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CNO Roundtable 2021The New NormalQ: What changes that your hospital made in response to COVID-19 will remain in place?Raye Burkhardt Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center The pandemic has brought a heightened focus on infection control practices, which have long been part of hospital practice, but...
CNO Roundtable 2021Moments of InspirationQ: Please share a pandemic-related story that you found especially moving or inspiring. Raye Burkhardt Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center One of our frontline nurse managers, Maria, had an elderly COVID-19 patient whose prognosis was not good. Maria arranged for...
Julia Stimson in uniform with officers around her and on the right a photo of her straight-faced in a uniformProfiles In NursingCol. Julia Stimson (1881–1948), Army Nurse Corps SuperintendentA decorated officer, she led 20,000 nurses during WWIOnce the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. Armed Forces, Julia Catherine Stimson, RN, served her country as a nurse, a social worker and a leader — including an 18-year tenure as...
Gena Welch smiling in scrubs and a white coat with a yellow wall in the backgroundMy SpecialtyMagnet Program Director, Gena Welch, Adventist Health GlendaleProviding leadership during the pandemic and beyondGena Welch, RN, BSN, PHN, CPN, CEN Director of Magnet Program / Director of Clinical Practice & Education Adventist Health Glendale Your childhood had a big impact on your choice to...
Illustration of a nurse covering her eyes and leaning on her elbow while there is a tray of narcotics in front of her on the counterFeatureOverload: 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...

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Three nurses shown in different ways - the first is flexing in scrubs, the second is in full PPE, the third is mopping the floor in scrubsFeatureOne 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...
A picture of the Coronavirus which is a gray sphere with red horns all around itNursing & Healthcare NewsThe Third VaccineWhat to know about Johnson & Johnson’s entry in the fight against COVID-19As you’re undoubtedly aware, the FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to a third COVID-19 vaccine in February. With antivaxx propaganda and conspiracy theories running wild,...
Martha Ballard is delivering a baby while a husband holds his wife on a chair, and two women hold each of the woman's armsProfiles In NursingMartha Ballard (1735-1812), Colonial Midwife and DiaristHer remarkable diary reveals a legacy of nursing in 18th century AmericaShe lived and died before Florence Nightingale was even born, but Martha Ballard’s diary still survives, providing us with a remarkable record of the lives of pioneer women and the practice...
A group of female nurses in dresses and caps are smoking togetherFeatureWhen 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:...
On the left, a photo of the characters from ER holding each other, the middle is on a couple getting married with a rose on top of the photo, and the third is a couple sitting in a hospital bed holding each otherFeatureHospital 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...