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Sister Kenny wearing a habit looking away from the cameraProfiles In NursingSister Elizabeth Kenny (1880-1952), Controversial Australian Polio Treatment ReformerWas this controversial Australian nurse a hero or a hoax?To her admirers, “Sister Kenny” was a crusader, challenging a reactionary medical establishment’s preconceptions about one of her era’s most feared diseases. To many physicians, she was a dangerous, ignorant...
A nurse in scrubs is shaking hands with someone else. The nurse is holding a pink clipboard in their other handFeatureFinding Your Feet in the Deep EndHone your abilities and one day YOU will be the experienced nurse...career, you’ll encounter situations that you’re not familiar with. For example, you may be called upon to chart using medical terms that seem at first like a foreign language. When...
Colleen McMurphy stands in green Army uniform next to a DVD copy of China BeachNurses OnscreenBinge-Watching “China Beach”What I learned from the highly acclaimed TV series about Army nurses in Vietnam...My Khe — China Beach was an American nickname), a lifeguard, visiting entertainment and an Army recuperation hospital where the injured were stabilized and if possible returned to action. Not...
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 teamMichael Russo, RNC-NIC, MSN, CLC NICU Clinical Navigator Perinatal Services Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Valencia Please describe the trajectory of your nursing career. I began my career in 2012 by...

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Panic in the Streets movie poster with a nurse in white scrubs talking to Clinton Reed on the rightMovie & TV Nurses“Panic in the Streets” Movie ReviewA deadly plague is the real villain of this 1950 noir thriller...COVID-19 contact tracing, so I immediately started thinking, “Only 48 hours and no computers and no cell phones? How will they ever do it?” Medical Mystery The film is set...
Nursing Book ClubThe Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill BrysonA delightful, informative read...about it that way before. After slogging through dreary books on the costs of medical testing, the future of medicine and the insurance juggernaut, it was a welcome change of...
Nursing Book ClubAdvice for Future Corpses: A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying by Sallie TisdaleTaking direct aim at a taboo topic...emotions may be, as well as the tougher questions of who can help, who cannot and what happens to families when one member has challenging medical needs and not everyone...
Nursing Book ClubSick: A Memoir by Porochista KhakpourPortrait of a difficult patient...with!) Biting the Hand That Feeds In her search for the cause of her chronic pain, Khakpour laments that she has never been taken seriously by the medical profession. She...
A surgical mask and N-95 mask lay next to each other on a black backgroundNursing & Healthcare NewsANA Asks for Clarity on COVID-19 PPEChanging CDC recommendations lead to confusion for nurses...on March 10, the CDC responded to reports of mounting respirator shortages by issuing updated guidance declaring that if a facility is short on respirators, medical masks (along with eye...