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Alice Magaw working with doctors to take care of a patient. They are all wearing white gowns and head covers with masks onProfiles In NursingAlice Magaw Kessel (1860-1928), Pioneering Nurse AnesthetistShe performed 14,380 procedures with no fatalities...early 20s. There, she met and befriended Edith Graham, who later became her classmate in the nursing school at Chicago Hospital for Women and Children. When they graduated in 1889,...
Female patient lying in a hospital bed and wearing a hospital gown, is talking to a voice assistant on the table next to herNursing & Healthcare NewsVoice Assistants for Patient RoomsAre privacy concerns being addressed?...add your hospital stay to the information its manufacturer already has about you. As more hospitals adopt such systems, patients may face considerable pressure to “voluntarily” trade privacy for convenience...
Illustration of a nurse in scrubs sitting on a swivel chair while another nurse stands looking at her with arms on her hipsHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Territorial TyrantWhen a nurse lays claim to a particular chair or piece of equipment...med cart. Not even the physicians dared sit in Gretchen’s chair or use her computer if she was working. One night, one of the newer nurses, Kali, used Gretchen’s computer...
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...contribute to society: the recently respectable field of nursing. After training at King’s College and Charing Cross hospitals in London, she became “lady superintendent” of a children’s hospital near Manchester...
Registered Nurse Karla Marshall stands smiling in a blouse and sweater with her badge on, and a coworker on the computer behind her.My SpecialtySame Day Surgery, Karla Marshall, Huntington HospitalBridging the gap between ambulatory and extended stay surgical care...have more complex operations may need to stay in the hospital until they have recovered enough to be discharged. Our patient population’s ages range from 1-month-olds to centenarians. Our hospital...

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Different picture of the nursing handoff game, with nurses standing all around a stageFeatureThe Patient Handoff GameFor smoother report and fewer communication glitches, borrow team exercises from improv theater...apply even when the stakes are low and the situation calm. Add in the noise, chaos and stress of a hospital shift change and it’s easy to see how things...
Registered Nurse Sarah Burke stands smiling in a black jacket and in front of a yellow wallMy SpecialtyStroke Nursing, Sarah Burke, Good Samaritan HospitalUsing the latest advances to heal the "heart attack of the brain"...walk out of the hospital — the whole gamut. We even do follow-up phone calls to see how patients are doing post-hospitalization. Also, we’re in the second year of a...
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?...of working nurses who met once a month to discuss policy, practice and products. These councils elected representatives to a hospital-wide nursing committee that made recommendations on new products that...
Picture of registered nurse Marthe Cohn on the left, the cover of the book in the center, and then a few photos of clips of the movie on the rightFeatureA Sixth Sense for Danger: The Marthe Hoffnung Cohn StoryA Jewish nurse spying in Nazi Germany...her adversaries and triumph against all odds. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience. Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Hanink is...
Registered Nurse Nohemy Sam wears a white coat and badge. She is standing and smiling with the hall of her unit behind her.My SpecialtyWound Care, Nohemy Sam, San Antonio Regional HospitalAddressing hard-to-treat or non-healing woundsNohemy Sam, RN, BSN, CWOCN Wound Care Nurse Manager San Antonio Regional Hospital Please tell us about the trajectory of your nursing career. The first nine years of my healthcare...