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Registered Nurse Roosevelt Davis in scrubs is smiling while holding a piece of equipmentMy SpecialtyPediatric CICU, Roosevelt Davis, Children’s Hospital of Orange CountyFrom the football field to bedside nursingRoosevelt Davis, RN, MSN Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Children’s Hospital of Orange County You had a very unusual and fascinating path to a nursing career. What were you...
Illustration of a myriad of people in different colored shirts wearing masks and looking aroundFeatureMaking COVID-19 CountHow nurses can use this crisis as a catalyst for changeEditors' Note: This article is a revised and expanded version of the author’s much-discussed LinkedIn essay, originally posted on May 22, 2020. COVID-19 has made nursing front page news....
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen have their portraits on the left, and then there is a picture of a police officer knocking on someone's doorFeatureBlack Nurses and the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever EpidemicA tale of a deadly outbreak, inflammatory propaganda and heroismIn 1793, Philadelphia was as large and as cosmopolitan a city as could be found in the new United States. Until 1800, Philadelphia served as the U.S. capital. The city was also home to a...
Sister Kenny wearing a habit looking away from the cameraProfiles In NursingSister Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952), Controversial Australian Polio Treatment ReformerWas this controversial Australian nurse a hero or a hoax?To her admirers, “Sister Kenny” was a crusader, challenging a reactionary medical establishment’s preconceptions about one of her era’s most feared diseases. To many physicians, she...
Nursing Book ClubThe Perfect Predator: A Scientist Races to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas PattersonThe dangers of antibiotic resistanceThere is probably nothing more terrifying than finding yourself in a remote area of a foreign country with a desperately ill loved one. Add to that doctors who seem at a loss for answers and...

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Registered Nurse Kristina Lawrence wearing scrubs and a white coat stands smiling with her unit in the backgroundMy SpecialtyIntensive Care Unit, Kristina Lawrence, Valley Presbyterian HospitalRising to the challenge of the new normal in the age of COVID-19Kristina Lawrence, RN, BSN, CCRN, CVRN-BC, WCC Clinical Nurse Manager, ICU Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys Please tell us about the trajectory of your nursing career My grandmother...
A picture of the white Relief ship that is on a dark blue ocean with a gray sky in the backgroundFeatureNursing Aboard Hospital Ship USS Relief, 1917-1946Attacking a hospital ship was a war crime, but in 1945, the USS COMFORT was hit by a Japanese kamikaze pilotAlthough she was the sixth ship to be called Relief, she was the first U.S. naval vessel ever specifically designed as a fully equipped, modern, seagoing hospital. She was almost as big as...
Christine Contillo sits at her desk with the phone to her ear smilingFeatureCOVID-19 Contact TracingPart public health nurse, part detectiveI've been a public health nurse for 30 years, so I’ve always understood that the role focuses less on face-to-face patient care and more on administrative work. That effort never felt as...
Panic in the Streets movie poster with a nurse in white scrubs talking to Clinton Reed on the rightMovie & TV Nurses“Panic in the Streets” Movie ReviewA deadly plague is the real villain of this 1950 noir thrillerI usually only review books for Working Nurse, but the editors recently suggested I review Panic in the Streets, a classic film noir directed by Elia Kazan, released by 20th Century Fox in...
CNO Roundtable 2020The COVID-19 PandemicQ: How have you been able to support your nursing teams during the novel coronavirus crisis?Lori Burnell, RN, BSN, Ph.D., NEA-BC Sr. Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer Valley Presbyterian Hospital As a standalone community hospital, Valley Presbyterian must understand...