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Nursing & Healthcare NewsCalifornia “Silver Wave” Nursing ShortageUCSF report warns of current shortfall driven by retirement of older RNsThe long-predicted “Silver Wave” of nurse retirements — and shortages — is finally hitting California. A recent report estimates that the state’s demand for registered nurses exceeded the supply by 13.6 percent in 2021. Retirements Accelerate...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Pfizer COVID-19 Treatment PillFDA authorizes emergency use of oral antiviral therapeuticYou’ve probably already heard about Paxlovid, the oral antiviral drug that recently received FDA authorization for emergency use in treating COVID-19. Here’s what nurses should know about this new treatment. Basic Paxlovid Facts While it’s made by...
Nursing Book ClubLightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life by Katherine E. StandeferThe ethical toll of high-tech medicineLightning flowers are the tendrils of pink skin tissue left behind when an individual is struck by lightning. Once author Katherine Standefer heard this term, she wondered if she might have invisible internal burns due to the random 2,000-volt firings of...

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Healthy WorkforceThe Profanity ProblemWhen your seasoned nurses' language is a little too saltyYou’re the charge nurse on a busy labor & delivery unit. Although you like your role, you cringe any time Sandra is working. Sandra is quick to anger if she doesn’t like her assignment, and when she gets angry, she lets loose with a choice string...
Nursing Book ClubThe Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women — and Women to Medicine by Janice P NimuraWe've come so farIt’s interesting to wonder what really motivates people, especially important historical figures. In her new book, The Doctors Blackwell, author Janice P. Nimura delves into the lives of groundbreaking 19th century female physicians Elizabeth and Emily...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsMalaria VaccineHistoric breakthrough in immunization scienceFor the first time in history, a vaccine effective against a parasitic infection is ready for real-world deployment. The World Health Organization (WHO) is now recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in regions where the disease is...

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Nursing & Healthcare NewsThe Surgical Smoke ProblemAORN to petition OSHA for national standardsCOVID-19 isn’t the only airborne threat facing hospital staffs: The smoke generated by modern surgical equipment remains a serious health hazard for both OR teams and patients. Many Hazards, Few Rules As a growing number of states adopt laws to...
Nursing & Healthcare NewsNursing School Numbers UpApplications and enrollment rose in 2020–21 despite the pandemicWe’ve been hearing for months that the pandemic could lead to massive nursing attrition, but recent data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) shows that nursing program applications and enrollment actually increased during the...
Men In Nursing 2021Men in Nursing 2021: Building the Super-NurseWhat superpowers should a nurse have?We asked our Men in Nursing participants: What extraordinary powers should a Super-Nurse have? Here are their answers. Alex Aguilar, RN, MSN, PHN, CEN, Adventist Health White Memorial Endless energy (without having to fill up on caffeine!) and infinite...

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