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By your patients you’ll be taught

August 4, 2021

When I was 20, I got my first job as a public health nurse for the Philippine National Cross. For a monthly salary of $41 (in 1987 dollars),…

Inside Nursing: Community barriers to achieving vaccine equity

August 31, 2021

The world is moving on, but there is still risk—unequal risk—of COVID-19 infection in the community because disparities persist in vaccination. For example, over 50 percent of Maryland…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Doubling down on nursing

July 14, 2021

As the American nursing profession turns a corner into the next chapter of the COVID-19 pandemic, many nurses may be considering their next steps in both life and…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: Nursing success and harvesting the fruits of your labors

August 19, 2021

When a garden is created, the labor involves tilling, planting, weeding, tending, and otherwise nurturing the process in the hopes of a plentiful harvest. Likewise, in your nursing…

Nurse Keith’s Corner: The nurse as Hermetic messenger

November 4, 2021

Nurses fulfill myriad roles in the course of their work: counselor, healer, priest, rabbi, psychopomp, advocate, protector, confessor, educator, coach, among others. And amidst each of these various…

Simone Biles: what if nurses followed her lead?

August 16, 2021

On July 27th, Simone Biles withdrew from an Olympics all-around finals round because of mental health concerns. Sponsors and coaches applauded her decision. I couldn’t help but wonder…

The Dauntless Nurse: The greatest innovation of all

July 20, 2021

Illustration by Xanthea Carlson. “What would health care look like if it was a car,” I asked nurses. It was a game they were curious enough to play.…

The Relentless School Nurse: an unsettled feeling

August 24, 2021

I am feeling so unsettled that words are not flowing for me. Usually, my blog posts almost write themselves, but not this time. The calendar is slipping away,…

The Relentless School Nurse: Battered, But Still Standing

July 28, 2021

I came across this parking sign while visiting a Rutgers University school nursing student in her practicum. It was encouraging to see a parking space reserved for the…

The Relentless School Nurse: Coming to terms with the era of COVID

November 10, 2021

It’s been a rough school year and it’s only November. I am not sure where to turn to feel a sense of balance or equilibrium. Everything feels off-kilter.…

The Relentless School Nurse: If we don’t ask, the answer is always NO!

June 29, 2021

School nurses have an unprecedented opportunity to request funds from the American Rescue Plan be allocated for school health services. School districts across the country are tasked with submitting plans…

Turning your nurse-led innovation into a viable & scalable venture

August 10, 2021

When nursing students are exposed to the innovation process and the methodologies to create human-centered solutions to health and healthcare problems, they flourish. The guest article below written…

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We’re distracted. You can Google it.

March 16, 2022

Within the Tate Galleries in London hangs one of history’s most evocative paintings depicting patient care—the 1887 painting by Sir Luke Fildes, entitled The Doctor. Considered to be…

What you may not know about primary care nursing practice

November 16, 2021

Nursing is a great career option. There are so many places that nurses can practice. My career has taken me from the perioperative environment at a Level I…

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