From devastating hurricanes to prolonged droughts to scorching heat waves, climate change wreaks havoc on the planet, with more severe impacts to come. As a nurse, you can expect climate change to affect your work if it hasn’t already. “Climate […]
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Dealing with COVID has been difficult for everyone. However, patients who have cancer face a more complex battle. Gabriella Magarelli MSN, ACNP-BC, AOCNP, is the Director of Nursing, RCCA at Hackensack Meridian Health John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center
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How often – and how well – do nursing programs teach lessons about the impact that climate exerts on health? And as more of us are exposed to and sickened by toxins, polluted air, unsafe drinking water, and a lack
MSN Student/Environmentalist: Ignoring Climate Change No Longer an Option for a Nurse Read More »
Nurses care for patients with asthma exacerbated by poor air quality and heat exhaustion during heat waves. They respond during natural disasters like hurricanes and flooding. Now, a growing number of nursing schools are incorporating an underlying driver of these
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After a winter of bleak news and fearful statistics about COVID, recent signs point to long-awaited relief from the pandemic. COVID cases, deaths and hospitalization are all tumbling, the CDC has issued relaxed mask guidelines, and states are lessening or
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The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has been awarded $1 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch a new initiative titled Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Among Nurses and in Communities. Although COVID-19 vaccines
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A team of nurse scientists, evidence-based practice professionals and an ethicist from The Ohio State University College of Nursing have published their findings from their multi-site study with first-hand accounts of the psychological and emotional toll that the COVID-19 pandemic
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By the time Cheryl Cosey learned she had COVID-19, she had gone three days without dialysis — a day and a half more than she usually waited between appointments. She worried how much longer she could wait before going without
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Nursing as a profession received heightened attention during the COVID pandemic. Nurses are hailed as heroes, employed in dangerous front-line work, battling exhaustion and burnout. In reality, the experiences of individual nurses vary by type of position, geographic location and
Park City, Utah — which comes alive during the winter ski season and annual Sundance Film Festival — is home to the Park City Hospital, which has 460 employees. As in countless hospitals across the country, the demands of covid-19
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