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FeatureNursing Uniforms Through HistoryToday’s scrubs are a long way from the starched gowns and white caps of earlier erasModern scrubs are practical, cheap and easy to care for, but there was something elegant about the nursing uniforms of ages past: long, floor-sweeping skirts; beautifully crisp aprons; neat cuffs; high collars; and of course white nurse’s caps....
Nursing Book ClubThe Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder by Charles GraeberA horrifying tale of a nurse turned serial killer, which Stephen King called the best book of the yearAs soon as I picked up The Good Nurse, I knew I’d be in for a roller coaster ride. The paperback edition of a New York Times bestseller first published in 2013, it had a sensational cover photo and a blurb from Stephen King proclaiming it the “best...
Nursing Book ClubFirst Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings and What I Wish I had Known My First 100 Days on the Job by Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBAHelpful Advice for the New NurseI look back on my early years as a nurse as having been really difficult. We still had glass IV bottles and no IV pumps. We mixed our own antibiotics. Patient/nurse ratios back then would probably be illegal now. We often rotated all three shifts each...

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Profiles In NursingLillian Brunner (1918-2016), Author of the “Brunner Bible” TextbookNursing students remember their Brunner BibleDo you remember your “Brunner Bible”? Perhaps you still reflect fondly on its value as a sleep aid or as part of your strength-training regimen. Maybe you still refer back to this essential textbook for detailed information about disease processes...
FeatureWired Hospitals: UCLA Medical Center and High-Fidelity ManikinsLights! Camera! Action! Septic Shock?It was bloody. The first big simulation Kenneth M. Miller, RN, MSN, CCRN, CHSE, ran as nursing simulation program coordinator at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was a hemorrhagic splenectomy in the operating room. He did everything he could to make it...
FeatureSeven Habits of Highly Effective NursesAs the new year approaches, take time to reflect on your career pathThe new year is a great time to reflect on your professional journey. Start by purging any unwanted career-related “clutter” that slows you down or no longer serves any purpose. When studying the careers of highly successful nurses, seven attributes...

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Profiles In NursingMaria Stromberger (1898–1957) – Austrian Nurse Who Risked Her Life to Aid Auschwitz PrisonersShe risked her life to ease suffering, then after the war testified against the Nazi guardsMoments of crisis can challenge the courage and ethics of any nurse, but we may all pray that our strength of character never faces the kind of tests Austrian nurse Maria Stromberger endured during her two and half years practicing at Auschwitz, the Nazi...
My SpecialtyFlight Nursing, Carole Covey, PHI Air Medical GroupDelivering emergency care on the (rotary) wingCarole Covey, RN Flight Nurse PHI Air Medical Group Please tell us about the arc of your career. I watched my mom live through the challenges of nursing school and begin her career as an ER nurse. She worked night shift, so when I was home from...
FeatureWired Hospitals: From Science Fiction to the BedsideHow local hospitals are using technology to reshape the way nurses workA patient reports some weakness on their left side, a common warning sign of stroke. They need an expert opinion — and fast. At Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH) in Los Angeles, the staff knows just what to do: fetch the robot! The...

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