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A nurse in scrubs is sitting on the hospital floor with her arms on her knees and her head in her hands.FeatureHazardous HabitsHow shortcuts and workarounds become the dangerous new normalI was standing at the med cart, measuring an insulin injection, when I saw the nurse supervisor heading my way. I froze. The top drawer of the med cart was open. A quick glance would be all...
Two photos of Col Ruby Bradley in her military uniform.Profiles In NursingCol. Ruby Bradley (1907-2002), Army Nurse and Angel of Bataan POWA highly-decorated veteran, she survived four years as a Japanese POWNurses are trained to never abandon their patients. Perhaps no one nurse better understood that dictum than did Col. Ruby Grace Bradley, a U.S. Army Nurse Corps veteran who served in two wars...
Nurse Keith Carlson stands at a podium in front of the Supreme CourtFeatureAt the PodiumHow I learned to calm the butterflies and deliver an engaging speechI was on stage at the annual conference of the National Nurses in Business Association and I was nervous. This was one of my first national speaking gigs. Naturally, I had the jitters. was...
Nursing Book ClubInheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love by Dani ShapiroDNA testing unearths family secretsThe widespread availability of commercial DNA testing is another modern scientific wonder that we’re already starting to take for granted. It’s become routine: Just spit in a tube, send...
An illustration of one male nurse in scrubs is whispering to a female nurse and she is laughingHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Shameless GossipMalicious talk undermines relationships and trust. As nurses, we can do better!Kathy is at a staff meeting, sitting in the back of the room next to her coworker, Miguel. Their manager, Jackie, is going on about what everyone needs to do to improve the unit’s patient...