Many stories about frontline workers have come out since COVID-19 began. But Anna Slayton’s story as a relief nurse is quite different. Slayton, BSN, RN-BC, works as a registered nurse with two hospital systems in the DFW Metroplex—Baylor Scott and […]
Nurse of the Week Anna Slayton Spent 77 Days as a COVID-19 Relief Nurse in NYC Read More »
In the spring of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic first gripped the world by the throat and its deadly menace continues to unfurl with renewed ferocity. In the United States, medical and scientific experts issued a series of early recommendations to
Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Coping with Coronavirus-related Stressors and Pain Read More »
As hospitalizations and deaths mount, nurses are losing patience with COVID-19 conspiracy theories and distorted libertarian mores that depict masking mandates as an infringement of personal liberty. For frontline nurses tending to Covid patients who shunned masks or insisted on
COVID Insouciance Frustrates Frontline Nurses: “People Aren’t Listening to Us” Read More »
Pressure ulcers—commonly known as bedsores—have been a healthcare challenge for millennia, and researchers continue to seek ways to prevent and treat them. One “rising star” in the study of pressure ulcers is DonnaLee Pollack, RN, MSN, MPH, FNP-C, CWCN-AP, who
Jonas Scholar at UT Arlington Researching Pressure Ulcers Read More »
NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) is excited to announce the launch of two new major campaigns for its members under its new wellness initiative, NBNA Resilient Nurse Resource. RETHINK, launched yesterday, was
On December 2, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the CDC is allotting over 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Texas this month. The initial vaccine doses, which should arrive by December 14, will be distributed according to the
Texas Covid Vaccinations: HCPs, Support Staff First in Line Read More »
In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working as an intensive care nurse at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, and loved it, despite the mediocre pay typical for the region. But when COVID-19 hit, that
$8k a Week in Fargo: Desperate Hospitals Break Their Piggybanks to Hire Travel Nurses Read More »
For Christina Nester, the pandemic lull in Massachusetts lasted about three months through summer into early fall. In late June, St. Vincent Hospital had resumed elective surgeries, and the unit the 48-year-old nurse works on switched back from taking care
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As the pandemic highlights the nation’s nursing shortage, new schools are opening in an attempt to close the gap. One new educational opportunity for aspiring BSNs and LPNs in 2021 is the Herzing University Tampa campus. To learn more about
Herzing University to Open New Tampa Campus Read More »
Since March, COVID-19 has been affecting our lives in ways we couldn’t have imagined just one year ago. Between quarantines, wearing masks, using hand sanitizer, and the like, our lives have been completely changed. Imagine what it’s like to attend
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