, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPAN, TCRN, with the Lung Rescue
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For the last 12 years, Camille Prevost, RN, has worked as a travel nurse. This means that she works for a company via contract which then is contracted with a health care facility. Travel nurses work as temp staff nurses,
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While people in the United States still use Western medicine, many are also doing so in conjunction with Eastern treatments used for centuries. Jennifer Bjork, MSN, RN, Clinical Educator and Interdisciplinary Partnership Council Site Coordinator at Sutter Maternity and Surgery
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DeeQuiency M. Donerson is studying in nursing school, but unlike some students, he already knows what he wants to be after he becomes an RN: a travel nurse. Since May 2010, Donerson has been working as a Certified Surgical Technician
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In October 2015, Diane Hosmer, RN, MSN, IBCLC, Sutter Medical Foundation, Women’s Services at Sutter Amador Hospital, held the first Grandmother Tea, which is an educational program and celebrations for new grandmothers. Hosmer says that they have hosted four Grandmother
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In March 2016, Sutter Health and WellSpace Health started The Street Nurse Program. Funded by Sutter Health, the program is geared to meet the needs of an underserved population—those affected by homelessness—in Sacramento, California. To date, it has helped more
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