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Different polaroid photos sit on top of each other depicting nurses in different uniforms, shows, and capsFeatureNursing Uniforms Through HistoryToday’s scrubs are a long way from the starched gowns and white caps of earlier eras...nurse’s professional stature. Until recently, uniform colors reflected the nurse’s level of skill and experience. Young volunteers, of course, often wore red-and-white “candy striper” uniforms. A graduate nurse might have...
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...his fellow nurses reported these suspicions to management, the hospitals preferred to ask Cullen to quietly resign rather than risk scandal and legal liability. It wasn’t until a fellow nurse...
Nursing Book ClubFirst Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings and What I Wish I had Known My First 100 Days on the Job by Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBAHelpful Advice for the New Nurse...first published in 2004 (as Training Wheels for Nurses), First Year Nurse outlines what every new nurse needs to know, amplified by advice and quotes from nurses in almost every...
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...a surgical nurse, and Sholtis spent the early years of her practice working in the OR of the hospital where she trained. However, she did not forget her love for...
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?...is organic. It reflects what happened in that simulated experience.” While manikins are good for teaching technical skills, also working with live “patients” helps to remind nurses that at the...

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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...the Emergency Nurses Association or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses give nurses an opportunity to connect with colleagues who share similar interests and experience. Throughout each year, I meet dozens of...
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 guardsMoments of crisis can challenge the courage and ethics of any nurse, but we may all pray that our strength of character never faces the kind of tests Austrian nurse...
Registered Nurse Carole Covey sitting in a plane with a jumpsuit on and a helmet. She is looking out of the window.My SpecialtyFlight Nursing, Carole Covey, PHI Air Medical GroupDelivering emergency care on the (rotary) wing...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....
A nurse in a white coat is taking an ultrasound of a patient lying on a hospital bedFeatureWired Hospitals: From Science Fiction to the BedsideHow local hospitals are using technology to reshape the way nurses work...system, which is also programmed to remind the nurse how often to check different vital signs. For example, a popup will notify the nurse to take vital signs every five...
Nursing Book ClubSelf-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff, PH.D.How to stop criticizing yourself and deal more constructively with mistakes...has taken her from inner cities to medical missions in Central America. She turned to writing because she believes that everyone, not just nurses, needs to understand what nurses do....