National School Nurse Day Is May 11
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Teaching Healthcare Staff to Lose Their Weight Bias
After showering, applying deodorant twice, and cranking up her car’s air conditioning against the summer heat (I will not be the sweaty, smelly fat girl, she thinks), Eva arrives at the doctor’s office ready to get to the bottom of
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Nursing and Social Media: Know Your Do’s and Don’ts
Nursing in 2022 looks much different than nursing 20 or 30 years ago. Social media is a part of our lives now, for better or worse. To young nurses who grew up in the digital age, it’s an integral part
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BSN Grad/Schweitzer Fellow Partners with Med Student to Aid Alabama’s Underserved
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship of Alabama (ASF) has named University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing graduate Collin Dorner, BSN, RN, to its 2022-23 class. Dorner is one of 20 fellows, marking the largest ASF class to date. During
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Nurse Historian/Fulbright Scholar Explores the History of Filipino-American Nurses
When he is not treating kids as a pediatric Transitional Care Unit (TCU) nurse at VCU Health in Richmond, VA, Ren Capucao, MSN traces the rich heritage of Filipino nurses in the US. As a nurse historian (Capucao’s first article
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ENA, ACEP Push for Swift Passage of Workplace Violence Legislation
Leaders and members of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) and American College of Emergency Physicians called on Congress last Wednesday to pass legislation aimed at reducing violence against health care workers. Emergency nurses and physicians from the two organizations –
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2022—The Year of Change: Nurses Can Expect to See These Six Trends
The two years since COVID-19 was first detected in America have introduced a profound change in all public-facing industries. Education, commerce, and even restaurants have changed business models and delivery systems to support social distancing and hands-free processes. Healthcare, too,
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Story of Resilience: “I Woke Up in Pain, In a Dark Room” – Then He Discovered Nursing
When Cade Conville took the podium at the Fall 2021 Accelerated Masters in Nursing Pathway Senior Recognition Ceremony, what could have been a typical award speech turned into an emotional account of his path to nursing and his story of resilience. Six
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Student Nurses’ Day: Meet Azariah Torain
Current student nurses have had an academic path that has been influenced in all ways by a global pandemic. This year, Minority Nurse celebrates National Student Nurse Day (honored every year on May 8) by learning more about Azariah Torain,
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Improving Student Outcomes With Integrated Certification and Licensing Tools
Higher education is evolving. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, distance education in master’s nursing programs has been steadily rising since 2015, offering improved access, flexibility, and student advancement. In fact, a recent survey reports that a primary target demographic
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