Nurse of the Week: One of Windy Smith’s Pediatric Patients is Her Own Daughter
Tending to anxious parents is a daily challenge of nursing in a pediatric hospital, but how do you cope when you’re the anxious parent and the patient is your own 8-year-old daughter? At American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) in Wisconsin, Nurse of the Week Windy...
Nurse of the Week: Logan Marx Has a Passion for Nursing and Community Service
Former Peace Corps volunteer and Nurse of the Week Logan Marx has “two passions and they don't intertwine very well, so I'm choosing to follow both of them." While he finishes his last semester at University of South Florida Nursing School and prepares to enter...
Nurse of the Week Nicole Smit Cares for the Underserved in Uganda
Nurse of the Week Nicole Smit has a favorite motto: “To make a difference in this world, you don’t have to be brilliant, rich or perfect, you just have to care.” Smit, a 28-year-old RN from New Zealand, has so far made three volunteer trips to Uganda to care for...
Nurse of the Week: Tabatha Kentner Stands in for Families of COVID-19 Patients
Owing to isolation measures during the pandemic, hospital patients are denied the solace of family visits during their illness and final hours. But, in the best tradition of bedside nurses, Nurse of the Week Tabatha Kentner and the other nurses on her ward do all they...
Nurse of the Week: Emily Fawcett Brings “Hope Huddles” to NYC’s Lenox Hill Hospital
For Nurse of the Week Emily Fawcett, working at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City during COVID-19 is the culmination of a series of nursing stints in stricken areas. She went to Puerto Rico in 2017 to help in the wake of Hurricane Maria, attended to patients on the...
Nurse of the Week: Lori Marie Kay Lifts Up Her Voice to Raise Co-Workers’ Spirits
Although nursing can be one of the most fulfilling jobs in the world, the hard work and long hours that come with it call for powerful support even at the best of times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, fear, uncertainty, and social distancing make the job especially...
Tenn. Nurse Takes First-Ever Airplane Trip to Fight COVID-19 in NYC
Nurse of the Week Kirsten Flanary has an abundance of the compassionate nature that is a defining characteristic among nurses. This week, she serves as an example of the many nurses around the country who are venturing out of their comfort zones to join the fight...
Nurse of the Week Kathleen Sarnes Serenades Her Hospice Patients
Nurses have long utilized a wide variety of creative gifts in treating patients, and our latest Nurse of the Week shares her vocal gifts in the act of caring for those in dire need of good cheer: hospice patients. Over the past 10 years, RN Kathleen Sarnes, a hospice...
Nurse of the Week: NICU Nurse Treated Father and Son as Premature Infants
Nurse of the Week Lissa McGowan has treated countless premature infants during her time at New Jersey's The Children’s Hospital NICU at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, but this is the first time she has treated both a father and his son. New parents Renata Freydin...
Nurse of the Week: Pam Martin Goes Global
This Nurse of the Week is preparing to practice nursing on a global scale. Graduate student Pam Martin has spent 20 years as a nurse in pediatric hospitals across the US, but she’s now on a mission that will take her far beyond her own national borders. Pam’s stint as...
Get the latest nursing news, jobs, and career advice each week.
