People enter the health care industry for many reasons. Primary among these is the desire to make a positive impact on patients’ lives. Nurses are among the professionals having a direct impact in this regard. You don’t just treat people […]
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DailyNurse is inviting nurses in every branch of the profession to share their pandemic experiences and reflections with their peers. Was there a particular experience that you will carry with you for life? Have you been inspired by specific colleagues
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A recent study in the International Journal of Nursing Studies shows a direct correlation between a patient’s language preference and the risk of being readmitted to the hospital from a home health care environment. Assessing the influence of patient language
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Becoming a nurse is no easy task, and for good reason. When you have a person’s health and well-being in your hands every day, you have to be highly trained, compassionate, and dedicated. However, understanding the steps required to become
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As angels have been known as messengers and guides from time immemorial, it is not necessarily hyperbole for patients and families to refer to hospice liaison nurse – and Nurse of the Week – Ligaya “Joy” Villanueva Bercasio, BSN-RN as
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Supplies of N95 face masks, surgical face masks, and face shields at US hospitals are under the microscope in the latest research project led by nurse scientist Kelly Aldrich, DNP, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS, associate professor of nursing informatics at Vanderbilt University
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New data from the Texas health department released on November 7 proves what health officials have been trying to tell vaccine-hesitant Texans for months: The COVID-19 vaccine dramatically prevents death and is the best tool to prevent transmission of the deadly
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care practitioners have relied on COVID-19 testing to tell them what safety precautions to follow with each patient. Carl Johnson, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences, wondered how the virus might act differently depending on
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During this year’s Perioperative Nurses Week, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has suggested that nurses in this specialty focus on the value of advocacy for and by perioperative nurses. As perioperative nurses, advocacy for patients is a guiding
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It’s difficult to imagine there was ever a time that health care workers were not in demand. As the population grows and people are living longer, it is becoming a struggle to keep up with even the most basic requirements
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