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FeatureThe Nursing Job InterviewWith our step-by-step guide and sample practice questions, you’ll be fielding offers in no timeIf you’ve been in your current role for a while, your interviewing skills may be a little rusty. If you’ve recently graduated from nursing school, you may not have interviewed for a nursing job before. Don’t panic! Nurses are in high demand right...
Movie & TV NursesRevisiting the TV Show “Scrubs”This popular medical sitcom still delivers more than just laughsI have to admit that when “Scrubs” originally aired on network television (2001–2010), I never once watched it. I was so self-righteous about the way nurses were portrayed in the media that I condemned it without even a glance. I assumed that...
Profiles In NursingDolores “Dee” O’Hara (1935–), First NASA Space NurseHer nursing skills launched an out-of-this-world careerWhen Dolores “Dee” O’Hara entered nursing school after graduating from Oregon’s Lebanon High School in 1953, she had no idea her nursing career would have her literally reaching for the stars. In 1960, she became the first nurse to join NASA,...

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My SpecialtyAdvanced Endoscopy, Melodie Bishop, Keck Medicine of USCLeading a busy GI team and launching a new high-tech facilityMelodie Bishop RN, MSN Nurse Manager, Endoscopy Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles Please share with us the arc of your nursing career. After beginning my career in Connecticut as an ICU nurse, I came to California and have grown within the Keck...
Healthy WorkforceThe Social Media TrapDon’t let the temptation of likes and clicks sink your careerYou’re the manager on a 22-bed urology unit. As soon as you arrive, one of your employees rushes into your office and exclaims, “Did you see what Pam posted on Facebook?” With a sinking feeling, you investigate and find that Pam, another of your...
FeatureWhatever Became of Nursing Caps?Frilly or starched, they were once icons of the professionAsk a working nurse today about nursing caps and she will probably tell you about the oversized paper bonnet that covers the hair during surgical procedures and is tossed out after a single use. Ask a retired nurse, however, and it’s likely her eyes...

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My SpecialtyAcute Rehabilitation, Shannon Bocalbos, PIH Health Good Samaritan HospitalHelping patients regain independence after serious illness or strokeShannon Bocalbos, RN, BSN, CRRN Department Supervisor Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles Tell us about the arc of your nursing career. I’ve been a rehab nurse for 21 years. I became a nurse back in March...
Profiles In NursingAnn Bradford Stokes (1830–1903), From Civil War “Contraband” to U.S. Navy PensionerAfter escaping the plantation where she was enslaved, Stokes boarded a Union hospital ship and volunteered to become a Navy nurse.After escaping the plantation where she was enslaved, Ann Bradford Stokes boarded a Union hospital ship and volunteered to become a Navy nurse. Later, she became the first woman in U.S. Navy history to be granted a military pension for her own service....
Nursing Book ClubInferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine ChoA troubling account of postpartum psychosisWho we are is not only a product of our DNA, as we all know. Our culture and the sum of our individual experiences also help to make us into the adults we become. We ignore this at our own peril, as author Catherine Cho reveals in her postpartum memoir,...

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