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Cover of the book Beauty in Breaking with photo of the authorBook ClubThe Beauty in Breaking by Michele HarperA MemooirAn ER physician’s powerful memoir of how she found healing though empathy. A Struggle to Achieve While there are many books by doctors about their most interesting case histories, few...
Nurse walking her daughter to schoolFeatureThe Second ShiftBalancing family and a nursing careerI used to be a night shift ER nurse, in what sometimes feels like another lifetime. There were things I loved about that job, but the way my husband’s and my schedules collided meant...
A photo array of the 16 chief nursing officers who participated in the roundtableCNO Roundtable 2026Q3. What is the current state of nurse burnout? What can be done?WELL-BEINGKaren Grimley • UCLA Health Patients are sicker, the pace is unrelenting, and the slow points that once allowed nurses to recover have all but disappeared. The strategies that matter most...
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...
Cover of book Everything I Have Is Yours and author Eleanor HendersonBook ClubEverything I Have Is Yours by Eleanor HendersonA vivid portrait of a marriage strained to the breaking point by chronic illnessForty years ago, when I was a nursing student, we learned the phrase “We are bio-psycho-social-sexual beings,” which was a new concept at the time. It seems that all these decades later,...

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Illustration of nurse wearing orange scrubs and shrugging her shouldersHealthy WorkforceManaging the Martyr ComplexKeeping patient care from becoming self-sacrificeLori has worked in the ICU longer than anyone in the department, including the manager. She is an excellent clinical nurse who is well respected. However, she has a reputation for being a...
Nurse clasping hands and looking stressed while wearing a surgical cap, mask, and latex gloves.Nursing & Healthcare NewsPulse on the Nation’s Nurses SurveyANF findings confirm widespread stress and burnout. Here are our recommendations.The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) recently released its third annual Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey, a large-scale national survey examining some of the concerns currently facing...
Author Meghan O'Rourke headshot next to cover of The Invisible KingdomBook 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...
Headshot of Jennifer Mensik KennedyNursing & Healthcare NewsQ&A with Jennifer Mensik KennedyThe new ANA president on the nursing workforce, telehealth, and health equityOn January 1, Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, RN, Ph.D., MBA, NEA-BC, FAAN, began her two-year tenure as president of the American Nurses Association. Working Nurse asked Kennedy for her thoughts on...
Three registered nurses in blue scrubs are walking into a patient's roomNursing & Healthcare News“Nurses Don’t Like to Work Short-Staffed”AACN study highlights the need for healthy work environmentsAs healthcare organizations around the country grapple with mounting nursing shortages, a new study from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) emphasizes the importance of...