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Alice Magaw working with doctors to take care of a patient. They are all wearing white gowns and head covers with masks onProfiles In NursingAlice Magaw Kessel (1860-1928), Pioneering Nurse AnesthetistShe performed 14,380 procedures with no fatalities...early 20s. There, she met and befriended Edith Graham, who later became her classmate in the nursing school at Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. When they graduated in 1889,...
Female patient lying in a hospital bed and wearing a hospital gown, is talking to a voice assistant on the table next to herNursing & Healthcare NewsVoice Assistants for Patient RoomsAre privacy concerns being addressed?...part of a Cedars-Sinai pilot program, Aiva is a voice-activated patient assistance system. With Aiva, patients can use voice commands to call for a nurse, request housekeeping assistance, control the...
Nursing Book ClubAdvice for Future Corpses: A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie TisdaleTaking direct aim at a taboo topic...Tisdale is an Oregon-based nurse practitioner who has worked in hospice and oncology. She has had a life-long familiarity with death. Her interest began in childhood with the loss of...
Illustration of a nurse in scrubs sitting on a swivel chair while another nurse stands looking at her with arms on her hipsHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Territorial TyrantWhen a nurse lays claim to a particular chair or piece of equipment...Workforce Institute. As a speaker, author and consultant, her goal is to eradicate nurse bullying and incivility.   JASMIN MORA is a Los Angeles-based illustrator. Reach her at www.jasminmora.com.  ...
Registered Nurse Anita Karra is wearing a white coat and smiling towards the camera with a patient room behind her.My SpecialtyClinical Research Nursing, Anita Karra, City of HopeGathering data and managing patients enrolled in clinical trialsAnita Karra, RN, B.S. Clinical Research Nurse, Immunotherapy Disease Team City of Hope, Duarte How did your nursing career begin and what types of nursing work have you done? I...

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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...
Nursing Book ClubSick: A Memoir by Porochista KhakpourPortrait of a difficult patient...the Los Angeles Times. She’s had a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and taught at Ivy League schools. All this is to say that her writing has been well-received...
Illustration of a nurse being grabbed by the wrist by another nurse, and throwing her clipboard in the airHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Bad Day BullyAn isolated harsh incident should be judged in context...Healthy Workforce Institute. As a speaker, author and consultant, her goal is to eradicate nurse bullying and incivility.   JASMIN MORA is a Los Angeles-based illustrator. Reach her at www.jasminmora.com....
Registered Nurse Karla Marshall stands smiling in a blouse and sweater with her badge on, and a coworker on the computer behind her.My SpecialtySame Day Surgery, Karla Marshall, Huntington HospitalBridging the gap between ambulatory and extended stay surgical care...NC-BC, has worked as a nurse since 1996 and has hosted the popular nursing blog Digital Doorway since 2005. He offers expert professional coaching for nurses and nursing students at...
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 theaterYou’re a bedside nurse, so handoffs are part of your daily routine. Most of the time, they’re just that — routine. Sometimes, though, important details get lost in translation. Consider...