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CNO Roundtable 2023Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2023Celebrating Nurses WeekEach year, we celebrate Nurses Week by inviting chief nursing officers from California hospitals to participate in a roundtable discussing important issues facing nurses today. This year, we...
CNO Roundtable 2023Question 3: Nurse-Led ProjectsWhat’s a noteworthy nurse-led project you’ve seen recently?The panelists discuss some exciting recent nurse-led initiatives, from research projects to creative uses for 3D printers to pet therapy. Nancy Blake, LAC+USC Medical Center Surgical...
CNO Roundtable 2023Question 2: Nurses in Multidisciplinary TeamsHow can nurses work more effectively within multidisciplinary teams?With multidisciplinary teams increasingly important in modern healthcare, the panelists offer their advice for nurses in working effectively with other members of the care team, such as...
FeatureWartime Nursing PostersHow depictions of nurses shaped public sentiment towards warPosters have punch. They have color. And, where they depict nurses and nursing, they provide an important historical record of the many changes that have taken place since Florence...
Stepping Back from the Ledge book cover alongside the author sitting crosslegged on the floor.Nursing Book ClubStepping Back from the Ledge by Laura TrujilloA Daughter’s Search for Truth and RenewalStepping Back from the Ledge is a short memoir (only 195 pages) in which author and journalist Laura Trujillo details her personal history of trauma and her mother’s suicide. She tries to...

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Male nurse wearing a mask and white coat addresses his team of nurses circled around him.My SpecialtyRespiratory Telemetry Nursing, Doug Robinson, USC Arcadia HospitalLeading a close-knit unit through the COVID-19 crisis and beyondDoug Robinson, RN, MSN Nursing Manager 4-North Respiratory Telemetry Unit USC Arcadia Hospital Please share with us the arc of your nursing career. My journey began in the Seattle area....
Male nurse in orange scrubs bites nails considering the stress of giving negative feedback.Healthy WorkforceConstructive CriticismHow to offer negative feedback in a helpful wayDamon is clinically excellent and well-liked by his colleagues. However, he has a weakness: He can be too passive and won’t speak up even if a colleague makes a mistake. Damon doesn’t...
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...
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson speaking into microphoneNursing & Healthcare NewsFarewell to Rep. Eddie Bernice JohnsonLooking back at the groundbreaking career of the first RN in CongressOn Jan. 3, 2023, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, RN, BSN, MPA (D-Texas-30), the first registered nurse elected to the House of Representatives, retired after 15 consecutive terms in Congress....
Author Meghan O'Rourke headshot next to cover of The Invisible KingdomNursing Book 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...