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Nursing & Healthcare NewsVaping Lung Injury UpdateA common ingredient may become hazardous when inhaledThe number of confirmed deaths due to vaping-related lung injury has now reached 42, but there’s finally some good news: CDC researchers have identified a possible cause of this mysterious illness. Zeroing in on a Cause Public health officials are now...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsOpioid Suit Decided Against Johnson & JohnsonCompany ordered to pay $572 million in Oklahoma civil trialNurses may associate Johnson & Johnson with its uplifting “Discover Nursing” campaign. However, an Oklahoma judge recently ruled that the company’s “false, misleading and deceptive” marketing strategies helped to create the opioid epidemic,...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses Tackle Vaccine HesitancyAnswering questions, debunking propaganda, educating doctorsAntivaxx sentiment poses a growing threat to public health. A group in New York City believes that nurses may hold the answer. Antivaxx sentiment poses a growing threat to public health. A group in New York City believes that nurses may hold the answer....

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsDo BSNs Save Lives?Study shows better outcomes, but adequate staffing still a mustThere’s yet more research linking a hospital’s percentage of BSN-prepared nurses with better outcomes for There’s yet more research linking a hospital’s percentage of BSN-prepared nurses with better outcomes for in-hospital cardiac arrest...
Profiles In NursingSarah A. Palmer, aka “Aunt Becky” (1830–1908), Civil War Nurse and MemoiristHer vivid wartime memoir is still in printSarah Graham Palmer Young, popularly known as “Aunt Becky,” was one of the best-known Union Army nurses of the Civil War, adored by many as a fierce champion of sick and wounded soldiers. Her vivid wartime memoir is still in print today. Gone to War...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsVaccination ExemptionsANA rejects religious exemptions as California considers tighter rulesWith outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases on the rise, the ANA is saying no to religious exemptions and the California Legislature is weighing stricter rules for medical exemptions. Preventable Outbreaks In a statement issued on June 22, 2019, the...

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Nursing Book ClubNo Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderA Study of Intimate Partner ViolenceStatistically, the chances are we all know someone who has been touched some form of intimate partner violence (IPV). The numbers are staggering: In her new book, No Visible Bruises, author Rachel Louise Snyder tells us that between 2000 and 2006, about...
FeatureWilliam Rathbone VI (1819-1902), Father of English District NursingHow a Unitarian philanthropist urged Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale to revolutionize Dickens-era public healthAlthough he himself was neither nurse nor physician, William Rathbone was one of the most important figures in British nursing in the Victorian era, revolutionizing healthcare for England’s poor and establishing a new model of nursing practice. Faith,...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNursing Organizations Speak Out on Gun ViolenceANA, AANP, ENA issue statementsAfter recent mass-casualty shootings in Ohio and Texas, three national nursing organizations have issued public statements calling for policymakers to take stronger action against gun violence. “Common-Sense Reforms” On August 6, following shootings...
Nursing Book ClubBad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians and Activists Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information by Paul A. Offit, M.D.Fighting antivaxxer conspiracy theory with scienceIf you’re a public health nerd like me, you’ve probably butted heads with people arguing about the evils of vaccination, usually based on “facts” gleaned from sketchy Internet sites and social media posts. If you’re a public health nerd like me,...

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