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Nurses did not “sign up for this.” Yet, here we are. And so, the current challenge to tackle is: how does the field of nursing survive a pandemic? And how does healthcare keep its nurses in the careers they dreamed of, long before March 2020 ha...

I remember the early days of the pandemic- signing up for my free crocs and free slippers, showing my badge at the chick-fil-a drive-thru for free lunch. My neighbors rang bells and cheered at night. For a few short minutes, I thought I felt like a h...

After two and a half years of dealing with the enormous physical and emotional weight of covid, a light is beginning to show. We have lost many of our experienced nurses throughout the covid pandemic. This created a huge gap in the experience level o...

How are food donations being handled at your hospital due to the pandemic? I know some places are setting up gofundmes. I ask this because the other day I had a coworker call a place and ask if we can have food delivered to us for free at the big hos...

5 Winners - Each will receive a $200 MasterCard or Visa CardAlthough the deadly virus most likely made its way to the U.S. in December, the first U.S. case was confirmed on January 30, 2020. Since then, COVID-19 has spread like a massive wildfire th...

Really nerve-wracking to hear that there is a possibility of a new pandemic - that of a new swine flu. One is enough!

The SARS-CoV-2, aka COVID-19, was first discovered in 2019 in Wuhan, China, and has killed more than 742,000 people in the United States and 4. 9 million people worldwide. The pandemic has placed a tremendous strain on our health care system. In the ...

FOR ALL THE NURSES We hope this nursing parody brings you joy and laughter, especially during this challenging global pandemic! We would like to recognize all the nurses around the world for their continued work and sacrifices!  HAPP...

I graduated in December 2018 from an ADN program in Virginia. The commencement speaker said a few things that impacted me when I graduated. She stated that there would come a time in your nursing career where you will feel like you are not learning...

At our home we currently have 0 COVID cases. But back last Spring, we had lots of cases among staff and residents, lots were dying on oxygen, hypodermoclysis, staffing shortages pretty much a headache all around. I remember working mostly doubles and...

Read in its entirety: Trump's move to cut WHO funding prompts world condemnation

I am a pediatric pulmonary nurse coordinator and remain per diem as a bedside NICU nurse. I made the decision to get vaccinated a couple of months after it became available at my hospital. As the vaccine was brand new, I put a lot of thought and rese...

Step One: The case for mass public education campaigns “We are seeing this pandemic because it's been fueled by a slower pandemic of chronic illness that makes people at high risk, and we have not had the emphasis on disease prevention in our society...

It has been my own personal project to follow H5N1 for the last 3 years simply because it interests me. Attracted to this type of information like a magnet, I've been watching this relatively new influenza virus to see where it will go, how it will c...

As luck, fate, destiny, whatever you want to call it, would have it I am back at the bedside as an ICU nurse in the middle of a Pandemic. I have been away from the bedside in various roles for the last 5 years, and now I am back. I live in the Dall...

*I want to be clear this not my original post- I would love to credit the OP, but I have no idea who that is Please take the time to read this. Especially to all the healthcare workers I know who once a upon a time had been my classmates, students...

Are you allowed to quit during a pandemic/state of emergency? Are there licensure ramifications? If my employer is not able to supply appropriate PPE does that change anything?

With schools across the country already open or opening soon, there has been plenty of hand-wringing regarding what is safest for students. Educators, school leadership, and school boards are all weighing in on what they feel will work best in the mi...

IMAGINE IF YOU WILL... A pandemic so severe that we can afford to fire healthcare workers.

I am a pre-nursing student wanting to go into nursing school this year or next. I have finished most of my pre-requisites and also have a bachelor's degree in biology. Are there any downsides into going into nursing school right now amidst the COVID ...

At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, our hospital policy stated we could not transport any specimens for a PUI or confirmed COVID patient through the tube system. Then, restrictions changed to that we could transport blood and urine for these pati...

We Watched and Planned ...My husband and I began watching the Covid-19 numbers in early January. I remember sitting in our living room during a typically dark, cold Minnesota Winter day and discussing how it was going to go down. We debated going to ...

Understanding Florence Coming from privilege, determined and passionate about helping those in need, she used her influence and intellectual voice to bring about change. At times that voice was pointed and harsh, her will strong. A study of Flore...

I decided to travel again in January. I’m not sure if the facility I chose had a good system down or what, but, even though I wasn’t told I was gonna work COVID, that’s where I ended up. That’s fine. It wasn’t the start or climax of the pandemic and ...