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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...
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...
A woman is sitting on the ground crosslegged holding a child in her armsFeatureIs a Medical Mission Right for You? A Nurse Reports from NicaraguaWay outside my comfort zone...difference in your own community — and sleep in your own bed when you’re done! CHRISTINE CONTILLO, RN, BSN, PHN, is a public health nurse with more than 40 years...