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Nurse pushing a gurney down a hospital hallwayNurses OnscreenCritical: Between Life and Death(Netflix, 2025)Critical: Between Life and Death is a six-episode documentary streaming series that follows high-stakes medical cases in London’s trauma centers. TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER To handle the...
My SpecialtyEmergency Nursing, Sally Mascarena, MLK Community HealthStaying centered in a wide array of emergency situationsSally Mascarena, RN, BSN Assistant Nurse Manager, Emergency Department & Clinical Observation Area MLK Community Health Los Angeles What is your nursing origin story? Two of my...
Illustration of a smiling nurse on the telephoneCareer CornerAfter the Job OfferManaging what comes nextCongratulations! You made it through the interview process and have received a job offer. Here’s what to expect now. Salary and Benefits Initially, a verbal offer is extended by the...
ANA president Jennifer Mensik Kennedy at podium giving keynote at ACNL conferenceNursing & Healthcare NewsANA President Speaks Out on Advocacy and AIHighlights from Mensik Kennedy's keynote address at the ACNL conferenceAt the 2026 ACNL annual conference in February, ANA President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy challenged nurses to claim their power in political advocacy, leadership, and shaping the rapidly...
Huntington Health CCU nurse Tina Hanlon in blue scrubs with hand on hipMy SpecialtyCritical Care Nursing, Tina Hanlon, Huntington HealthGoing the extra mile for high-acuity patientsCan you share the arc of your nursing career? Originally, I was gung ho about doing labor and delivery, but after my L&D rotation, I realized it wasn’t the specialty for me. However,...

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Illustration of male nurse in blue scrubs writing a thank you noteCareer CornerAfter the Job InterviewThese savvy follow-up tips will help to make you a stronger candidateLanding an interview is a big step in securing your dream job, but the process doesn’t end there. What you do next makes a difference.  Prepare Ahead of Time In addition to any other...
Illustration of nurse pushing her hands away as if not listeningFeatureNurses and BullyingWorkplace culture expert Renee Thompson discusses what’s changed, what hasn’t, and where we go from hereBullying among nurses can take many forms: malicious gossip in the breakroom, mocking eye-rolls in patient areas, harsh words in the group chat, and cruel hazing of newcomers. Have things...
Author Bonnie Kirshenbaum on the left, book cover to Counting Backwards on the rightNursing Book ClubCounting Backwards by Binnie KirshenbaumA novel about losing one's husband to dementiaA book for anyone who has ever cared for a dementia patient and thought to themselves, “How does anyone ever do this?” It’s not often that I would recommend fiction as a way to learn...
ICU RN Alex Pretti in blue scrubs smiling in front of an American flag.FeatureThoughts on the Shooting Death of ICU Nurse Alex PrettiBeyond right and left politics, this is about right and wrongI. Shot On January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis, when the temperature hovered around minus 3 degrees, a swarm of armed and masked ICE agents shoved Alex Pretti to the ground. They pepper-sprayed...
Nursing school faculty nurse in a white coat pointing to a plastic skeletonNursing & Healthcare NewsNursing No Longer “Professional”?Department of Education plans to limit graduate student loans for nursesUnder the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (P.L. 119-21), the federal Department of Education has proposed new limits on federal student loans for graduate nursing...