What a résumé can’t tell you about a nurse
Composing a résumé may have become the great American performance art. Many are bloated with adjectives and carefully engineered to impress rather than reveal.…
My Nurse Influencers
Why I bring bananas to class
I’m a nursing faculty member teaching undergraduates. Each week, during our long lecture, I bring a few dozen bananas to class for students to…
3 Questions: The Future of HIV Care with Dr. Nancy Reynolds
As Dr. Nancy Reynolds assumes the role of chair of the board for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), she reflects on…
What will you do with the time you saved?
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the proverb goes. Inventiveness is probably encoded in the human genome and has allowed our survival. Creating…
Publication extenders—A powerful tool for extending your article’s reach
You’ve worked hard to get your article published, so why should you put in more time? Because extenders can boost the uptake of your…
Why human flourishing matters in nursing
I had the honor of serving on the expert panel entrusted with the 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses. Amid a…
In sickness and in health: The parallels of weddings and nursing graduations
May and June mark the season of graduations and weddings—milestones that celebrate commitment, transformation, and new beginnings. There’s something vaguely matrimonial about a nursing…
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…
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…
What a résumé can’t tell you about a nurse
Composing a résumé may have become the great American performance art. Many are bloated with adjectives and carefully engineered to impress rather…
Why I bring bananas to class
I’m a nursing faculty member teaching undergraduates. Each week, during our long lecture, I bring a few dozen bananas to class for…
3 Questions: The Future of HIV Care with Dr. Nancy Reynolds
As Dr. Nancy Reynolds assumes the role of chair of the board for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), she…
What will you do with the time you saved?
Necessity is the mother of invention, so the proverb goes. Inventiveness is probably encoded in the human genome and has allowed our…
Publication extenders—A powerful tool for extending your article’s reach
You’ve worked hard to get your article published, so why should you put in more time? Because extenders can boost the uptake…
Why human flourishing matters in nursing
I had the honor of serving on the expert panel entrusted with the 2025 revision of the Code of Ethics for Nurses.…
In sickness and in health: The parallels of weddings and nursing graduations
May and June mark the season of graduations and weddings—milestones that celebrate commitment, transformation, and new beginnings. There’s something vaguely matrimonial about…
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…
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