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Book ClubDopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth MacyAn origin story for the opioid crisis...America by Beth Macy (Little, Brown & Co., 2018) Editor’s Note: Hulu has adapted Dopesick as an eight-episode miniseries, which will air in 2021 Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN, is...
Picture of registered nurse Marthe Cohn on the left, the cover of the book in the center, and then a few photos of clips of the movie on the rightFeatureA Sixth Sense for Danger: The Marthe Hoffnung Cohn StoryA Jewish nurse spying in Nazi Germany...her adversaries and triumph against all odds. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience. Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Hanink is...
Book ClubBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John CarryrouWhen a revolutionary medical innovation proves too good to be true...also a little too good to be true. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou (Alfred A. Knopf, 2018). Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN,...
Florence Nightingale sits on a couch smiling in multiple layers of clothingProfiles In NursingFlorence Nightingale (1820–1910), Mathematician and Social ReformerThe founder of modern nursing spoke six languages, designed hospitals, and chastised the English government for their colonial rule of India...blind and bedridden, she left a legacy of work not yet rivaled. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....
Two nurses in scrubs standing in front of brain X-rays. One nurse is on her phone while the other is trying to talk to her.FeatureBattling Bullies: How to Take on Nursing Cliques and Gangs (and Win)How to survive and fix a toxic workplace...CMSRN, is the CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute. As a speaker, author and consultant, her goal is to eradicate nurse bullying and incivility.   JASMIN MORA is...

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Mildred Dalton wearing a military uniform and hat, sits smiling towards the cameraProfiles In NursingMildred Dalton Manning (1914-2013), WWII POW and the “Last Angel”She joined the Army to see the world...her life, she maintained that she’d been lucky. “I came out so much better than many of my friends,” she said. According to author Elizabeth Norman, RN, Ph.D., BSN, Dalton...
Angel of Bataan nurses at the WW2 Japanese prison camp.FeatureAngels in Hell: The Nurse POWs of Bataan and CorregidorThe surrender of U.S. forces in the Philippines was only the beginning of the ordeal for these brave nurses...frequent challenge, as was dysentery. Commanding Officers The nurses’ commanding officers were Capt. Maude Davison, RN, an Army nurse of long standing, and 2nd Lt. Josephine Nesbit, RN, who assumed...
Mother Angela in a habit sits stoically looking at the cameraProfiles In NursingMother Mary of St. Angela (1824-1887), Civil War Hospital AdministratorMother Angela stepped up to care for Union soldiers during the Civil War...higher aims … It is difficult for those who have not known her to realize the extent of her labors.” ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff...
The Columbia building in Los Angeles - an old beige building with columnsProfiles In NursingMary Marvin Wayland (?-1946), Pioneer of Evidence-Based Nursing PracticeStandards of care once depended on where a nurse worked...a nurse, and teaching the patient to get well and keep well.” ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....
Different polaroid photos sit on top of each other depicting nurses in different uniforms, shows, and capsFeatureNursing Uniforms Through HistoryToday’s scrubs are a long way from the starched gowns and white caps of earlier eras...then, you could recognize nurses by something other than their ID badges. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....