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Two nurses at the station, one looking exasperatedFeature“You’re in Charge Now!”The messy, humbling, and ultimately rewarding journey from bedside to relief to charge to managerAs nurses, we spend years in nursing school and beyond, learning how to manage septic shock, calculate drip rates, and survive clinical rotations. Then one day, someone hands us the...
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...
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...
Nurse in a suit standing at a podium at a nursing conferenceFeatureNursing ConferencesCup-Filling Chaos and the Unexpected Joy of Finding Your PeopleIf you had told me years ago that nursing conferences would become one of the highlights of my year, I would have looked you dead in the eye and said, “Are you feeling okay? Blink twice if...
Illustration of a male nurse in a Christmas sweater holding a pie.FeatureThe Secret to a Legendary Holiday PotluckWhere reputations, and memories, are madeHospital holiday potlucks are where nursing legends are made. They can turn a chaotic 12-hour shift into something that feels merry, even if your badge reel ends up covered in gravy. Everyone...

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A nursing team gathered around a nurse leaderFeatureTen Essential Lessons in Nursing LeadershipThoughtful guidance for nurses preparing to take the leapIf you're an experienced bedside nurse, becoming a nurse leader involves a major shift in focus. Your priority is no longer just your own work and practice. Your biggest goal becomes ensuring...
Smiling nurses in a huddle in a hospital huddle.FeatureBut Why? How We Can Restore the Spirit of Inquiry in NursingCuriosity is an important part of our clinical edgeA decade ago, I was a bright-eyed nursing student in my Issues in Nursing class, talking about working across generations, from seasoned nurses who trained with dinosaurs to brand-new grads...
FeatureWhen Care Meets ConflictStrategies to help keep nurses safe from workplace violenceAs nurses, you have an amazing passion and a commitment to providing the highest quality of care for your patients. Yet, for more reasons than we have space to list, aggressive and violent...
Woodblock illustration of Marey blood pressure measurement instrumentFeatureThe Gruesome Origins of Blood Pressure MeasurementImagine if you had to puncture an artery every time you needed to take a patient’s blood pressure!Checking a patient's pulse has been an important diagnostic technique for thousands of years. However, measuring blood pressure is a more recent development. Cruel Experiments Our modern...
A collage of black and white snapshots of nurses during WWIIFeatureThe Nurses of World War IIOn hospital ships, cargo planes, and in jungle tents behind combat lines, tens of thousands of brave nurses risked their lives in U.S. military service.ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, 1941, First Lieutenant Annie G. Fox was making her rounds at the modest 30-bed Station Hospital in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A dedicated member of the Army Nurse...