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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...
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...
FeatureNursing History in PostersFor the past century, nurses were shown in wartime propaganda, public health initiatives and cigarette advertisingPosters have punch. They have color. And, where they depict nurses and nursing, they provide an important historical record of the many changes that have taken place since Florence Nightingale first tried to bring respect to a once-disreputable...

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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...
Nursing Book ClubIn Love and War Movie ReviewA WWI biopic about American nurse Agnes Von Kurowsky and a young Ernest HemingwayIn Love and War is a 1996 film based on the real-life romance between a young Ernest Hemingway and Agnes Von Kurowsky, the nurse who treated him after he was wounded during the First World War. The film was produced and directed by actor-director...
FeatureImmunization, Then and NowAs we move towards COVID-19 mass vaccination, what lessons can history teach us?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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Profiles in NursingAgnes Von Kurowsky (1892–1984), Literary MuseThe nurse who inspired Ernest HemingwayNurses sometimes leave a lasting impression on their patients, but seldom one as literary as Agnes Von Kurowsky, the Red Cross nurse who inspired a central character in Ernest Hemingway’s acclaimed novel A Farewell to Arms. Wartime Duty Born in...
ObservationsSolving Problems with the Cedars-Sinai Nursing Research TeamHelping frail older adults retain their independenceThe Nursing Research Department at Cedars-Sinai has a foot in both worlds: We support quality improvement efforts within our health system while also conducting research projects aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve,...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsWhen Autocomplete Turns DeadlyDrug entry autofill errors called a leading technological hazardDo you use automatic dispensing cabinets, provider order-entry or other systems that automatically suggest drug names as soon as you start typing? The nonprofit ECRI warns that such medication autocomplete systems are among the top health technology...