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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 communityRita Calderon, RN Medical-Surgical Telemetry Manager MLK Community Hospital, Los Angeles Tell us about the arc of your nursing career prior to MLKCH. I began my journey in healthcare at...
A male nurse is standing smiling, with a silhouette of flexing arms behind him. He is wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neckFeatureBecoming a Charge NursePractical steps for moving into a leadership role...losing my license over a problem I could have prevented. If something is unfolding (or about to unfold) that could negatively affect patients or patient outcomes, then I show my...
Illustration of a nurse in scrubs smiling while holding a clipboard and thinking of graduating from schoolHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Bitter BackbitersReduce professional jealousy by creating a culture where accomplishments are celebrated...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 at www.jasminmora.com.  ...
Registered Nurse Nancy Pike smiles in a white coat, standing in front of brain imaging.My SpecialtyAssociate Professor and PNP, Nancy Pike, UCLA School of NursingTraining APRNs to fill the primary care gap...work part-time as an NP in pediatric cardiac surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. I completed my Ph.D. in 2007. Around 2009, I transitioned to academia and took a faculty...
Illustration of Agnes Jones portrait in the center, with images of different urban and rural scenery around herProfiles In NursingAgnes Jones (1832-1868), English Workhouse Infirmary ReformerIn the age of Dickens, her efforts led to the reform of English public healthcare...Army officer and an Irishwoman, she spend much of her childhood in Mauritius and then a country house in Fahan, County Donegal, Ireland. She went to school in Stratford-upon-Avon (birthplace...

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Nursing Book ClubThe Elephant in the Room by Tommy TomlinsonA memoir of obesity and transformation...in public to the doctors whose answer to every health concern is, “Have you tried losing some weight?” Sports journalist, newspaper columnist and podcaster Tommy Tomlinson was on a whole...
Illustration of a nurse in scrubs looking sad while two nurses in the background are gossipingHealthy WorkforceA Clear Case of HazingWhile bullying is about exclusion, hazing is a form of group initiation...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 at www.jasminmora.com.  ...
Registered Nurse Robin Krasner wears red scrubs and is standing and smiling in front of a gray backgroundMy SpecialtyClinical Improvement, Robin Krasner, Keck Medical Center of USCEvaluating processes to improve care deliveryRobin Krasner, RN, BSN, CCRN Clinical Improvement Fellowship and Critical Care Nurse Keck Medical Center of USC, Los Angeles Tell us about your nursing career. My mother lost a battle...
Nurse Keith Carlson stands at a podium in front of the Supreme CourtFeatureAt the PodiumHow I learned to calm the butterflies and deliver an engaging speech...you’d told me I’d be willingly, even happily, speaking on stage to hundreds of nurses, I would’ve told you to get lost. For me, as for most people, my anxiety...
An illustration of one male nurse in scrubs is whispering to a female nurse and she is laughingHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Shameless GossipMalicious talk undermines relationships and trust. As nurses, we can do better!...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 at www.jasminmora.com....