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Ethics and personal safety on the frontlines of COVID-19

I’m an emergency department (ED) nurse and worry about becoming critically ill from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Despite years of pandemic anticipation and months of awareness that a new coronavirus had pandemic potential, the American healthcare system was massively unprepared…
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Innovation Conferences Nurses Should Attend

Conferences are a great place to learn new things, meet other people in your field, network, and amplify your work. They also can be a great place to meet people in other fields, depending on the conferences you attend. I…
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Promoting patient- and family-centered care with virtual rounding

A neonatal intensive care unit’s use of this technology facilitates communication and collaboration. Takeaways:  Organizations that embrace technology and innovation can change patient and family experiences and support a patient- and family-centered care model.  This neonatal intensive care unit implemented…

Your brain on optimism

Positive nursing role models know how to train their brain to be more optimistic. (more…)
Gratitude

A new sense of gratitude

In 2021, giving thanks is different.  In November, Thanksgiving gives us the opportunity to stop and reflect on the people and events that have made a difference in our lives. However, this year feels different when it comes to expressing…

Preventing hospital-acquired pressure injuries

Evidence indicates that the cost of preventing hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) is significantly lower than the cost to treat. However, despite available best practice guidelines, nurses’ knowledge of both risk and preventive strategies varies and the incidence of pressure injuries…

ANA re-elects Ernest Grant as national president

Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, has been re-elected to a second term as the American Nurses Association (ANA) national president. The voting representatives of ANA’s Membership Assembly also elected four members to the nine-member board of directors. Terms of…

Leadership challenge: The role of timing in work and life

How to create the conditions for career success when life throws you a curve ball Takeaways: Timing plays a more significant role in work and life than we sometimes acknowledge. Life sometimes throws us curveballs that force us to re-examine…
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Why some people are healthy, and others are not

What we know…and how long we’ve known it By Leah Curtin, RN, ScD(h), FAAN Why do some people stay healthy, while others get sick? Over the last 5 decades, it’s become alarmingly clear that the determinants of health are rooted…
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Seeing Nurse Unseen and why we tell nursing stories

October marks Filipino American History Month. This month, the documentary Nurse Unseen is being screened in major U.S. cities, highlighting Filipino nurses’ ongoing contributions. The film explores the complex history of Filipino nurses in the United States and their experiences…

From surge plans to a culture of readiness

The more resource options available for day-to-day surge events, the more effectively hospital operations can withstand imbalances in supply and demand. Proactively addressing the financial impact of surge frequently isn’t considered a priority in preparedness efforts, but it’s essential for…

Myocarditis

Nurses should have a high suspicion for serious illness such as myocarditis in pediatric patients who present with respiratory distress that fails to respond to standard treatment. Myocarditis has high rates of morbidity and mortality in children, so nurses should…
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She Went to Work

“As a Psych Mental Health RN and leader, the loss of life to workplace violence has taken my breath away yet again,” said Dr. Karen Adams DNP, RN, Nurse Manager for Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist – Brenner Children’s Hospital.…
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Seven values that ensure a good life

According to Spanish philosopher Sergio Munoz “… In every religion, in every country, in every region at every time, there are some basic principles. We all know what good is, what correct is, what obligatory is—all those things that compose…

Caring counts

Preventing suicide among nurses. Deaths by suicide affect people of every profession but are especially relevant for nurses, who frequently take care of others at the risk of their own physical and mental health. In 2019, Davidson and colleagues conducted…
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Drug diversion in healthcare

Prevention and detection for nurses Special report to American Nurse Journal, supported by an educational grant from Fresenius Kabi USA. © 2021, HealthCom Media Takeaways: Drug diversion among healthcare workers is substantially underestimated, undetected, and underreported. It’s a far-reaching hazard…
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RaDonda Vaught sentenced to three years’ supervised probation

Former nurse RaDonda Vaught was sentenced to three years’ supervised probation Friday in a Tennessee court. Back on March 25, Ms. Vaught was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide stemming from the death of a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical…

The changing face of cystic fibrosis

It’s no longer a childhood illness. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Data Registry shows that more than 54% of people with cystic fibrosis live 18 years and beyond.