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Nurse Keith Carlson sits next to his recording equipment with a sign for "The Nurse Keith Show" in the backgroundFeatureThe Allure of the AirwavesThe joys and pitfalls of a podcasting pioneer...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 www.nursekeith.com....
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"Sarah Burke, RN, BSN, SCRN Stroke Program Manager PIH Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles Please tell us the story of your nursing career journey. In nursing school, I fell in...
Illustration of two nurses, one in the foreground wearing scrubs and a stethoscope, while the other is on the computer in the backgroundHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Negative NewbiePositive, constructive feedback is necessary to improve behavior...of the 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...
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?...mind? My entry into nursing informatics was driven by the belief that patients should be at the center of all technology designed for patient care. When I was a nursing...
Three nursing leaders. Left to right, a woman smiling at the camera, a man standing at a podium, and a woman speaking to a crowdNursing & Healthcare NewsNursing Organizations Speak Out on Gun ViolenceANA, AANP, ENA issue statementsAfter recent mass-casualty shootings in Ohio and Texas, three national nursing organizations have issued public statements calling for policymakers to take stronger action against gun violence. “Common-Sense Reforms” On August...

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Nursing Book ClubDopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth MacyAn origin story for the opioid crisis...day. There were so many deaths in that state that the indigent-burial assistance program ran out of money five years in a row. One young man Macy interviewed became an...
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...least try.” Nursing School: Jacques Delauney is executed for Resistance involvement After leaving Poitier, Marthe attempted to continue her training as a nurse. However, even in Red Cross facilities, she...
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 wounds...worked in the telemetry unit for two years. During this time, I concurrently served as a legal nurse consultant for a private Los Angeles law firm. Later on, I became...
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 India...self-contained individual units, none ever more than two to three stories high. Each unit was self-sufficient, helping to prevent the spread of disease with a central nursing station that allowed...
Two nurses in scrubs standing in front of brain X-rays. One nurse is on her phone while the other is trying to talk to her.FeatureBattling Bullies: How to Take on Nursing Cliques and Gangs (and Win)How to survive and fix a toxic workplace...nursing student mortified and speechless.   There is nothing new about bullying and incivility in the nursing profession. “Nurses eat their young” is an adage that has survived many generations....