Shawn Hayes was thankful to be holed up at a city-run hotel for people with COVID-19. The 20-year-old wasn’t in jail. He wasn’t on the streets chasing drugs. Methadone to treat his opioid addiction was delivered to his door. Hayes […]
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Students at the University of California Irvine Gross School of Nursing made good use of their downtime by paying virtual visits to non-COVID patients at the UCI Medical Center. Between May 4 and their June 13 commencement, 45 iPad-wielding undergrads
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Peggy Compton, Ph.D., RN, FAAN has been selected as one of the US nurses to be inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, which will recognize 19 new members at the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) 31st International Nursing
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Milestones are a big deal, and they are often times of celebration. Throughout July, that’s exactly what the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) has done. This month marks the 40th of the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) as well as
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COVID-19 is hitting minorities harder than other communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control, as of June 12, 2020, the age-adjusted hospitalization rates were reported highest among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native and non-Hispanic black persons, followed by
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Any nurse who’s been around for more than a minute has heard the intimidating phrase, nurses eat their young. It’s hard to imagine how this phrase could become so popular within a profession that’s known for being caring and selfless. Yet, many
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Ohio printer Walter Ruiz could not quite recognize her features under all of her PPE, but the voice of Nurse of the Week Lisa Lane quickly became familiar to him during his struggle with COVID-19. Hospitalized with COVID after passing
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Of all the things nurses have on their worry lists right now, you’d think credit fraud shouldn’t be close to the top. But a rash of criminal activity and credit fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused everyone to pay
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A 4-year-old girl was rushed to the emergency room three times in one week for asthma attacks. An elderly man, who’d been holed up in a top-floor apartment with no air conditioning during a heat wave, showed up at a
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What progress have we made in increasing nurse retention within the nation? This topic has been widely researched for many years globally. “Nurses” can be adult nurses who have been in the profession for many years or new graduate nurses. According to
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