Suicide Awareness Month: Why Nurses Take Their Own Lives
September is Suicide Awareness Month, and we’re taking some time to reflect on how suicide has affected the nursing industry over the years. It’s important to remember that no group,…
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Elijah’s Law Signed into Law
Scrubs Magazine has been following this bill closely. After Elijah Silvera died from eating a cheese sandwich despite the school being given clear instructions that he was allergic to Dairy,…
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Baby Liam: One Family’s Extraordinary Journey
Chris and Rosemarie never expected their son to be diagnosed with AML. The parents of one-year-old Liam are the owners of Matrix Gymnastics, a children’s gymnastics facility in Chatsworth, CA,…
The Shame in Medical School
“Perhaps the relevant truth is that we all find ourselves in temporal currents and that unless you’re paying attention, you’ll discover, often too late, that an undertow of weeks or…
A Doctor Tells Her Account of 9/11
Anonymously, we showcase the story of a Doctor who worked during 9/11. Her husband, a banker in the financial district, who worked blocks away from the South Tower. From the…
Uninsured Figures on the Rise
For the first time in a decade, the number of Americans without health insurance has risen — by about 2 million people in 2018 — according to the annual U.S. Census…
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AONL Foundation Seeking Research on Professionalism: RFPs due Oct. 8, 2019
In this day and age, what does it mean for a nurse to be “professional?” Opinions abound, but very little research exists. This is about to change, thanks to a…
Hope & Faith for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By the time you have read this article, two women will have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Ten minutes later, one woman will have died from the disease. By the…
Raising Awareness Of Childhood Cancer
Many people know someone who has or had cancer at one point in their lives. Because it’s such a terrible, debilitating disease, it’s tragic when a child is diagnosed. Unfortunately,…
New Study Shows Doctors Suffering from Burnout Are More Prone to Racial Bias
Burnout is fairly common in the healthcare industry. In fact, 54% of doctors report feeling burnt out and 63% of nurses say their work has led to nurse burnout. But…
The Hidden Costs and Human Toll of Nurse Bullying
A summary of the paper published in Nursing Administration Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal, co-authored by this Scrubs Magazine reporter and a noted nurse bullying expert. If you were bullied as…
First Look at the Katie Duke x Cherokee Collection
This post is sponsored by Cherokee Uniforms. Katie Duke considers it “the biggest accomplishment in my entire life,” and looking at her new line of scrubs, we can see why….
Katie Duke on Female Empowerment, Social Media, and the Surprising Value of Bad Decisions
This post is sponsored by Cherokee Uniforms. When it comes to the need for female empowerment in healthcare, Katie Duke pulls no punches. “Nurses treat each other like sh**. And…
Meet the Nurses of Nurses Take LA
This post is sponsored by Cherokee Uniforms. For a few days in June, three Rhode Island nurses took a break from patient care to enjoy a glamorous week in Los…
Universally Flattering Wide Leg Pants for Medical Professionals
This post is sponsored by Cherokee Uniforms. Fashion pundits have declared that styles like thigh-high stiletto boots, oversized jackets, and bell sleeves are out for 2019, and frankly, we won’t…
MedFashion: The Skinny on Slim-Leg Pants
This post is sponsored by Cherokee Uniforms. Even though the ‘90s are back in a big way, most of us aren’t ready to return to some of the extreme fashions…
