Whether your classes were newly moved online due to coronavirus, oryou’ve been enrolled in an online class from the get-go, nursing students all over the world have suddenly found themselves taking classes remotely. To help with the adjustment, here are […]
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Enterprise High School students refused to allow anti-mask protesters to disrupt the start of the new school year. Senior Dalee Cobb, a cheerleader and javelin thrower, declared, “I feel like the opinion of parents and adults in general right now
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In the age of EHR, storing info on a cloud, and working on smart phones, it’s also a prime time for hacking. Nurses need to protect the security and privacy of their patients’ personal and health care-related info so it’s
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Every nine minutes, a life is lost to blood cancer, so Nurse of the Week Heidi Gould didn’t take it lightly when she received a request for another special blood donation. Gould was busy treating COVID patients in the ICU
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While industries attempt to address the spread of COVID-19, nurses have been working long hours, many times with insufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) and constantly changing state and federal requirements. They are also having to make ethical decisions about patient
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Having to wear PPE creates a communication barrier that imposes a heavy burden on nurses. Patients look to nurses for information, help, and comfort, but now—at a time when they depend on nurses more than ever—you have to interact while
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In March, when New York City staggered under the weight of the COVID-19 outbreak, the images of refrigerator trucks, overwhelmed hospitals, and outdoor triage centers set Amy Kinder’s caregiving instincts afire. On April 5, 2020, the ER nurse left her
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After years of failed attempts and vociferous opposition, on August 31 California lawmakers adopted a measure to grant nurse practitioners the ability to practice without doctor supervision — but only after making big concessions to the powerful doctors’ lobby, which
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This is part of a monthly series about side gigs—nurses with interesting side jobs or hobbies. This month, we spotlight a nurse’s family farm. For 40 years, Eileen Shlagel, RN, CEN, has worked as a nurse, the last 30 of them in the
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Nurses spend countless hours on their feet. And it can cause them to hurt—a lot. So we consulted with a professional to find out how you can treat your feet right and avoid pain whenever possible. Dr. Grace Torres-Hodges, DPM,
