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A nurse in scrubs smiling while holding out a coffee with a bow on itHealthy Workforce10 Tips for a Brighter Holiday SeasonSimple ways to keep the festive spirit vibrant in your workplace this yearThe holidays aren’t always such a joyous season for nurses. Health emergencies don’t take time off for holidays, critically ill patients still need round-the-clock care, and let’s not...
Linda Vista hospital in the eerie darkness of night, only lit by a front door light and the moon in the background. It is a yellow building with 5 floors and dark windowsFeatureThe Most Haunted Hospital in AmericaWas the Linda Vista in East Los Angeles truly filled with spirits or were its ghosts Hollywood inventions?An apparition of a woman walks down a narrow corridor, clad in a hospital gown, singing to herself while lugging an IV pole. A television mysteriously flips itself on in the middle of the...
Robot hand is holding out a stethoscope. The background is white and the robot is white.FeatureAlgorithms at the BedsideNurses, artificial intelligence, and machine learningEvery morning, the nurses in the Heart Rhythm Center at Cedars-Sinai’s Smidt Heart Institute take shift reports from a partner that isn’t human: a cardiac monitoring system powered by...
Florence McQuillen on the left is signing a document, and on the right is smiling towards the cameraProfiles In NursingFlorence McQuillen (1903–1981), “Benevolent Dictator” of Nurse AnesthetistsA scholar and CRNA pioneer, she learned chloroform delivery under pressure at a small hospital in MontanaFlorence “Mack” McQuillen, fondly remembered as the “benevolent dictator” of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) from 1948 to 1970, was an influential leader in...
Nursing Book ClubThe Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer and Care by Anne BoyerAn unflinching look at breast cancerAnne Boyer, author of The Undying, is an essayist, a published poet, and one of the more than 250,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States each year. Although there are...

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Martha Lopez wearing a white coat is smiling while sitting with arms crossedMy SpecialtyAdult Inpatient Services, Martha Lopez, Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical CenterLeading and empowering nurses in a time of rapid changeMartha Lopez, RN, MSN, PHN, CNML Director of Adult Inpatient Service Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center Please describe the trajectory of your nursing career. My first job was in...
Doctor placing a bandaid on a patient's left arm after she is given a vaccineNursing & Healthcare NewsVaccines Holding Strong Against Delta VariantStudy finds no evidence of additional breakthrough infectionIf this summer’s surge in new infections has you worrying about the long-term effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination, here’s some good news: A new study finds that the vaccines remain...
Nurse practitioner is talking to her patient who is sitting on a patient table in front of her. She is touching his arm.Nursing & Healthcare NewsNP Autonomy May Reduce Opioid DeathsStudy points to increased access to care, treatment as possible reasonsDoes nurse practitioner autonomy help or hurt the opioid epidemic? A new study finds lower opioid mortality in states that allow NPs to practice without physician supervision. Dire Warnings...
A nurse in a white coat sits across from a young woman, whose back is towards us. They are talking.FeatureCommunicating Under StressPracticing mindfulness activities helps you be more effective during difficult interactionsDo you sometimes lash out in anger at a patient or colleague, only to regret it later? Do you find yourself shutting down or tuning out in tense situations? Practicing effective...
Virginia Henderson in black and white is smiling away from the cameraProfiles In NursingVirginia A. Henderson (1897–1996), Wrote the Book on Modern NursingThe 20th century’s answer to Florence NightingaleNursing care is more than performing a series of tasks — it is a holistic focus on restoring a patient’s health and independence. This once-revolutionary concept is just one of the core...