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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...
Nursing Book ClubBad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians and Activists Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information by Paul A. Offit, M.D.Fighting antivaxxer conspiracy theory with science...Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information by Paul A. Offit, M.D. (Columbia University Press, 2018) Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more than 40...
Registered Nurse Serene Owen stands smiling while holding a baby simulator that is resting on a table next to her.My SpecialtyCNS Educator, Senene Owen, Methodist Hospital of Southern CaliforniaCaring for high-acuity infant patientsSenene Owen, RNC, MSN, CNS, CPNP Clinical Nurse Specialist/Educator Methodist Hospital of Southern California Please tell us about the arc of your nursing career. Before I earned my nursing degree,...
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...
Three nurses are talking. Two are in scrubs and one is in casual attire.FeatureChart Your Career CourseHow to find your passion and follow it through...had a lot to learn, especially after witnessing how much of the ICU nurses’ expertise seemed like second nature. They didn’t have to waste time wondering what to do; they...

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Nursing Book ClubThe Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder by Charles GraeberA horrifying tale of a nurse turned serial killer, which Stephen King called the best book of the year...and Murder by Charles Graeber (Grand Central Publishing, 2017). Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more than 40 years of experience, ranging from infants to...
The Medical-Surgical Nursing textbook cover on the left, and a photo of Lillian Bruner smiling on the rightProfiles In NursingLillian Brunner (1918-2016), Author of the “Brunner Bible” TextbookNursing students remember their Brunner Bible...her now-famous collaboration with Doris Smith Suddarth, RN, MSN, BSNE. The first edition of what was then entitled Textbook of Medical and Surgical Nursing, published in 1964 by Philadelphia-based J.B....
Many nurses and doctors surround a simulation where someone is receiving emergency treatment. Many people are in different roles, like one person is giving CPRFeatureWired Hospitals: UCLA Medical Center and High-Fidelity ManikinsLights! Camera! Action! Septic Shock?It was bloody. The first big simulation Kenneth M. Miller, RN, MSN, CCRN, CHSE, ran as nursing simulation program coordinator at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center was a hemorrhagic splenectomy...
A nurse is smiling across a table that has a tablet laying on itFeatureSeven Habits of Highly Effective NursesTake time to reflect on your career and be influenced and inspired by others...to nurses. She tapped into her networks to learn about crowdfunding, product development, patent applications, marketing and sales. She went on to create a successful product that enhances the work...
Groups of people in a concentration camp are behind barbed wire fencing and wearing striped uniformsProfiles In NursingMaria Stromberger (1898–1957) – Austrian Nurse Who Risked Her Life to Aid Auschwitz PrisonersShe risked her life to ease suffering, then after the war testified against the Nazi guards...Benedict, CRNA, DSN, FAAN, published an article about her in the February 2006 issue of Nursing History Review. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with...