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Illustration of a nurse covering her eyes and leaning on her elbow while there is a tray of narcotics in front of her on the counterFeatureOverload: The Simple Improv Exercise That Shines a Light on Nursing StressHow constant interruptions lead to errors and burnout...also cemented my love for medical improv as a teaching tool. This past fall, I piloted a one-day train-the-trainer intensive called Medical Improv 101, teaching nursing leaders to use a...
Three nurses shown in different ways - the first is flexing in scrubs, the second is in full PPE, the third is mopping the floor in scrubsFeatureOne Year Later: Lessons from the Front Lines of the PandemicThoughts on leadership, stepping up when needed, and communicating with our patients' families...barreled through our medical ICU like a runaway train as we admitted our first COVID-19 patient. The clinical educator distributed PPE and detailed the protocols for its use, droning, “Sanitize,...
A group of female nurses in dresses and caps are smoking togetherFeatureWhen Nurses Smoked in HospitalsIn years past, there was an ashtray on every patient nightstand, nurses lit up in break rooms, and doctors and nurses were featured in cigarette ads...research like the studies produced by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s “Medical Relations Division.” Doctors, nurses and dentists appeared in tobacco ads, trumpeting the company’s medical claims or the provider’s own...
On the left, a photo of the characters from ER holding each other, the middle is on a couple getting married with a rose on top of the photo, and the third is a couple sitting in a hospital bed holding each otherFeatureHospital RomanceIn pop culture, nurses find love, marriage and passion at work. Here is the real story....a veteran television viewer, you can probably recall countless moments just like it. Hospital romances are the lifeblood of every medical series, whether reality show, daytime soap or nighttime drama....
Female medical student raising hand in classA female medical student attending a school lecture raises her hand to ask a question. The multi-ethnic group of adult students is wearing medical scrubs and protective face masks to...

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A woman is sitting on the ground crosslegged holding a child in her armsFeatureIs a Medical Mission Right for You? A Nurse Reports from NicaraguaWay outside my comfort zone...confiscated when you reenter the United States. Think Globally (And Locally) There are hundreds, if not thousands, of possibilities for medical volunteering. One place to start might be MedicalMissions.org, a...
A nurse is taking the blood pressure of an older patient while they both sit at a tableFeatureFaith Community NursingCaring for the congregation...and an American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) board certification program. Many congregational nurses are volunteers, but some are paid, credentialed employees of their church or ministry. Caring for the Community...
On the left is the movie poster for Love And War and on the right is a photo of the female lead dressed in black looking out over a balconyMovie & TV Nurses“In Love and War” Movie ReviewA WWI biopic about American nurse Agnes Von Kurowsky and a young Ernest Hemingway...Cinema, 1996) CHRISTINE CONTILLO, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more than 40 years of experience, ranging from infants to geriatrics. She enjoys volunteering for medical missions....
Edward Jenner is smiling and thinking about immunizing his sonFeatureImmunization, Then and NowWhat lessons can history teach us about eradicating disease?...the pandemic, especially in the early months of March and April, when outpatient clinics and medical offices were only open for emergency care. Now, many facilities are back to a...
Bernice Coleman and Harriet Aranow stand side by side in white coats smilingFeatureSolving Problems with the Cedars-Sinai Nursing Research TeamHelping frail older adults retain their independence...by Mary Naylor, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, in which we sent advance practice nurses to patients’ homes to manage care and health interventions. This program was subsequently adopted by our Medical...