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Steven Briggs is a healthcare writer for Scrubs Magazine, hailing from Brooklyn, NY. With both of his parents working in the healthcare industry, Steven writes about the various issues and concerns facing the industry today.

Nursing Blogs

Former Nurse Credited with Saving the Lives of Two Adults, One Infant in Alaska Plane Crash

Once a nurse, always a nurse. Tammy Saunders no longer works in the healthcare industry but that didn’t stop her from jumping into ...

By Steven BriggsMay 31, 20220

Nursing Blogs

“I Believe She Is Being Sacrificed” | Providers Show Support for Nurse Charged in Inmate’s Death

Former county detention center nurse Michelle Heughins is being charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of an inmate, John Neville, ...

By Steven BriggsMay 26, 20220

Nursing Blogs

Nurses on What Made Them Want to Quit and Why They Decided to Stay

The healthcare industry can be a brutal place to work. Long hours, stressful working conditions, and constant grief would be enough to make ...

By Steven BriggsMay 26, 20220

Nursing Blogs

U.K. Nurses Turn to Food Banks, Unable to Pay Rent Amid Record Inflation

The Royal College of Nursing in the U.K. says the country’s nursing workforce has reached a “critical situation” with nurses unable to pay ...

By Steven BriggsMay 25, 20220

Nursing Blogs

“I Will Never Be the Same” | RaDonda Vaught Shares Her Story After Sentencing

Former nurse RaDonda Vaught has become a national symbol after facing criminal charges for a medication error that led to the death of ...

By Steven BriggsMay 24, 20220

Nursing Blogs

Bill Would Require School Districts to Pay Nurses the Same as Teachers

Every school needs a quality nurse, but nearly 60% of U.S. school districts don’t have a full-time licensed healthcare provider. School nurses are ...

By Steven BriggsMay 20, 20220

Nursing Blogs

Colorado Gov. Passes Law to Protect Nurse but May Not Enforce It

Colorado recently became one of the only states to pass a law that requires hospitals to form nurse staffing committees to ensure these ...

By Steven BriggsMay 19, 20220

Nursing Blogs

Advertising Exec Becomes a Hospice Nurse After His Partner Dies of Cancer

Marc Vera was never the same after his longtime boyfriend, Jeff, died of cancer in 2011. He was working as a high-paid advertising ...

By Steven BriggsMay 17, 20220

Nursing Blogs

Retired Nurse Honored 71 Years After Hospital Rejected Her Because She Was Black

Betty Brown, of Elgin, Illinois, is finally getting her due 71 years after being denied entry to the nursing school of Advocate Sherman ...

By Steven BriggsMay 16, 20220

Coronavirus

Over Half of Early COVID-19 Patients in the Hospital Had Symptoms Two Years Later

There’s still a lot we don’t know about long COVID, which when people infected with COVID-19 continue to experience symptoms long after their ...

By Steven BriggsMay 12, 20220

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Former Nurse Credited with Saving the Lives of Two Adults, One Infant in Alaska Plane Crash

“I Believe She Is Being Sacrificed” | Providers Show Support for Nurse Charged in Inmate’s Death

Nurses on What Made Them Want to Quit and Why They Decided to Stay

U.K. Nurses Turn to Food Banks, Unable to Pay Rent Amid Record Inflation

“I Will Never Be the Same” | RaDonda Vaught Shares Her Story After Sentencing

Bill Would Require School Districts to Pay Nurses the Same as Teachers

Colorado Gov. Passes Law to Protect Nurse but May Not Enforce It

Advertising Exec Becomes a Hospice Nurse After His Partner Dies of Cancer

Retired Nurse Honored 71 Years After Hospital Rejected Her Because She Was Black

Over Half of Early COVID-19 Patients in the Hospital Had Symptoms Two Years Later

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