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Author John Green with book Everything is TuberculosisNursing Book ClubEverything Is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe History and Persistence of Our Deadliest InfectionJohn Green is best known as the author of six novels, including The Fault in Our Stars. His newest book is a nonfiction deep dive into tuberculosis, a disease that he says reveals “the...
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...
Operating room nurse wearing blue scrubs, a mask, and cap, discards her surgical gown into the trash bin.Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses Versus Climate ChangeANA releases position statement on what nurses can doCalling climate change “a critical public health issue that requires urgent action,” the ANA recently released a new position statement outlining nurses’ role in addressing the multiple...
Nurse wearing blue latex gloves applies bandaid to patient's arm after giving vaccineNursing & Healthcare NewsNew COVID-19 BoostersNext round of vaccines will target Omicron XBB variantWondering what’s next for COVID-19 vaccination? New boosters and guidelines are coming this fall. Here’s what we know NOW. Out With the Old According to the World Health Organization...
A child in a red coat holds a lit fireworks sparkler with his fingertips.Nursing & Healthcare NewsFireworks SafetyBe smart this Fourth of July and avoid a trip to the emergency departmentAs an emergency department nurse practitioner, I’m all too familiar with fireworks danger, but nothing could have prepared me for last Fourth of July. An Injured Child Around 9 p.m. that...

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Hallway with sign for the Los Angeles Department of Health Public Health ServicesFeatureOn the Case with a Health Facilities Evaluator NurseKeeping staff and patients safe by enforcing state and federal regulationsThe streets outside the skilled nursing facility were quiet and dark as Bel and I pulled up at 2 a.m. We were there to investigate allegations of elder abuse, and I had so much adrenaline...
Cover of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and Anne Fadiman sitting in a chairNursing Book ClubThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanA Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures Back in 1997, Anne Fadiman wrote The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, documenting the experience of a Hmong family in Merced, Calif., 10 years earlier. The book, which won the National...
Postpartum nurse holding a new born baby in front of a young motherNursing & Healthcare NewsNurse Detectives at WorkInvestigating maternal mortalityEach year, hundreds of new mothers die within 12 months of giving birth. The nurses and other practitioners on the CDC’s multidisciplinary mortality review committees seek to better...
Paxlovid bottle lays on a blue counter and pills are scattered around.Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Pfizer COVID-19 Treatment PillFDA authorizes emergency use of oral antiviral therapeuticYou’ve probably already heard about Paxlovid, the oral antiviral drug that recently received FDA authorization for emergency use in treating COVID-19. Here’s what nurses should know about...
Nursing Book ClubLightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life by Katherine E. StandeferThe ethical toll of high-tech medicineLightning flowers are the tendrils of pink skin tissue left behind when an individual is struck by lightning. Once author Katherine Standefer heard this term, she wondered if she might have...