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FeatureOverload: The Simple Improv Exercise That Shines a Light on Nursing StressHow constant interruptions lead to errors and burnoutSome years ago, while growing my consulting business and working on my second book on nurse communication, I took a job working 12-hour weekend shifts on a secure unit for residents with dementia. I loved working with this population when we were...
FeatureOne Year Later: Lessons from the Front Lines of the PandemicThoughts on leadership, stepping up when needed, and communicating with our patients' familiesEditors’ note: Tiffany’s column “Nursing on the Front Lines of COVID-19” was published in March 2020. It detailed her experience as an ICU nurse in Washington State, treating the first coronavirus patients in the country. This is her follow-up to...
FeatureWhen Nurses Smoked in HospitalsIn years past, there was an ashtray on every patient nightstand, nurses lit up in break rooms, and doctors and nurses were featured in cigarette adsAn attractive young woman in a crisp, white vintage nurse’s uniform and cap smiles up at the reader, dangling a lit cigarette between her fingers. Printed above her is a boldface slogan: “You like them FRESH? So do I!” Although the copy for this...

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FeatureHospital RomanceIn pop culture, nurses find love, marriage and passion at work. Here is the real story.SCENE: After resuscitating a car crash victim, handsome doctor Doug Ross (George Clooney) and attractive head nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) embrace — and soon find themselves sharing their first kiss. “I shouldn’t have,” whispers...
Feature3 Ways to Move Your Nursing Career ForwardTake classes, grow your professional network, get involvedNancy has been working as a psychiatric nurse for 27 years. Lately, she has been feeling something unusual: She lies in bed before getting up for work each morning, dreading her upcoming shift. It isn’t the patient care that she hopes to avoid. It is...
FeatureDNP & Me: Five Reasons to Pursue a Nursing DoctorateRead this article before signing up for an advanced degreeEducation is the watchword of modern nursing. More and more nurses today are BSN-prepared and about 10 percent of California acute care hospitals now require that RNs earn a BSN if they don’t already have one. Many nurses today are also going back to...

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FeatureIs a Medical Mission Right for You? A Nurse Reports from NicaraguaWay outside my comfort zoneSome time ago, my nursing career had advanced to a stage where my duties were mainly administrative and it had been decades since I’d worked as a bedside nurse. I began to wonder if all the knowledge and skills I had honed over the years were still...
FeatureFaith Community NursingCaring for the congregationMary Lynne Knighten, RN, DNP, PN, NEA-BC, serves as director of the health ministry of L.A.’s St. Dominic Catholic Church. Volunteering in this role is her way “to give back to our faith community.” As the “chief nurse,” Knighten oversees health...
FeatureImmunization, Then and NowWhat lessons can history teach us about eradicating disease?Inoculation — seeking to immunize against a deadly disease through deliberate exposure to a weaker pathogen — has been practiced for at least 400 years, but the world’s first vaccine was developed in the late 18th century, using cowpox to immunize...

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