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Dual photos of The Best Minds book cover and writer Jonathan RosenNursing Book ClubThe Best Minds by Jonathan RosenA Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good IntentionsThe Best Minds is a revealing memoir about mental illness and the author’s friendship with Michael Laudor, whose long struggle with schizophrenia culminated in the murder of his pregnant...
Homeless Care Nurse Candice Grey in UCLA mobile vanMy SpecialtyHomeless Care NursingProviding a bridge to the healthcare system for the unhousedCandice Grey, RN, BSN, PCCN, CN II Homeless Healthcare Collaborative UCLA Health Please share the arc of your career. After working in the corporate world, I wanted a career where I could...
Rockhaven Sanitarium for Women in 1923FeatureThe Ladies of Rockhaven SanitariumHow nurse Agnes Richards revolutionized psychiatric care for women at her Glendale asylumA century ago, psychiatric nurse Agnes Richards took a stand against the brutal mistreatment of female mental health patients when she founded Rockhaven, a pioneering psychiatric care center...
Boy sitting in a hospital bed with a golden retriever therapy dogFeatureCompanions in Care: The Healing Role of Hospital Therapy AnimalsHow furry friends comfort and delight patients — and nurses!HOSPITALS MAY FEEL OVERWHELMING — full of quick-paced clinicians, beeping and chiming alarms, bright lights, and hard flooring that even the best Danskos can’t soften. Within that...
Cover of book Life on Delay next to a photo of the author John Hendrickson.Nursing Book ClubLife on Delay by John HendricksonMaking peace with a stutterIn his memoir Life on Delay, John Hendrickson examines his stuttering through an unusual lens: other people’s perspectives. He uncovers just how much stuttering has been both a personal and...

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New grad nurse with thought bubble of kind nurse at bedsideHealthy Workforce6 Ways New Nurses Can Stand Up to BullyingDon’t become a victim of those who “eat their young”Wen was looking forward to a second career in nursing. She already had a biology degree and had spent six years working in a lab. While at the hospital with her mother, who was recovering...
Stepping Back from the Ledge book cover alongside the author sitting crosslegged on the floor.Nursing Book ClubStepping Back from the Ledge by Laura TrujilloA Daughter’s Search for Truth and RenewalStepping Back from the Ledge is a short memoir (only 195 pages) in which author and journalist Laura Trujillo details her personal history of trauma and her mother’s suicide. She tries to...
Author Meghan O'Rourke headshot next to cover of The Invisible KingdomNursing Book ClubThe Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’RourkeThe personal and social impact of unexplained and chronic conditionsIt can be difficult to separate our physical condition from our psychological or emotional state. Symptoms like fatigue, headache, and digestive upset can indicate anything from viral...
Nursing Book ClubBellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David OshinskyA colorful (and gruesome) history of big city medicineTo understand the beginnings of charity hospitals is to understand the relationship of society to its poor and sick. In his 2016 book Bellevue, David Oshinsky, Ph.D., director of the Division...
Edmund Alfonso stands in front of a group of students. He is wearing a button down, tie, and black pants, and is teaching.My SpecialtyPsychiatric Nursing Instructor, Edmund Alfonso, West Coast UniversityTraining nurses to tackle the mental health crisisEdmund Alfonso, RN, MSN-Ed. Lead Faculty, Mental Health Department Nursing Program, West Coast University, Ontario Please describe the arc of your nursing career. How did you choose your...