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My SpecialtyClinical Nurse Educator, Michelle McKoy, Foothill Regional Medical CenterEducating the staff while mentoring nursing studentsMichelle McKoy, RN, MSN, CNE Clinical Nurse Educator Foothill Regional Medical Center, Tustin Please tell us about the trajectory of your nursing career. I’ve always known that I wanted to become a nurse, but the initial arc of my career was...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses Tackle Vaccine HesitancyAnswering questions, debunking propaganda, educating doctorsAntivaxx sentiment poses a growing threat to public health. A group in New York City believes that nurses may hold the answer. Antivaxx sentiment poses a growing threat to public health. A group in New York City believes that nurses may hold the answer....
Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Vaping EpidemicAlmost half of California teens now use e-cigarettes!Once a hipster fad, vaping is rapidly emerging as a major public health issue. New data shows that almost half of California teenagers are e-cigarette users.Once a hipster fad, vaping is rapidly emerging as a major public health issue. New data shows that...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses and SuicideStudy points to elevated riskStress and burnout can cause nurses to leave the profession for good, but a new study suggests that they can also put nurses at elevated risk of suicide.Stress and burnout can cause nurses to leave the profession for good, but a new study suggests that...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsPatient Handling InjuriesCalifornia law has helped, but better staffing may be neededIt’s now been almost five years since California implemented statewide standards for safer patient handling. New research shows that there’s still room for improvement.It’s now been almost five years since California implemented statewide standards...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsDo BSNs Save Lives?Study shows better outcomes, but adequate staffing still a mustThere’s yet more research linking a hospital’s percentage of BSN-prepared nurses with better outcomes for There’s yet more research linking a hospital’s percentage of BSN-prepared nurses with better outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest...

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Profiles In NursingSarah A. Palmer, aka “Aunt Becky” (1830–1908), Civil War Nurse and MemoiristHer vivid wartime memoir is still in printSarah Graham Palmer Young, popularly known as “Aunt Becky,” was one of the best-known Union Army nurses of the Civil War, adored by many as a fierce champion of sick and wounded soldiers. Her vivid wartime memoir is still in print today. Gone to War...
FeatureFinding Your Feet in the Deep EndHone your abilities and one day YOU will be the experienced nurseWhether you’re a new grad or mid-careerist, working alongside established, experienced nurses can be Intimidating. They seem to glide in and out of rooms without a care; their head-to-toe assessments are perfectly documented; and when they draw up IV...
Nursing Book ClubWhat Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate FaganIt seems like there’s something new every day about athletes struggling with mental health issues: football players with early-onset dementia; baseball players walking away from their careers due to depression; figure skaters and gymnasts with eating...

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