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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...
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...

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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...
Nursing Book ClubThe Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer and Care by Anne BoyerAn unflinching look at breast cancerAnne Boyer, author of The Undying, is an essayist, a published poet, and one of the more than 250,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year. Although there are...
Martha Lopez wearing a white coat is smiling while sitting with arms crossedMy SpecialtyAdult Inpatient Services, Martha Lopez, Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical CenterLeading and empowering nurses in a time of rapid changeMartha Lopez, RN, MSN, PHN, CNML Director of Adult Inpatient Service Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Please describe the trajectory of your nursing career. My first job was in...
Doctor placing a bandaid on a patient's left arm after she is given a vaccineNursing & Healthcare NewsVaccines Holding Strong Against Delta VariantStudy finds no evidence of additional breakthrough infectionIf this summer’s surge in new infections has you worrying about the long-term effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination, here’s some good news: A new study finds that the vaccines remain...