The future of innovation in nursing is you!
Over the years, my definition of innovation has changed — I care less about the end product and more about the human-centered process used to create…
My Nurse Influencers
Multitasking: Gift or Nursing’s Curse?
A study that examined the cognitive mechanisms involved in task switching, particularly how executive control processes manage multiple tasks (think of the time you…
Syphilis eradication is still a long way off: Doxy-PEP can help
In the late 1990s, public health departments around the globe celebrated the prospect of eradicating syphilis. However, by the early 2000s, this sexually transmitted…
The case of the vanishing stethoscope
A 2001 study assessed the cardiac auscultation skills of 314 internal medicine residents from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The results…
The symbiotic relationship between nursing and design
Like nurses—who can use their degrees in a range of areas from clinical bedside care to research, education, entrepreneurship, history and more—professional designers also…
Nurses as Pilgrims
The travel writer Rick Steves describes three types of travelers: tourists, traveler, and pilgrims. I’d like to propose that those same terms can be…
Call to action: Support the reauthorization of the Lorna Breen Act
If you’ve worked as a nurse for any length of time, you already know the emotional toll this profession takes. But what’s harder to…
Why I choose to be grateful
Around Thanksgiving, I bring blank thank-you cards to class and distribute them to my students. I ask them to take 5 minutes to handwrite…
Seeing Nurse Unseen and why we tell nursing stories
October marks Filipino American History Month. This month, the documentary Nurse Unseen is being screened in major U.S. cities, highlighting Filipino nurses’ ongoing contributions.…
How does policy function as a domestic violence intervention?
Much of what constitutes “domestic violence” are criminal acts, such as physical and sexual abuse. However, even acts of abuse not categorized as criminal…
Read alert: The decline of reading
A student just 2 weeks from graduation once asked me, “Where is the gallbladder?” With candid unconcern, the student admitted that she had never…
Assuming the best: Why nurses should believe in patients’ desire for health
As a nurse, it’s not uncommon to hear the frustration in the voices of colleagues—or even in our own internal dialogue: “Why don’t they…
The future of innovation in nursing is you!
Over the years, my definition of innovation has changed — I care less about the end product and more about the human-centered process used…
Multitasking: Gift or Nursing’s Curse?
A study that examined the cognitive mechanisms involved in task switching, particularly how executive control processes manage multiple tasks (think of the…
Syphilis eradication is still a long way off: Doxy-PEP can help
In the late 1990s, public health departments around the globe celebrated the prospect of eradicating syphilis. However, by the early 2000s, this…
The case of the vanishing stethoscope
A 2001 study assessed the cardiac auscultation skills of 314 internal medicine residents from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.…
The symbiotic relationship between nursing and design
Like nurses—who can use their degrees in a range of areas from clinical bedside care to research, education, entrepreneurship, history and more—professional…
Nurses as Pilgrims
The travel writer Rick Steves describes three types of travelers: tourists, traveler, and pilgrims. I’d like to propose that those same terms…
Call to action: Support the reauthorization of the Lorna Breen Act
If you’ve worked as a nurse for any length of time, you already know the emotional toll this profession takes. But what’s…
Why I choose to be grateful
Around Thanksgiving, I bring blank thank-you cards to class and distribute them to my students. I ask them to take 5 minutes…
Seeing Nurse Unseen and why we tell nursing stories
October marks Filipino American History Month. This month, the documentary Nurse Unseen is being screened in major U.S. cities, highlighting Filipino nurses’…
How does policy function as a domestic violence intervention?
Much of what constitutes “domestic violence” are criminal acts, such as physical and sexual abuse. However, even acts of abuse not categorized…
Read alert: The decline of reading
A student just 2 weeks from graduation once asked me, “Where is the gallbladder?” With candid unconcern, the student admitted that she…
Assuming the best: Why nurses should believe in patients’ desire for health
As a nurse, it’s not uncommon to hear the frustration in the voices of colleagues—or even in our own internal dialogue: “Why…
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