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Florence Nightingale sits on a couch smiling in multiple layers of clothingProfiles In NursingFlorence Nightingale (1820–1910), Mathematician and Social ReformerThe founder of modern nursing spoke six languages, designed hospitals, and chastised the English government for their colonial rule of IndiaEvery nurse learns the basics about Florence Nightingale: She was a wealthy woman who, despite the gender strictures of her era, turned British healthcare on its head. Rather than leading a...
Two nurses in scrubs standing in front of brain X-rays. One nurse is on her phone while the other is trying to talk to her.FeatureBattling Bullies: How to Take on Nursing Cliques and Gangs (and Win)How to survive and fix a toxic workplaceOn the first day of her clinical hours for her undergraduate degree in nursing, Emily noticed that some of the unit’s other female employees wore hair bands. Although it wasn’t part of...
Registered Nurse Raquel Gutierrez is sitting in maroon scrubs, and is on the computer.My SpecialtyPACU, Raquel Gutierrez, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for HealthcareCaring for post-surgical patients at their most vulnerableRaquel Gutierrez, RN Post Anesthesia Care Unit Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona Please tell us about the arc of your nursing career. I graduated from nursing...
Patient is sitting on a chair with his hand up. Nurse is using a vein finder on his hand and trying to stick in an IV.FeatureWired Hospital: Vein Illumination at Torrance Memorial HospitalNeedle sticks made quickImagine you’re performing a venipuncture that you can’t afford to mess up, like inserting an IV in a severely dehydrated child while her nervous parents stare at you. A simple procedure...
Nursing Book ClubThe Winter Station: A Novel by Jody ShieldsA fictional tale set during the Great Manchurian Plague of 1910The Winter Station is a historical novel about harrowing real events. In 1910, the city of Kharbin, Manchuria, was Chinese territory, but it was divided into districts occupied by Imperial...

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Registered Nurse Babasi Maradkel stands in a hallway with a white coat on. She is holding a clipboard and smiling, while talking to other staff members.My SpecialtyClinical Navigator, Babasi Maradkel, Henry MayoA new role that combines leadership, mentorship and educationBenyta Babasi Maradkel, RN, BSN, PHN Clinical Navigator Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia Please tell us about the arc of your nursing career. I completed my BSN at Azusa Pacific...
Mildred Dalton wearing a military uniform and hat, sits smiling towards the cameraProfiles In NursingMildred Dalton Manning (1914-2013), WWII POW and the “Last Angel”She joined the Army to see the worldSeventy-six years ago, American military nurses in the Philippines became prisoners of war. The last known survivor of these “Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” was former U.S. Army Nurse...
Three nurses in military uniforms stand around a sign that states "Nurses Quarters"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 nursesFor most Americans, the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, was a shocking event to hear about on the radio or in the newspapers. For American...
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 scienceIf you’re a public health nerd like me, you’ve probably butted heads with people arguing about the evils of vaccination, usually based on “facts” gleaned from sketchy Internet sites...
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...