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Melodie Bishop smiling with arms crossed, in front of treesMy SpecialtyAdvanced Endoscopy, Melodie Bishop, Keck Medicine of USCLeading a busy GI team and launching a new high-tech facility...has worked as a nurse since 1996 and has hosted the popular nursing blog Digital Doorway since 2005. He offers expert professional coaching for nurses and nursing students at www.nursekeith.com....
Illustration of a nurse in scrubs looking sad while two nurses in the background are gossipingHealthy WorkforceA Clear Case of HazingWhile bullying is about exclusion, hazing is a form of group initiation...what it takes” to be a nurse. Curiously, Della seems to be very kind to most of the other nurses — except the new grads. Jack reports receiving similarly rough...
Nursing Book ClubThe Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story by Christie WatsonA vivid memoir soon to become a TV show...how long nurses’ training normally lasts in England, or at what point nurses sit for licensing exams. However, this is a minor limitation. Watson’s strengths, both as a writer and...
Registered Nurse Kristina Lawrence wearing scrubs and a white coat stands smiling with her unit in the backgroundMy SpecialtyIntensive Care Unit, Kristina Lawrence, Valley Presbyterian HospitalRising to the challenge of the new normal in the age of COVID-19...the Nurse (as declared by the World Health Organization) in light of nurses’ role in this pandemic response? The Year of the Nurse and Midwife calls attention to the ways...
Shannon Bocalbos wearing scrubs and a mask stands in front of a computer he is typing onMy SpecialtyAcute Rehabilitation, Shannon Bocalbos, PIH Health Good Samaritan HospitalHelping patients regain independence after serious illness or stroke...by the pandemic. What characteristics do you look for in rehab nurses? As with all forms of nursing, I look for nurses who are motivated, thoughtful and hardworking. To be...

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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...
Male nurse sits by a patient's bed holding her hand.Nursing & Healthcare NewsWill RN Staffing Ratios Go National?What a federal staffing mandate could mean for California...nationwide, California hospitals would have to work harder to attract and retain nurses tempted by other states’ lower costs of living. AARON SEVERSON is the associate editor of Working Nurse....
Illustration of the Centaur hospital ship sinking with people swimming around it. On the right, there is a photo of Ellen Savage in a dress and cap smilingProfiles In NursingEllen Savage (1912-1985), Australian Nurse Who Rallied a Nation at WarShe survived the sinking of a hospital ship during WW2...protect the remains of Savage’s comrades, who went down with their ship. ELIZABETH HANINK, RN, BSN, PHN, is a Working Nurse staff writer with extensive hospital and community-based nursing experience....
CNO Roundtable 2020Your Path to LeadershipQ: What is one aspect of your current role as chief nursing officer that you found especially challenging to learn?...with other nurses, there is always common ground. Our professional governance councils help nurses address this issue by bringing together nurses from many areas and departments to improve patient care...
Registered Nurse Nohemy Sam wears a white coat and badge. She is standing and smiling with the hall of her unit behind her.My SpecialtyWound Care, Nohemy Sam, San Antonio Regional HospitalAddressing hard-to-treat or non-healing wounds...to wound, ostomy and continence care. Eventually, one of the nurses from the telemetry unit began working towards his certification. Now, we’re the two certified nurses within the department. What...