Nurse News and Opinion
Are We Helping Others While Ignoring Ourselves?
She was a registered nurse. She was the mother of four children. She was also an alcoholic and a benzo addict, with Valium being her drug of choice. That person was my mother, and her alcoholism and prescription pill addiction […]
When Compassionate Care Takes A Turn Toward Fatigue
By Jennifer Flynn, Risk Manager, Nurses Service Organization & Mary M. Gullatte, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, AOCN, FAAN, Corporate Director of Nursing Innovation and Research for Emory Healthcare Fatigue, emotional distress, or apathy resulting from the constant demands of caring for others: […]
Let’s Get Real About Gender Stereotypes In Nursing
Recently, I posted a meme on Instagram about being hit on by patients. The tagline read, “When a creepy patient hits on you”, and the picture showed a giraffe pushing another animal away with its hoof, some kind of wild […]
Nurse Melissa’s Top 10
My name is Melissa Fischer and I’m currently 23 years old. I’m an Emergency Room nurse at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York. SMH is the only level 1 trauma center and nationally recognized burn center in the Rochester […]
Do TV Programs Like ‘13 Reasons Why’ Impact Suicide Awareness?
Sept. 10, 2017, was World Suicide Prevention Day and marked the beginning of National Suicide Prevention Week. During this annual campaign, state officials and healthcare professionals educate the public about suicide warning signs and prevention in an effort to bring […]
Hurricane Irma From The Front Lines: The Florida Nurse’s Story
I am 24-years old, and have lived in the Tampa Bay area my entire life. I have endured multiple hurricanes throughout the years, but none were as catastrophic and fearsome as Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Irma was a category 5 hurricane, […]
Can You Believe?
If nurses today could experience a time warp back to the 1950s they would discover a much different profession than the one they are accustomed to. Hard to believe, but nurses used to: Smoke at the nurses’ station in […]
What Becoming A Nurse Means To Me
My mom and I were at the Bloomsburg Fair, an annual week-long event in central Pennsylvania; I couldn’t have been more than a teen at that time so it was at least 20 years ago. As we were walking through […]
Will You See Me?
I know you are here to take care of me, but when you come into this room, Will you see me? I open my mouth for bites of food, for medicine, for sips of water, like a baby bird, I […]
5 Emergency Room Myths And Misconceptions
As front door to healthcare, emergency rooms receive almost all kinds of patients. Most of us will have to visit the ER at least once in our lives. Oftentimes, we see it as it is depicted on movies and TV […]
Should Nurses With Dementia Be Allowed To Keep Working?
Many nurses enjoy dedicating themselves to their profession for a lifetime. Doing an exceptional job in the medical field requires the men and women of nursing to be in an optimal state of health. Although they are counted on for […]
How Many Americans Are Living With Pre-Existing Conditions?
According to a study performed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, over 130 million Americans under the age of 65 have pre-existing health conditions. Many Americans with pre-existing conditions are concerned that they will be forced to […]
Strategic Partners, Inc. & The DAISY Foundation Announce Recipients Of The Inaugural Cherokee Medical Uniforms Nursing Conference Scholarship
Strategic Partners, Inc., a leader in the manufacturing and marketing of medical uniforms and medical footwear, including leading brand Cherokee Medical Uniforms, and The DAISY FoundationTM, are pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Cherokee Medical Uniforms Nursing Conference […]
The Ongoing Debate: To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate Children?
For decades, people concerned with the health of the population have been getting involved in the ongoing debate about vaccinations: Should there be a ban on unvaccinated children? Every state in the U.S. has specific school immunization laws that require […]
A Nurse’s Monologue
Dear Patient, I would like to take care of you in the best possible way I can; in the same way, I would like to be taken care of if the circumstances were the other way around. I am willing […]