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Woman breathes out smoke while holding a vape penNursing & Healthcare NewsThe Vaping EpidemicAlmost half of California teens now use e-cigarettes!...released data from the 2017 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), that’s the percentage of California teens 18 and younger who now use e-cigarettes. Working Nurse has previously reported on the...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNurses and SuicideStudy points to elevated riskStress and burnout can cause nurses to leave the profession for good, but a new study suggests that they can also put nurses at elevated risk of suicide.Stress and burnout...
Sarah Palmer's book cover on the left. On the right, an illustration of her near a vacant bedProfiles In NursingSarah A. Palmer, aka “Aunt Becky” (1830–1908), Civil War Nurse and MemoiristHer vivid wartime memoir is still in print...two daughters with relatives and joining the 109th Regiment, New York Volunteers, as a matron, kitchen supervisor and nurse. The Ideal Nurse When the Civil War began, there were no...
Nursing Book ClubWhat Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan...the patient is saying.) As one of my managers told me years ago, when working with young people, “You need to always keep your antenna up.” This book is sobering...
Registered Nurse Rita Calderon stands smiling to her college that is sitting in the foreground on a chair by a computer.My SpecialtyMed-Surg Telemetry, Rita Calderon, MLK Community HospitalBuilding a nursing team to care for an underserved community...the next generation. With nurses like that, we’ll continue to make a difference. In your opinion, what should these novice nurses do to become the nurses they seek to be?...

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A male nurse is standing smiling, with a silhouette of flexing arms behind him. He is wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around his neckFeatureBecoming a Charge NursePractical steps for moving into a leadership role...include a pay increase, a bonus or even a box of gourmet donuts (I love those!), just a new title: charge nurse. Some nurses relish the new title and added...
Illustration of a nurse in scrubs smiling while holding a clipboard and thinking of graduating from schoolHealthy WorkforceThe Case of the Bitter BackbitersReduce professional jealousy by creating a culture where accomplishments are celebratedRosa is a BSN-prepared nurse who has worked for several years on a med/surg unit. She has always had a dream of becoming a nurse practitioner and recently decided to...
Registered Nurse Nancy Pike smiles in a white coat, standing in front of brain imaging.My SpecialtyAssociate Professor and PNP, Nancy Pike, UCLA School of NursingTraining APRNs to fill the primary care gap...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....
An advertisement for the Queen's nurses on the left, and a picture of William Rathbone on the rightFeatureWilliam Rathbone VI (1819-1902), Father of English District NursingHow a Unitarian philanthropist urged Queen Victoria and Florence Nightingale to revolutionize Dickens-era public health...extreme severity of the cases nursed by the district nurses.” The Queen’s Nurses Until the 1880s, district nursing was still primarily a privately funded local endeavor. However, in 1887, Queen...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Nurses of Ward 5BDocumentary about pioneering San Francisco AIDS unitThirty-six years ago, nurses in San Francisco established the country’s first specialized AIDS unit. A new documentary film, 5B, tells their story. The First Step When nurses at San Francisco...