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Woman sitting on a hospital exam table turning her face awayNurses OnscreenPodcast Review: “The Retrievals” Season 2A harrowing report about women undergoing C-sections with inadequate anesthesiaReporter Susan Burton’s podcast about doctors and nurses ignoring women’s very real pain returns for a new season. Back in 2023, “The Retrievals” presented an exposé of the...
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...
A beautiful young African-American woman with braids is kissing her newborn son and looking at him with love on a teal blue background.Nursing & Healthcare NewsImplicit Bias Training LawReducing racial disparities in pregnancy and childbirthFour years ago, California enacted a law requiring hospitals to provide implicit bias training for perinatal care staff. A new report from the California Department of Justice (DOJ) examines...
Nursing Book ClubThe Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women — and Women to Medicine by Janice P NimuraWe've come so farIt’s interesting to wonder what really motivates people, especially important historical figures. In her new book, The Doctors Blackwell, author Janice P. Nimura delves into the lives of...