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Kimberly Long, ACNL CEO wearing a red jacket standing at a podium in front of purple drapes.Nursing & Healthcare NewsMeet Kimberly Long of the ACNLTalking with the CEO of the Association of California Nurse LeadersWith this issue we’re launching a new Working Nurse series spotlighting influential nursing organizations. About the ACNL Founded in 1978, the Association of California Nurse Leaders...
Sheila Chua wearing blue scrubs chatting with another nurse in blue scrubsMy SpecialtyTelemetry Nursing, Sheila Chua, CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterLife-saving heart monitoring of cardiac and stroke patientsSheila Chua, RN, BSN Telemetry RN, Night Shift CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Can you share the general arc of your nursing career? In 1995, I migrated to the U.S. from the...
Cover of the book The Women next to a photo of the authorNursing Book ClubThe Women by Kristin HannahA historical novel about American nurses serving during the Vietnam WarThe title of Kristin Hannah’s latest historical fiction novel, The Women, refers to the roughly 7,000 U.S. military nurses who served on active duty during the Vietnam War. The story...
Boy sitting in a hospital bed with a golden retriever therapy dogFeatureCompanions in Care: The Healing Role of Hospital Therapy AnimalsHow furry friends comfort and delight patients — and nurses!HOSPITALS MAY FEEL OVERWHELMING — full of quick-paced clinicians, beeping and chiming alarms, bright lights, and hard flooring that even the best Danskos can’t soften. Within that...
Male nurse in blue scrubs talking with a female doctor in white coat, walking down hospital hall.Nursing & Healthcare NewsRN Workforce ForecastNew nurses are filling the shortage, but more support is neededThe BRN recently released an updated California nursing workforce forecast, which projects that the state’s current RN shortage could be closed within the next four years! Pandemic...

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Cover of book Ghost Map, next to author Steven JohnsonNursing Book ClubThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic — And How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern WorldI’m sure that in a public health nursing class long ago, I heard the story of how removing the handle of the Broad Street pump ended London’s cholera epidemic of 1854. I’m just as sure...
Men in Nursing 2024Men in Nursing 2024Special Annual FeatureWe are thrilled to introduce this year's cohort of 22 local nurses featured in our annual Men in Nursing spotlight. Here they share insights into their specialties, memorable patient...
Men in Nursing 2024Future TechCool inventions that should exist!We asked our Men in Nursing 2024 panel the following question: What technology does NOT currently exist that would make your job as a nurse easier? Here is what they said. Ali Al-Masri,...
Illustration of nurse grieving the loss of a patient.FeatureNurses Grieving PatientsHealthy ways to manage the deep emotions that accompany lossAn Anguished Foster Mom One day, I was the resource nurse for the PICU where I work, helping other nurses who were especially busy and providing break relief. One of my colleagues, Sarah,...
Cover of book The In-Between and the author Hadley Vlahos, RN.Nursing Book ClubThe In-Between by Hadley Vlahos, RNA hospice nurse's account of patients as they face the end of lifeMost of us have no experience with what happens between a terminal diagnosis and the funeral home. Hospice nurse and TikTok star Hadley Vlahos, RN, has been through that process repeatedly...