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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...

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...

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically altered daily life for many Americans and showed an alarming rise in eating disorders. The National Eating Disorder Associations Helpline reported a 70-80% increase in calls during the pandemic. In add...

Nursing practice has turned into a checklist of menial tasks. Is the model of compassion and empathy dying? Compassion. Human touch. Healing. Genuine rapport. These were the principles that I wore on my sleeve just a few years ago before the COV...

After entering the perceived recovery phase of Covid-19, the last thing we want is another pandemic. However, we are now experiencing an outbreak of the Monkeypox virus. An outbreak is a dramatic increase of disease exposure in a geographic location,...

COVID-19 has impacted the economy, how we interact with each other, food security, education, and life as we once knew it. Just when it seems we’ve gotten a handle on this virus, Monkeypox surfaces and has sent the healthcare system into a frenzy at ...

It’s hard to believe that it’s been seven months since the coronavirus disease was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (World Health Organization [WHO], 2020). Working in New York, when I first heard rumblings about COVID-19, I could...

The Rewards I am a Critical Care Response RN in a small, rural Critical Access hospital. I proudly serve my fellow co-workers and patients by responding to the ED during busy times, for trauma codes, stroke codes, etc. I assist in the ICU with cr...

As COVID-19 unfolds, we are faced with “unknowns” that seem to come from every direction. Will I get sick? Will I be furloughed? How will I make it financially? What will I do for childcare? How long will this outbreak last? These are scary times and...

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

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...

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

While I should be studying for my upcoming CEN test date, with coffee in hand, I decide to wander the "science" headlines, as I am apt to do on a warm and sunny Sunday morning. I pay attention to these headlines, as being on the front line in an emer...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

In an effort to save my sanity, I took a long walk around the base every day. One day a stack of shiny caskets appeared, the glare from their metal surface blinding in the hot sun. Their appearance was a stark reminder of the reality of the situatio...

I graduated from nursing school in December 2019. In February 2020, I accepted my first ever RN job offer on a Medical-Surgical unit. I felt ecstatic becoming an RN and being able to provide the best compassionate care possible to patients with what ...