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Nursing & Healthcare NewsOpioid Suit Decided Against Johnson & JohnsonCompany ordered to pay $572 million in Oklahoma civil trialNurses may associate Johnson & Johnson with its uplifting “Discover Nursing” campaign. However, an Oklahoma judge recently ruled that the company’s “false, misleading and deceptive” marketing strategies helped to create the opioid epidemic,...
FeatureWhen a Special Patient DiesA routine of self-care helps to cope with lossClocking in for my night shift, I was filled with dread. A longtime patient of mine had been moved to the PICU at the end of my last shift because her septic body was beginning to shut down. She had been ravaged by leukemia. She was 15 years old....
Nursing Book ClubWhen Death Becomes Life: Notes From a Transplant Surgeon by Joshua D. Mezrich, M.D.A provocative look at organ donationIn the prologue of When Death Becomes Life, author Joshua D. Mezrich, M.D., states that this book “is neither a memoir nor a complete history of transplantation.”  It’s actually a little of both, as well as a well-thought-out examination of the...

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Healthy WorkforceThe Case of the Abrasive PerfectionistIs that nurse difficult and demanding because she's a perfectionist with high standards — or is she a bully?Liz was thrilled when she accepted a job in the medical ICU (MICU) at a large Level I trauma center. However, it wasn’t long before she wondered if she had made the right decision. Liz’s preceptor, Clare, a 30-year MICU veteran, was not what you would...
Profiles In NursingJane Delano (1862-1919), Champion of the American Red Cross Nursing ServiceRecruiting and training nurses to serve in war and peaceJane Arminda Delano found her calling as a nurse and a volunteer with the American Red Cross, helping to recruit thousands of nurse volunteers for World War I and to bring desperately needed healthcare to rural America. Yellow Fever Born in Townsend,...
My SpecialtyClinical Nurse Educator, Michelle McKoy, Foothill Regional Medical CenterEducating the staff while mentoring nursing studentsMichelle McKoy, RN, MSN, CNE Clinical Nurse Educator Foothill Regional Medical Center, Tustin Please tell us about the trajectory of your nursing career. I’ve always known that I wanted to become a nurse, but the initial arc of my career was...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses Tackle Vaccine HesitancyAnswering questions, debunking propaganda, educating doctorsAntivaxx sentiment poses a growing threat to public health. A group in New York City believes that nurses may hold the answer. Antivaxx sentiment poses a growing threat to public health. A group in New York City believes that nurses may hold the answer....
Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Vaping EpidemicAlmost half of California teens now use e-cigarettes!Once a hipster fad, vaping is rapidly emerging as a major public health issue. New data shows that almost half of California teenagers are e-cigarette users.Once a hipster fad, vaping is rapidly emerging as a major public health issue. New data shows that...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses and SuicideStudy points to elevated riskStress and burnout can cause nurses to leave the profession for good, but a new study suggests that they can also put nurses at elevated risk of suicide.Stress and burnout can cause nurses to leave the profession for good, but a new study suggests that...

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