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Nursing Book ClubThe Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women — and Women to Medicine by Janice P NimuraWe've come so farIt’s interesting to wonder what really motivates people, especially important historical figures. In her new book, The Doctors Blackwell, author Janice P. Nimura delves into the lives of...
A red and black mosquito sits on someone's skin.Nursing & Healthcare NewsMalaria VaccineHistoric breakthrough in immunization scienceFor the first time in history, a vaccine effective against a parasitic infection is ready for real-world deployment. The World Health Organization (WHO) is now recommending widespread use of...
Several nurses and doctors are operating on a patient. They are wearing sterile gowns.Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Surgical Smoke ProblemAORN to petition OSHA for national standardsCOVID-19 isn’t the only airborne threat facing hospital staffs: The smoke generated by modern surgical equipment remains a serious health hazard for both OR teams and patients. Many...
Nursing student in isolation gown and mask is listening with stethoscope to a male simulation patientNursing & Healthcare NewsNursing School Numbers UpApplications and enrollment rose in 2020–21 despite the pandemicWe’ve been hearing for months that the pandemic could lead to massive nursing attrition, but recent data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) shows that nursing...
Men In Nursing 2021Men in Nursing 2021: Building the Super-NurseWhat superpowers should a nurse have?We asked our Men in Nursing participants: What extraordinary powers should a Super-Nurse have? Here are their answers. Alex Aguilar, RN, MSN, PHN, CEN, Adventist Health White Memorial...

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Men In Nursing 2021Men In Nursing 2021: Staying StrongAnnual Special FeatureMen now make up about 12 percent of the U.S. nursing workforce, which needs skilled, committed nurses more than ever. As we approach the two-year mark of a public health crisis, Working Nurse...
A nurse in scrubs smiling while holding out a coffee with a bow on itHealthy Workforce10 Tips for a Brighter Holiday SeasonSimple ways to keep the festive spirit vibrant in your workplace this yearThe holidays aren’t always such a joyous season for nurses. Health emergencies don’t take time off for holidays, critically ill patients still need round-the-clock care, and let’s not...
Linda Vista hospital in the eerie darkness of night, only lit by a front door light and the moon in the background. It is a yellow building with 5 floors and dark windowsFeatureThe Most Haunted Hospital in AmericaWas the Linda Vista in East Los Angeles truly filled with spirits or were its ghosts Hollywood inventions?An apparition of a woman walks down a narrow corridor, clad in a hospital gown, singing to herself while lugging an IV pole. A television mysteriously flips itself on in the middle of the...
Robot hand is holding out a stethoscope. The background is white and the robot is white.FeatureAlgorithms at the BedsideNurses, artificial intelligence, and machine learningEvery morning, the nurses in the Heart Rhythm Center at Cedars-Sinai’s Smidt Heart Institute take shift reports from a partner that isn’t human: a cardiac monitoring system powered by...
Florence McQuillen on the left is signing a document, and on the right is smiling towards the cameraProfiles In NursingFlorence McQuillen (1903–1981), “Benevolent Dictator” of Nurse AnesthetistsA scholar and CRNA pioneer, she learned chloroform delivery under pressure at a small hospital in MontanaFlorence “Mack” McQuillen, fondly remembered as the “benevolent dictator” of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) from 1948 to 1970, was an influential leader in...