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Gena Welch smiling in scrubs and a white coat with a yellow wall in the backgroundMy SpecialtyMagnet Program Director, Gena Welch, Adventist Health GlendaleProviding leadership during the pandemic and beyondGena Welch, RN, BSN, PHN, CPN, CEN Director of Magnet Program / Director of Clinical Practice & Education Adventist Health Glendale Your childhood had a big impact on your choice to...
On the left, a photo of the characters from ER holding each other, the middle is on a couple getting married with a rose on top of the photo, and the third is a couple sitting in a hospital bed holding each otherFeatureHospital RomanceIn pop culture, nurses find love, marriage and passion at work. Here is the real story.SCENE: After resuscitating a car crash victim, handsome doctor Doug Ross (George Clooney) and attractive head nurse Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) embrace — and soon find themselves...
A nurse in a classroom is raising her hand. She and everyone around her is wearing scrubs and look at notebooks or computersFeature3 Ways to Move Your Nursing Career ForwardTake classes, grow your professional network, get involvedNancy has been working as a psychiatric nurse for 27 years. Lately, she has been feeling something unusual: She lies in bed before getting up for work each morning, dreading her upcoming...
A nurse in business attire is smiling at the computer she is typing onFeatureDNP & 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...
Bernice Coleman and Harriet Aranow stand side by side in white coats smilingFeatureSolving 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...

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Illustration of three nurses in scrubs smiling and wrapping their arms around one anotherFeatureA Kindness Revolution!Seven Ways to Build Happier and Healthier Nursing TeamsThe past few years have been the most stressful and challenging in most of our lifetimes. When COVID-19 hit, healthcare teams were called upon to save the world, and they did. But external...
Andrew Tran wearing flight nursing uniform stands next to a gurney in front of a helicopterMy SpecialtyFaculty/Flight Nurse, Andrew Tran, West Coast UniversityUsing innovative technology to educate students during COVID-19Andrew Tran, RN, FNP-C Flight Nurse and Alumni/Faculty West Coast University Nursing Department, Ontario What has your nursing career trajectory been like? I entered nursing as an LVN...
Two nurses are standing by a window. One nurse is comforting the other, who looks like she is exhaustedFeatureWhen the Nurse is an Addict: Part TwoHow to recognize the signs and intervene when your colleague may be under the influenceIn many workplaces, they’re spoken of only in whispered breakroom gossip and terse, cryptic warnings from management — staff nurses who’ve been accused of drug diversion, been caught...
Men In Nursing 2020Peter Abbott, Medical-Surgical, San Gorgonio Memorial HospitalLooking back on this year, what have been the biggest changes in your practice? Having to always wear PPE changes how we interact with patients. It’s hard when I cannot see their...
A nurse looks overwhelmed in scrubs, gloves, and a mask. She has her hands up as if preventing someone from hitting herFeatureCombatting Workplace ViolenceAttacks against nurses are not just part of the jobEven before the outbreak of COVID-19, some nurses felt that walking into work every day posed a threat to their health and safety. More Dangerous Than Policing Statistics from the federal...