(Mis)adventures in nursing documentation
Recently, I found myself in a lighthearted social gathering of like-minded strangers sipping colorful drinks (it was after 4 PM).…
can you imagine?
All I need to know in nursing I learned in fundamentals of nursing
During a recent early morning rush hour subway ride, I spotted a child of about 6 reading a book. Amid…
American Nurse Heroes: A Love Letter to Nursing
Late last month, the documentary film American Nurse Heroes, produced by HealthCom Media and Al Roker Entertainment, in collaboration with…
By your patients you’ll be taught
When I was 20, I got my first job as a public health nurse for the Philippine National Cross. For…
Just Saying: Florence Nightingale’s Aphorisms
It is Nurses Week, and I can’t help but write about Florence Nightingale. A few years ago, I projected a…
My experience on American Nurse Heroes
In a clinical encounter, nurses get to interview a patient, asking them the most private of questions, and with the…
Nurses, please don’t drop the ball
One of the most recognizable rituals in ringing in the new year, at least for New Yorkers, is the famous…
Select all that apply: patient care beyond the test
Multiple choice tests are among nursing education’s most recognizable stressors (or stigmata), up there with nursing care plans, and incessant…
Should we pray about it?
Many years ago, I read about an intriguing randomized controlled trial out of Harvard Medical School, looking into the therapeutic…
Summertime… and the patient is uneasy?
A nurse ponders the “July Effect.” American Nurse Journal values your feedback! Follow this link to answer a few short questions…
Taking the lead from Florence Nightingale
The details of Florence Nightingale’s work are no secret to any nursing professional. It would be unnecessary to recount the…
The Bedpan and its Significance
During the holiday doldrums I came across a 2015 Smithsonian magazine article entitled “The strange saga of George Washington’s bedpan.”…
The Culture of Safety: Huddle and Muddle
The notion of culture of safety implies not merely the absence harm, injury or preventable death, but also the unmeasurable…
The Growing Narratives of Men in Nursing
Male nurses, at any given point in their interaction with patients, family, colleagues, and strangers, have most likely answered many…
Think thank
Every fourth Thursday of November, millions of Americans gather for dinner to commemorate the celebratory meal that took place in…
Video: A closer look at patient refusal
In the August issue of American Nurse Journal, Fidel Lim, DNP, CCRN, the author of our Can You Imagine? Nurse…
We’re distracted. You can Google it.
Within the Tate Galleries in London hangs one of history’s most evocative paintings depicting patient care—the 1887 painting by Sir…
When the Teacher Becomes the Lesson
Whether they are aware of it or not, I think health professions educators like myself teach with the notion that…
