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Nursing & Healthcare NewsCOVID and Flu VaccinesDosing, timing, and what’s changedA new round of vaccines arrived earlier this summer. Here’s what nurses need to know. New Covid Vaccines As a respiratory infection, COVID is easily transmissible. With the near-total abandonment of infection prevention measures like isolation and...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsANA\California Calls for CandidatesUpcoming elections will choose a new board of directorsIf you’re an ANA\C member and want to help shape the future of nursing in California, consider becoming a candidate in their upcoming elections. Deadline: Oct. 21, 2024 Biennial Elections Members of the ANA\C board of directors normally serve...
Healthy WorkforceHow to Confront a Bully as a Nurse LeaderPractical tips for dealing with bad behavior you don’t witnessPediatric RN Chloe was known for belittling and intimidating her colleagues, especially newer nurses and ones she didn’t like. Coworkers tiptoed around her to avoid her wrath. However, around the department leader Ayana, Chloe was always respectful,...

Nursing Education

FeatureThe StethoscopeThe origins and evolution of this humble but essential diagnostic tool.A FEW YEARS AGO, a familiar piece of medical equipment quietly celebrated its 200th birthday: the humble stethoscope. This is the story of the origins and evolution of this important tool. Laennec's Brainstorm Listening to the sounds of a patient’s...
FeatureThe Zhytomyr Hospital Challenge: Mission AccomplishedDjakuyu — Thank you!When I first met Ukrainian-American nurse practitioner Olena Svetlov last fall, I could never have imagined that nine months later, we’d be standing in a parking lot in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, next to a delivery van packed with new medical equipment....
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNational Sample Survey of Registered NursesLatest results reveal how the nursing workforce has changed since the pandemic beganNew federal survey data released this spring gives a snapshot of the U.S. nursing workforce before and after the start of the COVID pandemic. COMPARING RESULTS FROM 2018 and 2022 Established in 1977 and conducted at regular intervals by the National...

RN Career Events

My SpecialtyPerioperative Educator, Mary McDonald, Ventura County Medical CenterProviding education, policy review, and practice evaluationMary McDonald, RN Perioperative Educator, Surgical Services Department Ventura County Medical Center Please give us a brief summary of your nursing career. As someone who has always enjoyed serving my community, choosing nursing as my career felt...
Nursing Book ClubEarly by Sarah DiGregorioAn Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being HumanDelivering a baby at 27 weeks led journalist Sarah DiGregorio to write a well-researched book about prematurity, from the causes to treatment options to the hard choices facing parents and the healthcare team. Sarah DiGregorio’s daughter Mira began...
Nursing Book ClubBetween Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika JaouadA memoir of illness that is also glimpsed in the documentary American SymphonyAn engrossing memoir of illness by an award-winning young columnist, whose battle with leukemia is also glimpsed in the 2023 Netflix documentary American Symphony. Susan Sontag once said there is a separate kingdom for the well — those who take their...

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