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A nurse in white scrubs and wearing a white mask is holding up her hand in a stop positionFeatureThe Art of Saying No: Strategies for Taking Control of Your TimeTips for busy RNs just in time for the holidays...have some good methods for saying no, you can start practicing right away. Your life and work will be better for it. ANN REEVES is a writer for Working Nurse....
Jon Garrison sits aside a fire in the wilderness. Rocks and trees surround him.FeatureWhen a Special Patient DiesA routine of self-care helps to cope with loss...respect, understanding and care. I have to remind myself of this sometimes when patients are annoying or when parents are aggressive. It’s difficult at times, but it’s essential to having...
Registered Nurse Michelle McKoy is wearing a green blouse and her badge. She smiles as she sits by a computer.My SpecialtyClinical Nurse Educator, Michelle McKoy, Foothill Regional Medical CenterEducating the staff while mentoring nursing students...and EMR trainings. Beyond that, I oversee our nurse residency program and coordinate with other department heads for the hospital’s annual skills day. What do your days look like? Whom...
A woman and man sit at the bedside of an older man. They are holding his hands and look sadFeatureCaring for the Caregivers10 ways to support your patients' family and friends at bedside...situation. LeANN THIEMAN LPN, CSP, CPAE is the author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul for Nurses series and Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul and founder of the...
An advertisement for the Queen's nurses on the left, and a picture of William Rathbone on the rightFeatureWilliam Rathbone VI (1819-1902), Father of English District NursingHow a Unitarian philanthropist urged Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale to revolutionize Dickens-era public health...Victoria announced that she would contribute £70,000, the bulk of the money raised for her Golden Jubilee, to nursing-related causes. Rathbone, Lees and Nightingale pushed for that money to be...

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Nurse Keith Carlson stands at a podium in front of the Supreme CourtFeatureAt the PodiumHow I learned to calm the butterflies and deliver an engaging speechI was on stage at the annual conference of the National Nurses in Business Association and I was nervous. This was one of my first national speaking gigs. Naturally, I...
Registered Nurse Anita Karra is wearing a white coat and smiling towards the camera with a patient room behind her.My SpecialtyClinical Research Nursing, Anita Karra, City of HopeGathering data and managing patients enrolled in clinical trials...Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and attend the organization’s annual congress, a week-long conference rich with oncology content, including updates on new drugs for cancer treatment. Some research nurses are also...
Nurse Keith Carlson sits next to his recording equipment with a sign for "The Nurse Keith Show" in the backgroundFeatureThe Allure of the AirwavesThe joys and pitfalls of a podcasting pioneer...nurses. Two people came into particular focus: Anna Morrison, RN, BSN, and Kevin Ross, RN, BSN, fellow nurse entrepreneurs. A four-hour conference call led to our forming a business. We...
Nursing Book ClubNatural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara EhrenreichA Contrarian View of Aging...In her recent book Natural Causes, Ehrenreich says she has discontinued annual exams, pap smears and many other preventive or diagnostic procedures. She explains that it’s not because of procrastination,...
Nursing Book ClubDopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth MacyAn origin story for the opioid crisis...the drug, extravagantly rewarding prescribing physicians and even handing out coupons for free trial prescriptions. These were minor expenses for a drug whose annual sales topped $1 billion by 2001....