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My SpecialtyJesse Poon, Pediatric Medical, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)Looking back on this year, what have been the biggest changes in your practice? The biggest changes have been safety-related. We now have PPE nurses to supervise the use of...
My SpecialtyJanuar Ma, Emergency Department, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center...social media, the idea caught on across the county, helping other nurses conserve their PPE. What nonmedical support from family, friends or the general public has been most appreciated? I...
Tran Chu wearing scrubs and smiling while standing in front of a hallwayMy SpecialtyCorrectional Nursing, Tran Chu, Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterSafely providing care and advocacy for county jail inmates...clearance and background checks are generalized, like any other specialty in the county hospital. All county employees of ARMC undergo a strict background check before being hired. What personal and...
Registered Nurse Roosevelt Davis in scrubs is smiling while holding a piece of equipmentMy SpecialtyPediatric CICU, Roosevelt Davis, Children’s Hospital of Orange CountyFrom the football field to bedside nursingRoosevelt Davis, RN, MSN Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Children’s Hospital of Orange County You had a very unusual and fascinating path to a nursing career. What were you doing...
Christine Contillo sits at her desk with the phone to her ear smilingFeatureCOVID-19 Contact TracingPart public health nurse, part detective...at Home! I work for the health department in Bergen County, N.J., which recently assigned me to COVID-19 contact tracing. My task is to call county residents who have tested...

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Registered Nurse Michael Russo stands smiling in a white coat and scrubs, with green bushes with red flowers in the background.My SpecialtyClinical Navigator Perinatal Services, Michael Russo, Henry MayoImproving processes and systems while empowering the nursing team...finding an internship program in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. I floated a lot to the NICU there and fell in love with it. In 2013, I was...
Researcher in a lab is using a syringe to fill a beaker on a counter. She is wearing a white lab coat and glovesNursing & Healthcare NewsCOVID-19 VaccinesWill a vaccine be the answer?...can afford. The cost will be steep. As Elizabeth Rosenthal warned in a recent Kaiser Health News article, pharmaceutical companies can — and very well may — charge hefty prices...
An illustration of the electrical bassinet on the left, and the stainless steel picture of one on the rightProfiles In NursingEvelyn Lundeen (1900-1963), Neonatal Nurse Who Redefined Premature Infant CareSetting the standards for neonatology care...births, including mandatory reporting requirements and a new staff of county-funded home health nurses to provide maternal educational and follow-up care. Although those nurses were Cook County employees, they were...
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Blue "Hospital" sign on a white building with another blue building behind itNursing & Healthcare NewsControversial Hospital Star Rating System ContinuesCMS metrics called inaccurate and misleadin...patients and disproportionate effects on hospitals.” Comparing Apples to Oranges In March, Siegel wrote a nine-page letter to CMS, detailing a litany of complaints about the rating methodology (such as...