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A nurse is taking the blood pressure of an older patient while they both sit at a tableFeatureFaith Community NursingCaring for the congregation...or an ER visit. Last, but hardly least, this specialty gives nurses an opportunity to provide the kind of hands-on personal care that many RNs feel has been lost in...
On the left is the movie poster for Love And War and on the right is a photo of the female lead dressed in black looking out over a balconyMovie & TV Nurses“In Love and War” Movie ReviewA WWI biopic about American nurse Agnes Von Kurowsky and a young Ernest Hemingway...on their days off, the characters dress like something from a Victorian picture book. However, I was happy to let myself get lost for two hours in the passion of...
Edward Jenner is smiling and thinking about immunizing his sonFeatureImmunization, Then and NowWhat lessons can history teach us about eradicating disease?...vaccine, it’s vital that we not lose too much ground on other important vaccinations. Unfortunately, there are signs that’s already happening. Many immunizations were delayed earlier last year due to...
Agnes Von Kurowsky in nursing attire smiles at Ernest Hemingway in a military uniformProfiles In NursingAgnes Von Kurowsky (1892–1984), Literary MuseThe nurse who inspired Ernest Hemingway...for the gruesomeness of battlefield injuries, but she had the right temperament for the work. She could detach herself from the horror without losing her gregarious attitude. Von Kurowsky was...
Bernice Coleman and Harriet Aranow stand side by side in white coats smilingFeatureSolving Problems with the Cedars-Sinai Nursing Research TeamHelping frail older adults retain their independence...midst of a large funded research project studying ways to prevent functional decline and injury/illness in older adults who live in low-income independent housing in the Los Angeles area. This...

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Nursing Book ClubBellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital by David OshinskyA colorful (and gruesome) history of big city medicine...Charlie Parker, Charlie Mingus, William Burroughs and Mark Chapman — and as a location for books and films. Bellevue was the setting for the 1945 Academy Award winner The Lost...
Edmund Alfonso stands in front of a group of students. He is wearing a button down, tie, and black pants, and is teaching.My SpecialtyPsychiatric Nursing Instructor, Edmund Alfonso, West Coast UniversityTraining nurses to tackle the mental health crisis...in working in mental health, but are also very worried they’d lose their nursing skills. If you move into a new field, your nursing skills are not going anywhere. Of...
Four girls are smiling with different monster masks. Each one is in front of a different background color and with a different costume on.Nursing & Healthcare NewsA Pandemic HalloweenCostumes? Trick-or-treating? How to celebrate safely ...hand hygiene, masks and social distancing while trick-or-treating or giving out candy. Inherently Risky Orange County hadn’t yet issued official guidance as of press time, but L.A. and Ventura County...
Andrew Tran wearing flight nursing uniform stands next to a gurney in front of a helicopterMy SpecialtyFaculty/Flight Nurse, Andrew Tran, West Coast UniversityUsing innovative technology to educate students during COVID-19...can’t become so reliant on it that we lose sight of the basic skills and knowledge that make us the nurses we are. Any advice for a nurse interested in...
Five pictures show different aspects of the vaccination clinic. The vaccine vial, the rows of patient rooms, and the trays set up with needles.FeatureShots in the ArmA Day with a public health nurse at a COVID-19 vaccination clinicAs a public health nurse for the health department where I live in Bergen County, N.J., I wasn’t surprised to get a call one night in late December, informing me...