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Can nurses thrive through public health emergencies?

COVID

Hey Nurses, How are You Doing?

The Nation is suffering from a loss of nursing staff as we move through one public health emergency after another and nurses, suffering from secondary trauma,...

Pediatric

3 Injuries That Look Like Child Abuse But Are Not

by SoniaV.

Bruising, bone deformity and fractures might appear as a violent attack on a child on initial assessment. A call to CPS is mandated. But what if the child was...

What are the benefits of Care Home nursing?

Why You Should Make a Nursing Career Change to Care Home Nursing

by Emma Clarke, RN

What do you think of when you hear the word "nurse?" Probably a person who is selfless and kind, who cares for others with compassion and respect.

Wound

Classification Systems in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

by Stacy Phillips, BSN, RN

I wrote a small piece explaining the classification of diabetic foot ulcers. I focused on the Wagner Diabetic Foot Ulcer Classification and included easy to...

Five Quick Ways to Improve Your Mood Today

General Nursing

Mental RX for Nurses

by McBride DNP PMHNP-BC MBA, DNP, RN

Nursing is a demanding, stressful profession. Developing coping skills to minimize stress is the key to not just surviving but thriving in a high-stakes...

General Nursing

A Kick of Gratitude

by spotangel, DNP, RN, NP

How do you turn pain into gratitude when you are willfully hurt on the job? A nurse's story of a precious gift lost.

Violence Against Women: Spiked By Injection

Headlines

Needle Spiking in Nightclubs Cause Alarm

by J.Adderton, BSN, MSN

A frightening new take on drink spiking is causing alarm in England. Police are investigating numerous reports of people being spiked by injection. Read on to...

COVID

How to Overcome the Anxiety, Fear, and Burnout in a Nursing Profes…

by Vyacheslav Kioroglo, LPN

Is there a way to be enthusiastic about going to work? Is it even possible? Three little secrets that will keep you motivated, it's inner motivation, an...

Understanding the Controlled Chaos of the Cath Lab

CCU

What Is Going On With Cath Lab Flow?

by Ashley Remillard, BSN, RN

Are you a unit nurse who is frustrated with the seeming lack of flow of the cath lab? Let's talk about what happens in the cath lab and why scheduling is often...

Let's Not Forget About Domestic Abuse Awareness

General Nursing

I Know What Abuse Is; I Have Lived Through It

by Ruby Vee, BSN

Do you ask your patients if they feel safe at home? Do you ask them when you are alone with them? Are you prepared for a negative answer?

Which side of history do you want to be on?

COVID

COVID Forever Changed Our Society

by Yvonne Hosey

The Covid pandemic has forever changed our society. Nurses stand to lose respect unless they are consistent in believing science and supporting vaccines. Our...

They aren't stubborn and rebellious, they're human.

COVID

Empathy and Framing Messaging to Change the Tide

by peblevins

This article examines the how and why of vaccine hesitancy. It addresses the impact of social media and distrust of American institutions. The article suggests...

Operating Room

Do You Know What DOACs Do?

by Andrea Perreault BSN RN

A review of medications that affect blood clotting, including mechanism of action and clinical considerations.

Saving lives is always worth fighting for

COVID

Turning the Tide of the Pandemic: A Monumentally Difficult but Wor…

by Kate Delaney Chen, BSN, RN

This nation needs to be inspired to help turn the tide of this pandemic. There's not much left to say to get people on board with this endeavor that hasn't...

NCLEX

Next Generation NCLEX - What Is a Bow Tie Question?

by SafetyNurse1968, BSN, MSN, PhD

3rd in a series: the Next Gen NCLEX will roll out in the Spring of 2023. Read on for a sample “bow tie” question – one of the new “stand alone”...

COVID

A Nurse's Power to Turn the Tide of COVID

by Brenda Montoya

The effects of the COVID crisis had left communities ravaged and the nursing workforce heartbroken and exhausted. Nurses have the power to change the landscape...

Contemplating Entrepreneurship as a Nurse

General Nursing

Weighing your nursing options: Employee versus Entrepreneur?

by Jill Weberding MPH, BSN, RN

While most still think of nursing as being only the traditional bedside role, more and more nurses are discovering different ways to work in nursing that better...

COVID

How School Nurses Can Help Turn the Tide On COVID-19

by pattithenurse

School nurses have been working hard and overtime consistently to make COVID-19 testing and contact tracing a success in schools while state guidelines for...

General Nursing

Four Days of Nausea, Vomiting and Fever

by SafetyNurse1968, BSN, MSN, PhD

What is most important in this case study in which an older Vietnamese woman presents to the ER with fever, nausea and vomiting?

How Institutions Can Take Responsibility for Burnout

Stress 101

Nurse Bullied & Burned Out

by Amanda ORourke NP-C

Nurse burnout and bullying remains a hot topic. While self-care and staff-focused workshops have their place, it is about time our institutions step up to do...

COVID

One Patient at a Time

by Sara R

My COVID patient just wanted to know what I, his nurse, would do. So I told him. And that's how nurses will stem the tide of COVID: delivering the best and...

Get vaccinated and end this war against ourselves

COVID

At War With Ourselves

by KathyDay

We struggle every day with the COVID pandemic, and at the same time, some of us reject our greatest tool against it, vaccination. This article is my opinion...

COVID

Basic Life Support for Nurses' Mental Health

by Nurse Writing Nook, BSN, RN

It’s no surprise that nurses’ mental health is in crisis. We were already short-staffed, overworked, underpaid, and emotionally stressed out even before a...

How do you feel today? Strategies On How To Get Through The Day

COVID

Nurses: The Only Way Through This Pandemic is Radical Self-Care

by mlee71113

Healthcare worker burnout was here before COVID-19 came into the picture, now it’s only getting worse.

COVID

Changing the Conversation about COVID to Get More People Vaccinate…

by LeChele Mack, BSN, RN

This article talks about the type of messaging that is most effective at changing minds about vaccination and how we can provide that messaging through...