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CNO Roundtable 2022How Things Have Changed and Where They’re Going NextInnovation, staffing challenges, and a growing need to support nurse resiliencyHow have the many changes in the healthcare landscape shaped nursing leadership — and what do you anticipate for nursing in the next decade?   Elizabeth Adams, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center Historically, healthcare organizations...
CNO Roundtable 2022Getting Involved with Shared GovernanceTaking a role in organizational decision-makingJust because you’re not yet in a formal leadership role doesn’t mean you can’t take an active role in organizational decision-making. Our CNO panelists strongly recommend getting involved with staff councils, unit committees or other shared...
CNO Roundtable 2022Chief Nursing Officer Roundtable 2022Our panel shares their insight on teambuilding, leadership advancement, and what the future holdsNational Nurses Week starts on May 6 and ends on Florence Nightingale's birthday, May 12. To celebrate, Working Nurse has published our annual CNO Roundtable comprised of interviews with chief nurse executives from California hospitals. Thank you to...

Hiring Now

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,...

RN Career Events

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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