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Different picture of the nursing handoff game, with nurses standing all around a stageFeatureThe Patient Handoff GameFor smoother report and fewer communication glitches, borrow team exercises from improv theater...taking notes. We all know that in healthcare, the stakes are high and good communication is essential for safety and optimal patient experience. Improv activities like this are an engaging...
Registered Nurse Sarah Burke stands smiling in a black jacket and in front of a yellow wallMy SpecialtyStroke Nursing, Sarah Burke, Good Samaritan HospitalUsing the latest advances to heal the "heart attack of the brain"...grant that provides us with funds to employ a community educator and an intern who go out into the community to provide stroke education in the South Los Angeles area....
Nursing Book ClubNatural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara EhrenreichA Contrarian View of AgingBarbara Ehrenreich has authored or coauthored almost 20 books, many of them on topics other than healthcare and science. Thus, I was surprised to learn that she has a Ph.D....
Two nurses, one with scrubs on and the other wearing a white coat, are discussing how to use a tablet that's in front of themFeatureHow Nurses Can Steer Digital DecisionsBefore investing in new technology, have the front line nurses been consulted?...so effective in a clinical setting, which is another reason why nurses’ input is so important in designing or choosing a technology. For example, Kentucky’s Hardin Memorial Health recently deployed...
Nursing Book ClubDopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth MacyAn origin story for the opioid crisis...addicts experience when trying to wean themselves from opioids. However, Macy does not focus only on the individuals, families and healthcare providers caught in the web of opioid addiction, but...

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Picture of registered nurse Marthe Cohn on the left, the cover of the book in the center, and then a few photos of clips of the movie on the rightFeatureA Sixth Sense for Danger: The Marthe Hoffnung Cohn StoryA Jewish nurse spying in Nazi Germany...her adversaries and triumph against all odds. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience. Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Hanink is...
Registered Nurse Nohemy Sam wears a white coat and badge. She is standing and smiling with the hall of her unit behind her.My SpecialtyWound Care, Nohemy Sam, San Antonio Regional HospitalAddressing hard-to-treat or non-healing woundsNohemy Sam, RN, BSN, CWOCN Wound Care Nurse Manager San Antonio Regional Hospital Please tell us about the trajectory of your nursing career. The first nine years of my healthcare...
Florence Nightingale sits on a couch smiling in multiple layers of clothingProfiles In NursingFlorence Nightingale (1820–1910), Mathematician and Social ReformerThe founder of modern nursing spoke six languages, designed hospitals, and chastised the English government for their colonial rule of IndiaEvery nurse learns the basics about Florence Nightingale: She was a wealthy woman who, despite the gender strictures of her era, turned British healthcare on its head. Rather than leading...
Registered Nurse Raquel Gutierrez is sitting in maroon scrubs, and is on the computer.My SpecialtyPACU, Raquel Gutierrez, Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for HealthcareCaring for post-surgical patients at their most vulnerableRaquel Gutierrez, RN Post Anesthesia Care Unit Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare, Pomona Please tell us about the arc of your nursing career. I graduated from nursing school...
Patient is sitting on a chair with his hand up. Nurse is using a vein finder on his hand and trying to stick in an IV.FeatureWired Hospital: Vein Illumination at Torrance Memorial HospitalNeedle sticks made quick...textbook. Sound like science fiction? It’s now a reality at hospitals like Torrance Memorial Medical Center, thanks to new vein illumination technology. On The Beam Several companies now offer vein...