Our Nurse of the Week is Cami Loritz, an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse from Wisconsin who donated part of her liver for a transplant that saved an 8-year-old boy’s life. Loritz is an ICU nurse at Froedtert Hospital in […]
This is part of a monthly series about side gigs—nurses with interesting side jobs or hobbies. This month, we spotlight the host of Healthcare 911. For the last four decades, Gail Trauco, RN, BSN-OCN, a grief mediator as well as
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When nurses think about volunteering, they may imagine doing so somewhere in their own backyard. While all type of volunteering to help others is important and valuable, there are many different types—some may even take you across the world. Meggin Tallman
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In recognition of Suicide Awareness Month, Georgia Reiner, a risk specialist for Nurses Service Organization (NSO), shares her expertise on the subject of nurses and suicide prevention with DailyNurse. Q: What do you consider the most striking statistics on suicide
Texas A&M University recently announced that the College of Nursing has received approval for its Center of Excellence in Forensic Nursing, transitioning the forensic nursing program into a state- and federally funded center. The new designation will help expand the
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The Department of Veterans Affairs runs the nation’s largest health care system, but that doesn’t make it immune to the severe nursing shortage the U.S. is facing today. Not only are there not enough nurses, but medical facilities across the
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Nurses have enormous impact on lives and in ways they can probably never imagine. Although neonatal nurses care for newborns and infants, their lasting impact is often remembered over decades. Today is National Neonatal Nurses Day and the end of
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You started out on your journey through nursing school starry eyed, young, and idealist; ready to save the world and make it a healthier place. You put in hours upon hours of studying, memorizing, and working hard on your clinicals,
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No matter how hard you try to avoid it, it happens. The nurse becomes the patient. Whetheryou’ve given birth, had surgery, or a horrible case of the flu, there are times in life when conditions will send you to the hospital.
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LAS VEGAS — There’s a lot more to substance abuse disorder than physical dependence, which means that acute detox treatment by itself isn’t an effective therapy, a researcher said here. The real key, said Debra Gordon RN, DNP, of the
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