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Nursing Is a Profession: Together We Rise with Skill, Scholarship, and Professionalism.
The debate about whether nursing truly qualifies as a profession has contributed to turbulence. Recent federal proposals from the U.S. Department of Education have sparked widespread discussion by initially excluding or questioning the classification of advanced nursing degrees…
Ready When It Matters: Building High-Reliability Teams Through In-Situ Simulation
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When a child experiences a medical emergency, every second matters. Clinical expertise is essential, but so are teamwork, communication, leadership, and the ability to…
You Are Not Expected to Know Everything: Using Resources as a New-to-Practice Nurse
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Emerging Nurse Column Beginning a nursing career is exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. New-to-practice nurses enter the profession with foundational knowledge, clinical…
Hop, Skip, and a Bond: The Leap Toward Emotional Attachment Through Kangaroo Care (KC) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
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Kangaroo Care (KC), or routine skin-to-skin contact, is a critical yet often underused intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Nationally, 9–13% of…
New Beginnings and Next Chapters
OK Vol. 71, No.4, Oklahoma Nurse
Jane Nelson, CAE, Chief Executive Officer Looking back, advice such as Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s is similiar to that of my mentors including my mother…
A Legacy of Service and Vision for ONA’s Future
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
Jane Nelson, CAE, Chief Executive Officer For the past 25 years, I have had the privilege of working alongside the Oklahoma Nurses Association Board…
What I Wish Someone Told Me My First Year as a Nurse
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
My first code as a new graduate nurse brought on so many different emotions. Everything around me felt overwhelming, and in that moment, I…
Strengthening Professional Identity in Nursing
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
Nursing has evolved significantly over the years, adapting to advances in healthcare, technology, and patient needs. Yet despite these changes, the profession remains rooted…
Publish or Perish? Why Not Disseminate—and Protect Our Nursing Workforce
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
In nursing, the phrase “publish or perish” is often used to describe the pressure to produce scholarly work, secure funding, publish manuscripts, and demonstrate…
The Nurse Who Pioneered Criminal Profiling
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
Imagine starting out as a nurse and seeing your career extend beyond the hospital to help catch serial killers. Nurses do incredible work caring…
The Role of the Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
A clinical nurse specialist is 1 of the 4 types of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs): clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives,…
Faith Community Nursing
A Faith Community Nurse (FCN), is a registered nurse who intentionally integrates professional nursing practice with spiritual care to promote holistic health…
Everyone Dies: Expanding the Nurse’s Role in Public Education About Serious Illness, Dying, and Bereavement
Nurses have always been at the center of some of life’s most difficult moments. We translate complex information, support families in crisis,…
Maximizing Impact: How Nurse Educators Are Shaping the Future of Care
Nursing has always been grounded in presence. At the bedside, in the community, and alongside patients during critical moments, nurses deliver skilled…
Improving Diabetes Health Literacy in Uninsured Hispanic Patients Through Teach-Back Education
Overview Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions (Coughlin et…
Nail Bacteria: Impact of Gel Nails, Standard Nail Polish, and Unpolished Nails on Bacterial Growth in the Hospital Setting
Abigail Staley BSN, Jenavieve Young BSN, Ella Pollard BSN, Sydney Mindrum BSN Identification of the Problem Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a persistent…
Role of School Nurses in Improving Childhood Vaccination Rates
Identification of Problem: Childhood vaccination rates have declined in recent years due to increasing vaccine hesitancy and limited access to reliable health…
Small but Mighty: Maggot Debridement Therapy in Modern Wound Care
Introduction Chronic wounds affect millions of patients, yet it is possible the healthcare community may be overlooking an outcome-changing intervention. Often, in…
Bloom Where You Are Planted: The Heart and Hope of Oklahoma Nurses
Cassy Abbott EngPhD, RN, LCN, CNEONA President Every spring, Oklahoma awakens in radiant color. After the quiet stillness of winter, wildflowers push…
The Power of Nurses and the Strength of Involvement
Jane Nelson, CAE, Chief Executive Officer During Nurses Week, we pause to celebrate not only what nurses do, but the power they…
Marijuana Exposure in Children and Teens: Accidents to Hyperemesis
Marijuana Exposure in Children and Teens: Accidents to Hyperemesis Legalization and increased availability of cannabis products across the United States have contributed…
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What will you take with you? Recognizing the skills that can shape your next nursing role
There was a point early in my nursing career when I thought I might hate nursing. My first nursing job was exactly where I had wanted to begin. I was working for the hospital system I had hoped to join,…
I’m still a nurse: Lessons from a nontraditional career path
When I graduated nursing school, I thought I had a fairly clear picture of what my career would look like. Like many new nurses, I imagined providing direct patient care, advancing my clinical expertise, and perhaps moving into management someday.…
Emotional intelligence in nursing
Nursing has long been described as one of the most demanding professions. Nurses must think critically, communicate effectively, practice safely and efficiently, and adhere strictly to professional guidelines. Historically and today, many in the profession work short-staffed and beyond scheduled…
Could organ transplantation become obsolete?
Living in the United States has offered most citizens knowledge about organ transplantation. After all, when we obtain a driver’s license, states currently ask whether we’d like to be listed as an organ donor. However, the future of organ transplantation…
What will you take with you? Recognizing the skills that can shape your next nursing role
There was a point early in my nursing career when I thought I might hate nursing. My first nursing job was exactly…
I’m still a nurse: Lessons from a nontraditional career path
When I graduated nursing school, I thought I had a fairly clear picture of what my career would look like. Like many…
Emotional intelligence in nursing
Nursing has long been described as one of the most demanding professions. Nurses must think critically, communicate effectively, practice safely and efficiently,…
Could organ transplantation become obsolete?
Living in the United States has offered most citizens knowledge about organ transplantation. After all, when we obtain a driver’s license, states…
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