Changes have occurred since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to improve the treatment of Black people; however, the underpinnings of systemic and structural racism are alive and well in the United States. Through the inequitable outcomes of the […]
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There are a few common identity milestones that transgender or trans people experience across their lives. One is starting to feel different than the sex assigned to them at birth. Another is identifying with a trans identity – for instance, as a
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The additional employment of virtual clinical technology, the extension of counseling services, and use of nursing students to administer COVID vaccines in rural areas are three findings from a pair of recent surveys administered by the National League for Nursing (NLN). The
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This week’s National School Nurse Day (May 12) honors the tireless and complex work of school nurses—all of whom cared for students thorough a constantly changing year that veered between in-person, remote, and a hybrid of both. Minority Nurse caught
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I started my career as a nurse 35 years ago. Thirteen of those years I spent up in the air as a flight nurse, responding via helicopter to the most urgent calls. We responded to accidents, shootings, strokes, heart attacks,
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When COVID-19 emerged early last year in the United States, we as a nation were ill-prepared to manage the virus and the ensuing pandemic that has claimed more than half a million lives in this country. As a critical care
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As nurses, we all know that the only thing to expect during our shifts is the unexpected. Especially with the outbreak of COVID-19, we’ve seen this to be especially true. As a result of my nursing career, I’ve learned to
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As student nurses celebrate the May 8 designation of National Student Nurses Day, they have a lot to be proud of. This year, student nurses navigated through a tumultuous time while continuing to pursue their nursing education despite a global
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Kids at Yreka High School in Siskiyou, California know that one teacher is really looking out for their health. Our Nurse of the Week, BSN Amy Gaither, is a nurse-educator who tends to a very important patient demographic: Yreka High’s
Unfortunately, some issues or diseases are more prone to affect people in certain communities—case in point, colorectal cancer has been known to disproportionately affect the Black community as compared with white communities. In fact, according to the American Cancer Society,
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