Why Practitioners Need to be More Informed About Infantile Spasms
Infantile spasms are a rare but serious form of epilepsy that is often misdiagnosed. The disorder occurs in approximately 3 cases per 10,000 live births and usually begins in the first 4-8 months of life but can occur in children up to age 3. Most cases are associated...
What Nurses Need to Understand About Travel Medicine
Say the word "travel" to many nurses. They'll likely think of travel nursing, which gained a high level of attention during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when nurses were needed in large numbers at hundreds of facilities nationwide. However, if you mention...
Heroic Nurses, Ariana Stemple and Cori Holloway, Save Friend’s Life with CPR in Colorado
Robyn Morgan, Ariana Stemple, and Cori Holloway became friends working together at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado. These friends are bonded for life after a shopping trip at Murdoch's in Grand Junction this past September. Morgan, leader of medical imaging at...
Claim Your Future: High School Initiative Prepares Students for Healthcare Careers
In a unique effort to jump-start young people into healthcare professions, including nursing, one philanthropy will provide $250 million to create special high schools to prepare students for healthcare careers. In January, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an...
Unlocking the College Financial Aid Vault – More Difficult Than Ever
The 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the revamped version purportedly designed to streamline the process and make life easier for FAFSA applicants. Really? A closer look reveals potential concerns that merit careful consideration. Let’s...
Gallup Poll: Nurses’ Ethics Still Top the List
Every January, the Gallup organization publishes the results of a survey that provides insight into which professionals the American public finds the most ethical and honest. For those who love and recognize nurses for their hard work caring for millions of patients...
Valentina Obreja Left Romania with Luggage and a Dream. Now She’s an Award-winning Nurse
Valentina Obreja has dedicated her career to improving care for ICU patients at UCLA Health. “Never give up” are three words that have defined much of Obreja’s adult life. It’s what she told herself when she and her husband left Romania in 2006 with little more than...
National Burn Awareness Week and Specialized Work of Burn Nurses
February 4th to 10th is National Burn Awareness Week, and Daily Nurse is recognizing the specialized work of burn nurses. Burn nurses are known for their exceptional skills, commitment, and unwavering dedication to patient care. They work tirelessly to treat...
A Day in the Life: Psychiatric Nurse
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work with psychiatric patients? Surely, it’s not like many movies and television shows have portrayed. Not even close. To get more information about becoming a psychiatric nurse, we interviewed Jessica Martinez, RN, a...
CRNA Helped Save Martin Luther King’s Life After 1958 Stabbing
By the time an assassin’s bullet killed Dr. Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968, the much-loved – and much-hated – SCLC leader knew he might never see his daughters grow up. Once he entered the spotlight during the 1955-56 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycotts, King and...