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Nursing & Healthcare NewsOpioid Suit Decided Against Johnson & JohnsonCompany ordered to pay $572 million in Oklahoma civil trial...Mike Hunter lauded the ruling, saying, “Johnson & Johnson will finally be held accountable for thousands of deaths and addictions caused by their products.” Representatives for Johnson & Johnson call...
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...to aid military and civilian causalities both overseas and in the U.S. Delano’s earlier rural assignments had her helped realize the urgent need for healthcare and health education in all...
Registered Nurse Rita Calderon stands smiling to her college that is sitting in the foreground on a chair by a computer.My SpecialtyMed-Surg Telemetry, Rita Calderon, MLK Community HospitalBuilding a nursing team to care for an underserved community...be best utilized in communities that lacked quality healthcare. What caught my attention about MLKCH was the community it serves. South L.A. has some of the worst health indicators in...
Picture of the advertisement for the Manto-meter on the left, with a teal Manto-meter on the rightNursing & Healthcare News10,000 Steps?Sorting out the headlines about walking and fitness goals...point. 7,500 = 10,000 The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, analyzed data from 16,741 women who participated in the Women’s Health Study between 2011 and 2015. An earlier paper...
An advertisement for the Queen's nurses on the left, and a picture of William Rathbone on the rightFeatureWilliam Rathbone VI (1819-1902), Father of English District NursingHow a Unitarian philanthropist urged Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale to revolutionize Dickens-era public healthAlthough he himself was neither nurse nor physician, William Rathbone was one of the most important figures in British nursing in the Victorian era, revolutionizing healthcare for England’s poor and...

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Two photos of Col Ruby Bradley in her military uniform.Profiles In NursingCol. Ruby Bradley (1907-2002), Army Nurse and Angel of Bataan POWA highly-decorated veteran, she survived four years as a Japanese POW...writer and diabetes educator. Her background in nursing includes tenures in healthcare management and as a care provider. She has worked in med/surg/telemetry, pediatric emergency department and college health/urgent care....
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 trials...she felt I had the knowledge base and potential to succeed in the role. I went on to clinical research positions at John Hopkins Division of Pediatric Hematology; Dowling Apheresis...
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...followed her heart and married Channing anyway, an act for which her family disowned her. The marriage was short-lived. Her husband’s poor health led them to move to Queensland, Australia,...
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?...asking the right questions. Are nurses included in discussions about technologies that they will use? If not, they should be. Health IT deeply impacts nurses’ work and therefore patient care,...