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One nurse in the background screaming in front of a computer while another nurse in the foreground is looking at her sadlyHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Abrasive PerfectionistIs that nurse difficult and demanding because she's a perfectionist with high standards — or is she a bully?...wasn’t sure what to think.   Wanting to be as competent as humanly possible is usually a good thing, especially in healthcare, where the stakes are high. However, wanting and...
Jane Delano wearing a nursing uniform and cap with the red cross on it on the left. On the right, a group of Red Cross volunteers pose togetherProfiles In NursingJane Delano (1862-1919), Champion of the American Red Cross Nursing ServiceRecruiting and training nurses to serve in war and peace...bring desperately needed healthcare to rural America. Yellow Fever Born in Townsend, N.Y., in 1862, Jane Delano was the descendant of an English colonial family and the daughter of a...
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...I had to restart my entire education because the community college I enrolled in would not accept any of my previous nursing school credits. At the beginning of my nursing...
A green tray sits on a counter with a syringe, barcode stickers, and a yellow bandaidNursing & Healthcare NewsNurses Tackle Vaccine HesitancyAnswering questions, debunking propaganda, educating doctors...anti-vaxx publication circulated in local Orthodox neighborhoods last fall. However, task force member Blima Marcus, RN, DNP, ANP-BC, OCN, a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, says the...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsPatient Handling InjuriesCalifornia law has helped, but better staffing may be needed...Ph.D., ANP, has spent years studying workplace injuries among healthcare workers. To assess the impact of the California law, she and her colleagues surveyed nurses in 2013 and 2016, both...