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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…
A Legacy of Service and Vision for ONA’s Future
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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
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
A Faith Community Nurse (FCN), is a registered nurse who intentionally integrates professional nursing practice with spiritual care to promote holistic health of the…
Everyone Dies: Expanding the Nurse’s Role in Public Education About Serious Illness, Dying, and Bereavement
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
Nurses have always been at the center of some of life’s most difficult moments. We translate complex information, support families in crisis, and help…
Maximizing Impact: How Nurse Educators Are Shaping the Future of Care
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
Nursing has always been grounded in presence. At the bedside, in the community, and alongside patients during critical moments, nurses deliver skilled and compassionate…
Improving Diabetes Health Literacy in Uninsured Hispanic Patients Through Teach-Back Education
OK Vol. 71, No.3, Oklahoma Nurse
Overview Health literacy is the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions (Coughlin et al., 2020).…
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…
Bridging Bedside and Bytes
A Role Built for This Moment The alert fired quietly on the screen. A child had arrived in triage, fever, tachycardia, lethargy.…
Supporting New-to-Practice Nurses
Every nurse remembers their first few months in practice. The moment when the reality of the profession truly sets in, the responsibility,…
Preventing falls in the home: A multifactorial approach
Preventing falls in the home: A multifactorial approach Implementing a comprehensive and multifaceted fall prevention program for seniors in their homes is…
“Increase Structure. Decrease Stimulation”: A Quality Improvement Project to Enhance the Art of Verbal De-Escalation
Creating safe environments for children with mental health crises is an absolute for safe care, for both patients and staff within the…
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When “just asking AI” becomes a HIPAA problem
It takes 10 seconds. A confusing lab value, an odd medication combination, a wound that doesn’t look like anything in the textbook, and your phone is in your pocket. Pulling up an AI chatbot on your personal phone for a…
Harnessing the power of nurses: A mandate for nurse leaders
The American Nurses Association promotes the power of nurses, encouraging them to use their voice to share stories of their impact on individuals and communities. What does the power of nurses mean for nurse leaders? Voice and empowerment resonated in…
Occupational stress and traumatic exposures in nursing: Impacts and intervention
Providers, nurses, and patient aides frequently fail to recognize acute stress reactions until symptoms compound into longer-term, chronic symptoms or psychological distress. Common stressors many nurses experience include leading patient restraints, performing CPR, being verbally harassed, or having physical space…
Health inequities need to GO: Increasing diversity in nursing
The political climate recently has made it more difficult to address health disparities, whether because of dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion, or mentioning that nursing is not a profession. Nursing is an integral part of the medical profession, meaning doctors…
When “just asking AI” becomes a HIPAA problem
It takes 10 seconds. A confusing lab value, an odd medication combination, a wound that doesn’t look like anything in the textbook,…
Harnessing the power of nurses: A mandate for nurse leaders
The American Nurses Association promotes the power of nurses, encouraging them to use their voice to share stories of their impact on…
Occupational stress and traumatic exposures in nursing: Impacts and intervention
Providers, nurses, and patient aides frequently fail to recognize acute stress reactions until symptoms compound into longer-term, chronic symptoms or psychological distress.…
Health inequities need to GO: Increasing diversity in nursing
The political climate recently has made it more difficult to address health disparities, whether because of dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion, or…
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