All my life I have rarely been sick, in fact there have only been two times that I can recall. So, about three months ago when I started feeling bad, it was out of the ordinary. I did not have […]
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As a nurse, you might think networking isn’t as vital to your career as the on-the-job skills you hone every day. But networking is a vital element of career success. Networking effectively takes commitment and planning, so taking the time
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Nurses who think tapering opioid patients entails a long period of Defcon 2 or 3 vigilance now have more data to support that position. Researchers from the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research conducted a 10-year study to examine
Roxana Chicas, PhD, RN, a research professor in Emory’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, rued her nontraditional academic path until a mentor reassured her: The teacher always arrives when the student is ready. That advice about timing resonated last month
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“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
Nurse of the Week: Retired Nurse Raymonde Sullivan Did a Bit of Skydiving on Her 100th Read More »
Viewing cancer misinformation on social media negatively influenced patients’ decisions and adversely affected their mental health, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer. While online social networks can be useful resources for cancer patients, they’re also scattered with potentially dangerous
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Nurse of the Week Elizabeth Anh-Trinh Stulac, RN/BSN is an established nurse leader working toward a Ph.D., but she remembers where she came from. So, earlier this month she went back home to Elk River, Minnesota to share a message
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The Black Hawk helicopter lands in a field behind the FBI Academy, its main rotor sending up a massive plume of dust and grit. A handful of Uniformed Services University (USU) Graduate School of Nursing (GSN) Registered Nurse Anesthesia students
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On Friday morning, a nurse at Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services in San Antonio ushered a patient into an exam room. She gave her a gown, told her the doctor would be in shortly, and stepped back out of the room
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