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FeatureFinding Your Feet in the Deep EndHone your abilities and one day YOU will be the experienced nurseWhether you’re a new grad or mid-careerist, working alongside established, experienced nurses can be Intimidating. They seem to glide in and out of rooms without a care; their head-to-toe assessments are perfectly documented; and when they draw up IV...

Nursing Book ClubWhat Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate FaganIt seems like there’s something new every day about athletes struggling with mental health issues: football players with early-onset dementia; baseball players walking away from their careers due to depression; figure skaters and gymnasts with eating...

My SpecialtyMed-Surg Telemetry, Rita Calderon, MLK Community HospitalBuilding a nursing team to care for an underserved communityRita Calderon, RN Medical-Surgical Telemetry Manager MLK Community Hospital, Los Angeles Tell us about the arc of your nursing career prior to MLKCH. I began my journey in healthcare at the age of 15, when the L.A. Unified School District offered...

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FeatureCaring for the Caregivers10 ways to support your patients' family and friends at bedsideOften, we are so busy taking care of our patients that we scarcely have time to notice, let alone nurture, the friend or family caregiver at the bedside. Yet, doing so only takes a few minutes and benefits everyone involved. Here are some quick, yet...

Nursing & Healthcare News10,000 Steps?Sorting out the headlines about walking and fitness goalsBy now, you’ve probably heard about a new study supposedly debunking the popular fitness goal of walking 10,000 steps a day. However, the clickbait headlines may be missing the study’s point. 7,500 = 10,000 The study, published in JAMA Internal...

FeatureBecoming a Charge NursePractical steps for moving into a leadership roleif you become a nurse and do a decent job, you’ll soon find yourself promoted — often without even applying for a new position. In many cases, the change doesn’t include a pay increase, a bonus or even a box of gourmet donuts (I love those!), just a...

Nursing & Healthcare NewsVaccination ExemptionsANA rejects religious exemptions as California considers tighter rulesWith outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases on the rise, the ANA is saying no to religious exemptions and the California Legislature is weighing stricter rules for medical exemptions. Preventable Outbreaks In a statement issued on June 22, 2019, the...

Nursing & Healthcare NewsUpdates from the FDAVaccinations and hand washing to prevent illnessesMedicine vs. Mosquitoes New tools to detect Zika and prevent dengue disease Do you have patients from areas where mosquito-borne illnesses are endemic? If so, you should know about some important developments in the detection and prevention of Zika...

Nursing Book ClubNo Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise SnyderA Study of Intimate Partner ViolenceStatistically, the chances are we all know someone who has been touched some form of intimate partner violence (IPV). The numbers are staggering: In her new book, No Visible Bruises, author Rachel Louise Snyder tells us that between 2000 and 2006, about...

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