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Registered Nurse Serene Owen stands smiling while holding a baby simulator that is resting on a table next to her.My SpecialtyCNS Educator, Senene Owen, Methodist Hospital of Southern CaliforniaCaring for high-acuity infant patients...disease-specific populations. There are many options! KEITH CARLSON, RN, BSN, CPC, NC-BC, has worked as a nurse since 1996 and has hosted the popular nursing blog Digital Doorway since 2005....
Mother Angela in a habit sits stoically looking at the cameraProfiles In NursingMother Mary of St. Angela (1824-1887), Civil War Hospital AdministratorMother Angela stepped up to care for Union soldiers during the Civil War...higher aims … It is difficult for those who have not known her to realize the extent of her labors.” ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff...
Nursing Book ClubThe Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story by Christie WatsonA vivid memoir soon to become a TV show...British bookstores. The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story by Christie Watson (Tim Duggan Books/Penguin Random House, 2018) Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more...
The Columbia building in Los Angeles - an old beige building with columnsProfiles In NursingMary Marvin Wayland (?-1946), Pioneer of Evidence-Based Nursing PracticeStandards of care once depended on where a nurse worked...a nurse, and teaching the patient to get well and keep well.” ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....
Registered Nurse Lyrose Ortiz stands smiling in blue scrubs, arms resting on a counter.My SpecialtyIntensive Care Unit, Lyrose Ortiz, MLK Community HospitalHelping critical care nurses reach their full potentialLyrose Ortiz, RN, BSN ICU Clinical Unit Night Supervisor MLK Community Hospital, Los Angeles Please tell us about the arc of your nursing career. I received my BSN in 1995....

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A patient sits upright in a hospital bed talking to a nurse in scrubs at the bedside. The nurse is using a tabletFeatureWired Hospitals: Methodist Hospital of Southern California and Gamification SystemsAn innovative way to collect patient feedback and award nurses for their efforts...“Wambi is a great tool to allow the patient to elaborate on their care and communicate their perceptions,” says Melinda B. Welch, RN, BSN, a nurse at Methodist Hospital of...
Different polaroid photos sit on top of each other depicting nurses in different uniforms, shows, and capsFeatureNursing Uniforms Through HistoryToday’s scrubs are a long way from the starched gowns and white caps of earlier eras...then, you could recognize nurses by something other than their ID badges. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....
Nursing Book ClubThe Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder by Charles GraeberA horrifying tale of a nurse turned serial killer, which Stephen King called the best book of the year...and Murder by Charles Graeber (Grand Central Publishing, 2017). Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more than 40 years of experience, ranging from infants to...
Nursing Book ClubFirst Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings and What I Wish I had Known My First 100 Days on the Job by Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBAHelpful Advice for the New Nurse...for everyone. First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings and What I Wish I’d Known My First 100 Days on the Jobedited by Barbara Arnoldussen, RN, MBA (Kaplan Publishing, 2016) Christine Contillo,...
The Medical-Surgical Nursing textbook cover on the left, and a photo of Lillian Bruner smiling on the rightProfiles In NursingLillian Brunner (1918-2016), Author of the “Brunner Bible” TextbookNursing students remember their Brunner Bible...her now-famous collaboration with Doris Smith Suddarth, RN, MSN, BSNE. The first edition of what was then entitled Textbook of Medical and Surgical Nursing, published in 1964 by Philadelphia-based J.B....