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Three students are sitting in a circle laughing togetherNursing & Healthcare NewsNurse Practitioners for Mental HealthProgram to add 300 NPs in California...Californians who desperately need it.” The program will accept 45 students for the initial fall 2020 cohort. For more information, visit nursing.ucsf.edu. Above: Arjun Gokhale, RN, MSN (center), a student...
Two nurses in scrubs standing in front of brain X-rays. One nurse is on her phone while the other is trying to talk to her.FeatureBattling Bullies: How to Take on Nursing Cliques and Gangs (and Win)How to survive and fix a toxic workplace...to shun people who aren’t in the group, which can make going to work a stressful and unpleasant experience. Did you know that when people feel excluded, the pain centers...
Men In Nursing 2020Grady Williams, Senior Manager Acute Care Services, Providence Saint Joseph...courage in their peers. Those nurses are true heroes, and I often think about them when I need a reminder of strength and hope. What nonmedical support from family, friends...
Lois Capps as a House Representative on the left, in front of an American flag. On the right, with a nursing cap on, she is smiling away from the cameraProfiles In NursingRep. Lois Capps, RN, BSN, M.A.From bedside to divinity school to the House of Representatives...a year later, Lois decided to run for his now-vacant seat. Although she had no legislative experience, Capps had been what the Santa Barbara Independent later called “the emotional center...
A woman sits across a desk from another woman. She is smiling and wearing an orange shirt.FeatureTime for a Career Change?How to know when to stay in your current position, switch specialties or find a new job...like shelter, transportation and healthcare. Salary, benefits and perks like tuition reimbursement are excellent motivations for staying in a job. So is flexibility; hospitals often incentivize staff with self-managed flexible...

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Virginia Henderson in black and white is smiling away from the cameraProfiles In NursingVirginia A. Henderson (1897–1996), Wrote the Book on Modern NursingThe 20th century’s answer to Florence Nightingale...in 1897 to a large family in Missouri, Henderson received her nursing diploma in 1921 from the Army School of Nursing. She practiced nursing in various New York hospitals until...
Paxlovid bottle lays on a blue counter and pills are scattered around.Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Pfizer COVID-19 Treatment PillFDA authorizes emergency use of oral antiviral therapeutic...patients who have not actually been diagnosed. It’s not a cure. However, in clinical trials, a five-day course of Paxlovid reduced hospitalizations or deaths related to COVID-19 by 88 percent...
Older nurse stands looking down with her hand on her face. She is wearing light blue scrubs and a stethoscope.Nursing & Healthcare NewsCalifornia “Silver Wave” Nursing ShortageUCSF report warns of current shortfall driven by retirement of older RNs...13.6 percent in 2021. Retirements Accelerate The report, prepared by researchers at UCSF Health Workforce Research Center on Long-Term Care, is based on data from the BRN’s latest California Annual...
Illustration of a nurse in the background crossing arms and lips pursed at a nurse in foreground on her phoneHealthy WorkforceHelping Selfish Nurses to Step UpReminding your team that the mission comes first...best for THEM — not the patients and not the team. The first step to getting them back on track is to define the organization’s common mission. Most hospitals have...
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop on the left is treating a patient in their home, and on the right is Rose sitting with a dress onProfiles In NursingRose Hawthorne Lathrop (1851–1926), Cancer Nurse and Candidate for SainthoodOncology nurse and candidate for sainthood...Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center). This was the first U.S. hospital to offer training for the care of cancer patients. Becoming an oncology nurse was a brave decision because cancer...