A nurse’s nudge for a better year, more or lessWhile visiting a friend of mine in Austria over New Year’s, I noticed a poster-sized handwritten note in German on their refrigerator door; one…
On Health and the HolidaysI first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought it was…
How being grateful is good for healthcareAbout a year ago, one of my graduating students gave me a fan with this Korean text 선생님 사랑해요, which translates to “I love…
Placebo, nocebo, and nursing careThe term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage,…
Being Sharp in Health LiteracyIn 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York Downtown Hospital.…
On leaving and loving nursingThe nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence Nightingale and…
A staff nurse’s AI wish listThe adage “necessity is the mother of invention” has been propelling human progress (or folly, depending on one’s point of view) since the dawn…
LGBTQ+ nursing: Glancing back, looking forwardIn America and in many parts of the world, June is celebrated as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, a celebration of the Stonewall uprising in the…
If Florence Nightingale gave a graduation speechThe months of May and June are a time for graduation. In the United States, commencement ceremonies are a very lucrative enterprise, from the…
Food, glorious food… wastedEveryone has heard this: There is so much food, in fact tons of it, wasted. Every day. In 2010, according to the US Department…
Why I go to the officeIn these waning days of the pandemic, one of the hottest discussions is whether office workers should physically go back to the office and…
Humanism in NursingWhile cleaning up my electronic files recently, I came across a 2005 article from the Academic Medicine journal titled “A medical experience that taught me…
A nurse’s nudge for a better year, more or lessWhile visiting a friend of mine in Austria over New Year’s, I noticed a poster-sized handwritten note in German on their refrigerator…
On Health and the HolidaysI first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought…
How being grateful is good for healthcareAbout a year ago, one of my graduating students gave me a fan with this Korean text 선생님 사랑해요, which translates to…
Placebo, nocebo, and nursing careThe term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its…
Being Sharp in Health LiteracyIn 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York…
On leaving and loving nursingThe nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence…
A staff nurse’s AI wish listThe adage “necessity is the mother of invention” has been propelling human progress (or folly, depending on one’s point of view) since…
LGBTQ+ nursing: Glancing back, looking forwardIn America and in many parts of the world, June is celebrated as LGBTQ+ Pride Month, a celebration of the Stonewall uprising…
If Florence Nightingale gave a graduation speechThe months of May and June are a time for graduation. In the United States, commencement ceremonies are a very lucrative enterprise,…
Food, glorious food… wastedEveryone has heard this: There is so much food, in fact tons of it, wasted. Every day. In 2010, according to the…
Why I go to the officeIn these waning days of the pandemic, one of the hottest discussions is whether office workers should physically go back to the…
Humanism in NursingWhile cleaning up my electronic files recently, I came across a 2005 article from the Academic Medicine journal titled “A medical experience that…
