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Illustration of the Centaur hospital ship sinking with people swimming around it. On the right, there is a photo of Ellen Savage in a dress and cap smilingProfiles In NursingEllen Savage (1912-1985), Australian Nurse Who Rallied a Nation at WarShe survived the sinking of a hospital ship during WW2...Australian hospital ship Centaur to sink in 1943. Australian Army Nurse Ellen Savage grew up in Quirindi, New South Wales, and received her nursing training at New South Wales’ Newcastle...
Registered Nurse Marti Sillman sits on an office chair in purple scrubs smiling at the cameraMy SpecialtyCorrectional Nursing, Marti Sillman, LA County JailHow nursing has evolved and how it is practiced today in L.A. City JailsMarti Sillman, RN Correctional Nurse Medical Services, City of Los Angeles What was your early nursing career like? I attended a four-year, hospital-based diploma nursing program in Bryn Mawr, Pa....
Nursing Book ClubInfectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We Catch Mental Illness by Harriet A. WashingtonJust enough science to make it dangerous...public health nurse whose 40-year nursing career has taken her from inner cities to medical missions in Central America. She turned to writing because she believes that everyone, not just...
Registered Nurse Donovan Stewart is smiling in front of a computer while wearing a white coat and scrubs.My SpecialtyEmergency Nursing, Donovan Stewart, Adventist Glendale AdventistSaving lives while boosting patient satisfaction...a 39-bed ED, comprehensive stroke center, STEMI center and EDAP (emergency department approved for pediatrics). We see an average of 180–200 patients per day and can expand to 53 beds...
A picture of a woman on the ground after overdosing and her ghost looking down at herFeatureOpioid Overdose: Keep Your Patient Alive, But Protect YourselfExposure to even a small amount of fentanyl can be fatal...could save a life — and safeguard your health. The Opioid Overdose Triad Olivia Olmos, RN, MSN, ENPC, works in the ED of White Memorial, a busy hospital in the...

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Nursing Book ClubThe Cannabis Manifesto: A New Paradigm for Wellness by Steve DeangeloMaking the case, not always persuasively, for the wellness benefits of marijuanaWith California legalizing the retail sale of recreational marijuana as of Jan. 1, 2018, I decided it was high time for me to learn more about the medical use of...
Katherine Buckner Avery sits in an old car with a gown and hat onProfiles In NursingKatherine Buckner Avery (1896-1982), Nightingale of the BayouThis Tabasco Sauce heiress was a champion for the underserved...graduated in 1921. By 1927, after several years in varied posts, including hospital, industrial and school nursing, Avery joined the Louisiana Public Health Service as an American Red Cross nurse,...
Emma Cushman poses with three children. They are all wearing black outfits.Profiles In NursingEmma Cushman (1863-1931), Saving World War I OrphansPistol-packing guardian angel for the young victims of the Armenian Genocide...she received her training at a hospital in New Jersey, Emma Cushman lived most of her life outside the United States, doing medical missionary work for the American Board of...
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...
Cicely Saunders bends over to talk to her older, female patient lying in a hospital bedProfiles In NursingCicely Saunders, Founder of Modern Hospice CareCicely Saunders created Palliative care...time would listen seriously to a nurse. She responded by enrolling in medical school, again at St. Thomas’ Hospital. After earning her medical degree in 1957, she became an expert...