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FeatureShots in the ArmA Day with a public health nurse at a COVID-19 vaccination clinicAs a public health nurse for the health department where I live in Bergen County, N.J., I wasn’t surprised to get a call one night in late December, informing me that our county’s first batch of 1,000 doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine would be...
Nursing Book ClubUnwinding the Miracle by Julie Yip and One Pedal at a Time by Caryn GoldenThe Unwinding of the Miracle and One Pedal at a TimeThese are two unrelated books by different authors, but I read them both for the same reason: Each is a memoir examining the interpersonal and psychological impact of serious illness. In the first, Unwinding the Miracle, the author’s life is cut short...
Nursing Book ClubClean: the New Science of Skin by James HamblinPutting soap under the microscopeThis is a book you must read if you’ve ever wondered about the difference between the affordable shower gel you buy at the grocery store and the wish-list expensive skincare products you find in the high-end shops. Author James Hamblin has the...

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Nurses OnscreenBinge-Watching “China Beach”What I learned from the highly acclaimed TV series about Army nurses in Vietnam“China Beach” is a network television drama that ran on ABC for four seasons, l988–1991, decades after the Vietnam War during which the show is set. The series told the story of fictional characters at the real China Beach, an Army base near Da...
Nursing Book ClubThe Nerdy Nurse’s Guide to Technology by Brittney WilsonA cursory overview of the digital worldEven before half the country was forced into working remotely, I had decided that perhaps my IT skills could use some improvement. Even before half the country was forced into working remotely, I had decided that perhaps my IT skills could use some...
Nursing Book ClubBitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons by Kris NewbyA provocative take on an insect-borne infectionAuthor Kris Newby is described on the book jacket of Bitten as “an award-winning science writer at Stanford University” and before that “a technology writer for Apple.” The book is in part a history of her own struggle with Lyme disease after a...

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Nursing Book ClubThe Perfect Predator: A Scientist Races to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas PattersonThe dangers of antibiotic resistanceThere is probably nothing more terrifying than finding yourself in a remote area of a foreign country with a desperately ill loved one. Add to that doctors who seem at a loss for answers and in no rush to find any and you have all the ingredients for a...
FeatureCOVID-19 Contact TracingPart public health nurse, part detectiveI've been a public health nurse for 30 years, so I’ve always understood that the role focuses less on face-to-face patient care and more on administrative work. That effort never felt as important to me as bedside care, but it’s been a different story...
Movie & TV Nurses“Panic in the Streets” Movie ReviewA deadly plague is the real villain of this 1950 noir thrillerI usually only review books for Working Nurse, but the editors recently suggested I review Panic in the Streets, a classic film noir directed by Elia Kazan, released by 20th Century Fox in 1950. Richard Widmark plays the film’s hero, U.S. Public...

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