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Absalom Jones and Richard Allen have their portraits on the left, and then there is a picture of a police officer knocking on someone's doorFeatureBlack Nurses and the 1793 Philadelphia Yellow Fever EpidemicA tale of a deadly outbreak, inflammatory propaganda and heroism...city’s Black community for help. The leaders of Philadelphia’s Free African Society, a mutual aid organization founded in 1787 by ministers Absalom Jones and Richard Allen in partnership with Black...
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 resistance...contamination of IV tubing, catheters and NG tubes. We joke that hospitals are the worst places to get well, but the growing danger of drug-resistant bacteria and healthcare-associated infections can...
A picture of the white Relief ship that is on a dark blue ocean with a gray sky in the backgroundFeatureNursing Aboard Hospital Ship USS Relief, 1917-1946Attacking a hospital ship was a war crime, but in 1945, the USS COMFORT was hit by a Japanese kamikaze pilot...bring state-of-the-art healthcare within reach of sick and badly wounded soldiers, sailors and marines throughout the world. During wartime, these ships received casualties directly from the battlefield as well as...
Christine Contillo sits at her desk with the phone to her ear smilingFeatureCOVID-19 Contact TracingPart public health nurse, part detective...area has a large commuter population. Bergen had the state’s first confirmed COVID-19 patient: a healthcare worker who lived here, but worked in New York City as well as in...
Panic in the Streets movie poster with a nurse in white scrubs talking to Clinton Reed on the rightMovie & TV Nurses“Panic in the Streets” Movie ReviewA deadly plague is the real villain of this 1950 noir thriller...the garage so that his dutiful wife won’t try to launder it herself. The second significant female character, and my favorite, is the community health nurse treating the dead man’s...

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CNO Roundtable 2020The COVID-19 PandemicQ: How have you been able to support your nursing teams during the novel coronavirus crisis?Lori Burnell, RN, BSN, Ph.D., NEA-BC Sr. Vice President / Chief Nursing Officer Valley Presbyterian Hospital As a standalone community hospital, Valley Presbyterian must understand COVID-19 to effectively care for...
CNO Roundtable 2020Exciting InnovationsQ: What is a new or upcoming practice change or technological innovation that you are especially excited about?...Nursing Officer Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare One of the most exciting innovations I have seen recently is a wound assessment app that can be loaded onto a...
CNO Roundtable 2020New Grads at the BedsideQ: Do you think new grad RNs should earn their stripes in bedside med/surg before moving on to other specialties?Katie Hughes, RN, MSN, CRRN (pictured above, left) Chief Nursing Officer Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare I am often impressed by the level of critical thinking and knowledge...
CNO Roundtable 2020CNO Reading ListIs there a book on nursing, healthcare or organizational leadership that you enjoyed and would recommend?...a woman who overcame the survivalist life of her fundamentalist family and ultimately received a Ph.D. from Cambridge. It’s a story about beliefs about health and healthcare, and about overcoming...
CNO Roundtable 2020Staffing Challenges and the Silver WaveQ: What is shaping up to be your biggest nurse staffing challenge of the new decade?...Hospital, where they can not only work on healthcare teams as they learn, but also gain firsthand experience in caring for patients in our community. For more from the CNO...