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Registered Nurse Lyrose Ortiz stands smiling in blue scrubs, arms resting on a counter.My SpecialtyIntensive Care Unit, Lyrose Ortiz, MLK Community HospitalHelping critical care nurses reach their full potentialLyrose Ortiz, RN, BSN ICU Clinical Unit Night Supervisor MLK Community Hospital, Los Angeles Please tell us about the arc of your nursing career. I received my BSN in 1995....
A patient sits upright in a hospital bed talking to a nurse in scrubs at the bedside. The nurse is using a tabletFeatureWired Hospitals: Methodist Hospital of Southern California and Gamification SystemsAn innovative way to collect patient feedback and award nurses for their efforts...an acronym for “Providers Empowered by Compassion and Kindness.” The PECK is the centerpiece of a staff recognition gamification system called Wambi, after an East Asian bird that also appears...
Different polaroid photos sit on top of each other depicting nurses in different uniforms, shows, and capsFeatureNursing Uniforms Through HistoryToday’s scrubs are a long way from the starched gowns and white caps of earlier erasModern scrubs are practical, cheap and easy to care for, but there was something elegant about the nursing uniforms of ages past: long, floor-sweeping skirts; beautifully crisp aprons; neat cuffs;...
Nursing Book ClubFirst Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings and What I Wish I had Known My First 100 Days on the Job by Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBAHelpful Advice for the New Nurse...a legal consultant once told me that every RN should follow at least two publications: one national nursing journal and one specific to his or her specialty. First Year Nurse...
The Medical-Surgical Nursing textbook cover on the left, and a photo of Lillian Bruner smiling on the rightProfiles In NursingLillian Brunner (1918-2016), Author of the “Brunner Bible” TextbookNursing students remember their Brunner Bible...Lippincott & Co., reflected the belated unification of medical-surgical nursing practice. The heavy, densely printed book soon became a backbone of nursing education, as did their Lippincott Manual of Nursing...

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Many nurses and doctors surround a simulation where someone is receiving emergency treatment. Many people are in different roles, like one person is giving CPRFeatureWired Hospitals: UCLA Medical Center and High-Fidelity ManikinsLights! Camera! Action! Septic Shock?...as a master’s degree in nursing education, 35 years of nursing experience and certifications in critical care nursing and healthcare simulation education, Miller is well-qualified for this unique blend of...
A nurse is smiling across a table that has a tablet laying on itFeatureSeven Habits of Highly Effective NursesTake time to reflect on your career and be influenced and inspired by others...successful nurses whose affiliation with an organization revitalized their careers. For example, Sharon enrolled in a formalized mentoring program offered by one of her organizations. The program connected her with...
Groups of people in a concentration camp are behind barbed wire fencing and wearing striped uniformsProfiles In NursingMaria Stromberger (1898–1957) – Austrian Nurse Who Risked Her Life to Aid Auschwitz PrisonersShe risked her life to ease suffering, then after the war testified against the Nazi guards...article about her in the February 2006 issue of Nursing History Review. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....
Registered Nurse Carole Covey sitting in a plane with a jumpsuit on and a helmet. She is looking out of the window.My SpecialtyFlight Nursing, Carole Covey, PHI Air Medical GroupDelivering emergency care on the (rotary) wing...was originally in school to be a teacher. When I realized what I really wanted, I quit my education degree program, moved home and started on my own nursing path....
A nurse in a white coat is taking an ultrasound of a patient lying on a hospital bedFeatureWired Hospitals: From Science Fiction to the BedsideHow local hospitals are using technology to reshape the way nurses work...(MLKCH) in Los Angeles, the staff knows just what to do: fetch the robot! The Virtual Consultation No, robots aren’t yet attending medical school (we have at least a few...