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Lessons learned from 1918 d
In 1918, the “Spanish flu” killed most people who were infected. Thanks to the efforts of thousands of researchers across...
The Stories That Never Get Told – Compassion
Compassion and caring at the heart of nursing.
It was too late. I could never speak to him again.
By the time I was notified that...
Nurse heroes of the Pandemic
Nurses share a common theme: Hope.
Be prepared, be strong, and don’t panic
Crystal Davis Campbell, BSN, RN
Staff nurse, medical ICU, Vidant Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina
Crystal...
Caring during COVID-19
Editor’s note: This is an early release of a web exclusive article for the April 2021 issue of American Nurse Journal.
At the bottom of...
How to Rebuild America’s Trust During COVID-19
Start with Nursing
The COVID-19 pandemic has sent shock waves across the nation. With devastation all around us, people’s lives and livelihoods have been on...
The Bedpan and its Significance
During the holiday doldrums I came across a 2015 Smithsonian magazine article entitled “The strange saga of George Washington’s bedpan.” The article was a...
Nursing Story Slams: Creating a Space for Nurses To Tell Their Stories
Storytelling is essential to increasing health literacy, empathy, curiosity, and engagement — and who has better stories than nurses? That is why three years ago, we...
The Relentless School Nurse: Please SAVE OUR SCHOOLS!
This week my school district announced that four more schools will be closed at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. This devastating news...
Uplifting nurses
Associations respond to member needs in a pandemic.
In 2020, what kept me up at night was nurses’ well-being and how they’ve been dealing with...
Beasts, gods and FaceTime: The anguish of visitor limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic
For the foreseeable future, efforts to minimize human contact will remain in place as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is...
Nurse Helps Families Who Lost Homes in Santa Rosa Wildfire
In October, thousands of homes in Santa Rosa, California were lost to wild fires. Payton Walton, a nurse who lives in Marin and works...
The Difference Between Being Thankful and Being Grateful
In her article on the Odyssey website (a collection of writing from young people), Tessa Masula contemplates what it means to be thankful versus...
Volunteering resources
More than 1.3 billion people across the world lack access to basic healthcare services – mostly because the number of healthcare workers is not...
