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Four girls are smiling with different monster masks. Each one is in front of a different background color and with a different costume on.Nursing & Healthcare NewsA Pandemic HalloweenCostumes? Trick-or-treating? How to celebrate safely ...September), but many local officials and the CDC advise against it. The official San Bernardino County guidance urges “extreme caution,” but offers suggestions for minimizing the risks, including recommending that...
Five pictures show different aspects of the vaccination clinic. The vaccine vial, the rows of patient rooms, and the trays set up with needles.FeatureShots in the ArmA Day with a public health nurse at a COVID-19 vaccination clinicAs a public health nurse for the health department where I live in Bergen County, N.J., I wasn’t surprised to get a call one night in late December, informing me...
Two nurses are standing by a window. One nurse is comforting the other, who looks like she is exhaustedFeatureWhen the Nurse is an Addict: Part TwoHow to recognize the signs and intervene when your colleague may be under the influence...next month was a nightmare of humiliation and confusion as I waded through legalese and treatment arrangements, I attribute my relative sanity and safety to conversations with that generous woman....
Black woman wearing a mask and looking to the right of the camera. The background is blurry and the whole photo is in black and whiteNursing & Healthcare NewsRace, Mistrust and PandemicsSurvey finds Black Americans wary of potential COVID-19 vaccine...1972. “A Rational Response” That revelation had a corrosive effective on Black Americans’ trust in the medical profession. Researchers Marcella Alsan, M.D., MPH, Ph.D., and Marianne Wanamaker, Ph.D., believe this...
Men In Nursing 2020Adam Fronczek, Resource Team Director, UCLA Medical CenterLooking back on this year, what have been the biggest changes in your practice? The Resource Team, also known as the float team, fills inpatient staffing shortages at both Santa...

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Men In Nursing 2020Peter Abbott, Medical-Surgical, San Gorgonio Memorial HospitalLooking back on this year, what have been the biggest changes in your practice? Having to always wear PPE changes how we interact with patients. It’s hard when I cannot...
Men In Nursing 2020Men in Nursing 2020Called to the Front Lines During a Pandemic...and insights. Men in Nursing Interviews: Peter Abbott, San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Aaron Acquisto, Valley Presbyterian Hospital Thomas Bennett, PIH Health Whittier Hospital Ricardo Alan De Barros, Henry Mayo Newhall...
Nurse is putting on an isolation gown, gloves, and maskNursing & Healthcare NewsNew California Laws Take Aim at PPE ShortagesHospitals required to stockpile personal protective equipment...of COVID-19 among California healthcare workers, including at least 194 deaths. (More than one-third of those cases and more than half of the reported deaths have been in L.A. County.)...
My SpecialtyJesse Poon, Pediatric Medical, Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)Looking back on this year, what have been the biggest changes in your practice? The biggest changes have been safety-related. We now have PPE nurses to supervise the use of...
My SpecialtyJanuar Ma, Emergency Department, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center...social media, the idea caught on across the county, helping other nurses conserve their PPE. What nonmedical support from family, friends or the general public has been most appreciated? I...