Recently, a woman told me about her 90-year-old father who is in an assisted living facility in central New Jersey (1). This woman’s father suffers from chronic pain, and he is on opiates and cortisone injections. Her father’s doctor recommended…
It is common knowledge that mothers/perinatal individuals in New Jersey (NJ) are sadly dying in higher numbers than most other states, but did you know about New Jersey’s stillbirth problem? According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2022), NJ…
Margaret Daingerfield, EdD, RN, CNE, NJSNA President Mission: The mission of the New Jersey State Nurses Association is to promote the profession of nursing; advance the practice of nursing and advocate for nurses. Vision: Creating the future through advocacy, leadership,…
Serve and Return – a term that refers to the responsive, back-and-forth exchanges between a child and a caring adult – which plays a key role in shaping the child’s developing brain.
Nurses at every level — clinicians, educators, and students should become engaged in planetary health by educating themselves about the topic of climate change.