Search articles

Results for: "Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare" Clear search

750 articles
Homeless Care Nurse Candice Grey in UCLA mobile vanMy SpecialtyHomeless Care NursingProviding a bridge to the healthcare system for the unhoused...before joining the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative in May 2023. I’ve cared for some of the sickest patients in the hospital, but working with the unhoused has taught me what it...
Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Susie Baker King Taylor in three separate photosFeature250 Years of Black Nursing HistoryThe legacy of nurses who changed the nation...the Army Nurse Corps in 1955 and went on to become its first Black chief, overseeing nursing operations at hundreds of Army medical centers, community hospitals, and clinics worldwide. She...
A patient sits upright in a hospital bed talking to a nurse in scrubs at the bedside. The nurse is using a tabletFeatureWired Hospitals: Methodist Hospital of Southern California and Gamification SystemsAn innovative way to collect patient feedback and award nurses for their efforts...in the company’s logo. A growing number of healthcare facilities, including Methodist Hospital of Southern California, are now using Wambi to improve engagement, motivation and patient satisfaction. The photo above...
Picture of Grace Neill smiling on the left, and a group of women in white gowns posing together on the rightProfiles In NursingElizabeth Grace Neill (1846-1926), a Crusader for Nursing RegistrationThis social reformer also founded midwife-run maternity hospitals...contribute to society: the recently respectable field of nursing. After training at King’s College and Charing Cross hospitals in London, she became “lady superintendent” of a children’s hospital near Manchester...
Registered Nurse Rita Calderon stands smiling to her college that is sitting in the foreground on a chair by a computer.My SpecialtyMed-Surg Telemetry, Rita Calderon, MLK Community HospitalBuilding a nursing team to care for an underserved communityRita Calderon, RN Medical-Surgical Telemetry Manager MLK Community Hospital, Los Angeles Tell us about the arc of your nursing career prior to MLKCH. I began my journey in healthcare at...

Get the Friday Newsletter — RN advice, news and job postings.

Four nurses who work in beyond bedside roles that do not involve direct patient care.FeatureBeyond BedsideThree hospital nursing roles that don’t involve direct patient care...the health of the entire healthcare community. “The impact of our recommendations improves the overall health of patients and healthcare workers,” he explains. “As the experts in infection control, people...
Five nurses in different scrubs stand next to each other smilingFeatureSix Ways to Improve Collaboration on Nursing TeamsThe goal is to overcome obstacles...by California’s Nursing Practice Act. Strong coordinated efforts — including interdisciplinary relationships — are also part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s “exemplary practice” requirement for organizations seeking Magnet status....
Nursing Book ClubBellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David OshinskyA colorful (and gruesome) history of big city medicine...its garden-like surroundings. The new facility, now called spelled “Bellevue,” opened in 1816. Although Bellevue was not the first American hospital — that honor belongs to Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia,...
CNO Roundtable 20202020: The Year of the Nurse and MidwifeQ: What is one accomplishment you would like see the nursing profession achieve during this Year of the Nurse?...left) Chief Nursing Officer St. Francis Medical Center I would like to see society finally recognize nurses as healthcare leaders. Nurses represent the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, playing...
White nursing cap with frills on the base, lays on top of a black counterFeatureWhatever Became of Nursing Caps?Frilly or starched, they were once icons of the profession...principles, offering a one-year training program. By 1900, our country had more than 400 hospital-based nursing schools, with curriculums ranging from six months to two years. Filling hospital positions was...