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Picture of Grace Neill smiling on the left, and a group of women in white gowns posing together on the rightProfiles In NursingElizabeth Grace Neill (1846-1926), a Crusader for Nursing RegistrationThis social reformer also founded midwife-run maternity hospitals...“all who nurse for hire,” including RNs and LPNs/LVNs. That mandate, which wasn’t enforced until 1949, also included the first formal nursing scope of practice in U.S. law. Some states...
Illustration of a nurse being grabbed by the wrist by another nurse, and throwing her clipboard in the airHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Bad Day BullyAn isolated harsh incident should be judged in context...Let’s take look at what bullying is and what it is not. Bullying Defined Although there’s no uniform legal definition of bullying in the United States, most experts define it...
Registered Nurse Karla Marshall stands smiling in a blouse and sweater with her badge on, and a coworker on the computer behind her.My SpecialtySame Day Surgery, Karla Marshall, Huntington HospitalBridging the gap between ambulatory and extended stay surgical care...contracts with Shriners Hospitals for Children, which allows us to help serve pediatric patients, many of whom are from outside the United States, for congenital medical issues such as cleft...
Nurse Keith Carlson sits next to his recording equipment with a sign for "The Nurse Keith Show" in the backgroundFeatureThe Allure of the AirwavesThe joys and pitfalls of a podcasting pioneer...my widening audience. In the end, the allure of the airwaves was too strong to deny. RNFM Radio In late 2011, I was hanging out on Twitter, chatting with numerous...
Illustration of two nurses, one in the foreground wearing scrubs and a stethoscope, while the other is on the computer in the backgroundHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Negative NewbiePositive, constructive feedback is necessary to improve behavior...of the Healthy Workforce Institute. As a speaker, author and consultant, her goal is to eradicate nurse bullying and incivility.   JASMIN MORA is a Los Angeles-based illustrator. Reach her...

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Two nurses, one with scrubs on and the other wearing a white coat, are discussing how to use a tablet that's in front of themFeatureHow Nurses Can Steer Digital DecisionsBefore investing in new technology, have the front line nurses been consulted?...is a hassle to use, nurses will either abandon it or be forced to find workarounds. Nurses are ideally suited to thoughtfully inform technology discussions based on their clinical experience....
Three nursing leaders. Left to right, a woman smiling at the camera, a man standing at a podium, and a woman speaking to a crowdNursing & Healthcare NewsNursing Organizations Speak Out on Gun ViolenceANA, AANP, ENA issue statements...disqualified from gun purchases for reasons such as past criminal convictions or involuntary commitment, federal law doesn’t require such checks for private transfers. A few states, including California, do require...
Nursing Book ClubDopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth MacyAn origin story for the opioid crisis...America by Beth Macy (Little, Brown & Co., 2018) Editor’s Note: Hulu has adapted Dopesick as an eight-episode miniseries, which will air in 2021 Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN, is...
Picture of registered nurse Marthe Cohn on the left, the cover of the book in the center, and then a few photos of clips of the movie on the rightFeatureA Sixth Sense for Danger: The Marthe Hoffnung Cohn StoryA Jewish nurse spying in Nazi Germany...visiting family in France, she decided to try to reclaim the French citizenship she had relinquished when she became a citizen of the United States. Along with that, she applied...
Nursing Book ClubBad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John CarryrouWhen a revolutionary medical innovation proves too good to be true...was forced out of the company in 2016) knew that they could not produce the desired results with a single finger-stick, but deliberately kept that information from investors and patients....