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Nurse Keith Carlson stands at a podium in front of the Supreme CourtFeatureAt the PodiumHow I learned to calm the butterflies and deliver an engaging speech...Naturally, I had the jitters. My speaking career was just beginning, so it felt like my reputation in this tight-knit community of nurse entrepreneurs was at stake. There were friends,...
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...the garage so that his dutiful wife won’t try to launder it herself. The second significant female character, and my favorite, is the community health nurse treating the dead man’s...
A green tray sits on a counter with a syringe, barcode stickers, and a yellow bandaidNursing & Healthcare NewsNurses Tackle Vaccine HesitancyAnswering questions, debunking propaganda, educating doctors...Marcus doesn’t see this as a religious issue. “I think that being a member of the community is helpful,” she recently told MPR, “but the most helpful part is that...
Nurse smiling and wearing scrubsNursing & Healthcare NewsInternational Year of the Nurse and MidwifeWHO calls for 9 million new nurses in next decade...nurse leadership and nurse specialists as well as expanding the role of nurses and midwives in primary care, community health and health promotion. WHO also wants its member nations to...
Nursing Book ClubThe Winter Station: A Novel by Jody ShieldsA fictional tale set during the Great Manchurian Plague of 1910...a political cover-up and the ambivalence of officials concerned only with their own citizens. Those factors allow the disease to spread unchecked through the community. Even today, the World Health...