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Female nurse wearing a mask has her eyes closed and is breathingNursing & Healthcare NewsPsychological Impact of COVID-19 on NursesANA releases data from their survey series...as part of their Pulse of the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series, drew almost 10,000 responses from nurses in various practice settings. Those responses reveal the widespread psychological strain COVID-19 is...
Mary Mahoney on the left in a dress and cap. On the right, a picture of a large houseProfiles In NursingMary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926), America’s First Professionally Trained Black NurseThe daughter of enslaved people, Mahoney distinguished herself as a nurse...as a custodian, janitor and cook. She was not a nurse or even a nurse’s aide, although after she had worked in the hospital for some years and developed working...
Registered Nurse Roosevelt Davis in scrubs is smiling while holding a piece of equipmentMy SpecialtyPediatric CICU, Roosevelt Davis, Children’s Hospital of Orange CountyFrom the football field to bedside nursing...has worked as a nurse since 1996 and has hosted the popular nursing blog Digital Doorway since 2005. He offers expert professional coaching for nurses and nursing students at www.nursekeith.com....
Illustration of a myriad of people in different colored shirts wearing masks and looking aroundFeatureMaking COVID-19 CountHow nurses can use this crisis as a catalyst for change...and improving outcomes — the ultimate goals of every hospital. Through the Nurse Leader Alliance, we want to give a voice to every nurse, nurse manager, nurse director and nurse...
Absalom Jones and Richard Allen have their portraits on the left, and then there is a picture of a police officer knocking on someone's doorFeatureBlack Nurses and the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever EpidemicA tale of a deadly outbreak, inflammatory propaganda and heroism...a serious threat in many tropical areas of the Americas and Africa. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....

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Sister Kenny wearing a habit looking away from the cameraProfiles In NursingSister Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952), Controversial Australian Polio Treatment ReformerWas this controversial Australian nurse a hero or a hoax?...quack. The real story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny is even more remarkable than the Hollywood movie it later became. Unregistered Nurse Today, any nurse who rises to international prominence usually...
Registered Nurse Kristina Lawrence wearing scrubs and a white coat stands smiling with her unit in the backgroundMy SpecialtyIntensive Care Unit, Kristina Lawrence, Valley Presbyterian HospitalRising to the challenge of the new normal in the age of COVID-19...the Nurse (as declared by the World Health Organization) in light of nurses’ role in this pandemic response? The Year of the Nurse and Midwife calls attention to the ways...
A picture of the white Relief ship that is on a dark blue ocean with a gray sky in the backgroundFeatureNursing Aboard Hospital Ship USS Relief, 1917-1946Attacking a hospital ship was a war crime, but in 1945, the USS COMFORT was hit by a Japanese kamikaze pilot...which wasn’t always a drill! Navy nurses also had to learn a new vocabulary, including the ability to distinguish, as one nurse put it, “starboard from port, fore from aft,...
Christine Contillo sits at her desk with the phone to her ear smilingFeatureCOVID-19 Contact TracingPart public health nurse, part detectiveI’ve been a public health nurse for 30 years, so I’ve always understood that the role focuses less on face-to-face patient care and more on administrative work. That effort never...
Panic in the Streets movie poster with a nurse in white scrubs talking to Clinton Reed on the rightMovie & TV Nurses“Panic in the Streets” Movie ReviewA deadly plague is the real villain of this 1950 noir thrillerI usually only review books for Working Nurse, but the editors recently suggested I review Panic in the Streets, a classic film noir directed by Elia Kazan, released by 20th...