Nurse of the Week: Delta Variant Persuaded ED Nurse Grace Zieba to Get Her Jab and Speak Out
Our Nurse of the Week believes what she sees and tends to trust precedents. “I’m not a big anti-vaxxer, I am vaccinated in every other area. But this [the mRNA Covid vaccine] was something that I just wasn’t really comfortable with," says Oklahoma ED nurse Grace...
Nurse of the Week: Leanne Nixon Earns BSN and Masters Her Fate
A single mother of two young sons, Nurse of the Week Leanne Nixon graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor of science from Washington State University’s (WSU) College of Nursing. Leanne first pursued her nursing degree in 2012. However, while in the midst of this...
Nurse of the Week: Darius Fulghum, RN is a Healer Who Can Do Some Serious Harm
Darius Fulghum—like so many of our male Nurses of the Week—seems to enjoy complaining about the toughness of a BSN program. “Getting my degree is probably the hardest thing I’ve done,” he told Sky Sports, in the halcyon pre-pandemic days of 2019. “I’m going to...
Nurse of the Week: ASU Professor Gives Former Students A+ for Husband’s ED Care
As Nurse of the Week Charlotte Thrall, DNP, FNP-C, CNE, FAANP sat anxiously waiting in the emergency room at Mayo Clinic for news of her husband’s condition after a pickleball accident left him unconscious and unresponsive, her mind spun with uncertainty. Then, among...
Nurse of the Week Redux: Sandra Lindsay Poised to Replace Elvis as US Vaccination Icon
We honored Sandra Lindsay, DHSc, MS, MBA, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC as Nurse of the Week just last week. Did we run out of outstanding nurses? No, our in-box is still overflowing with NotW suggestions (and please keep them coming!). However, after careful consideration, we...
Nurse of the Week Dr. Sandra Lindsay Says Vaccination “Should be Natural Choice” for Nurses
Dr. Sandra Lindsay made headlines around the world (and in DailyNurse) for being the first person—and first nurse—in the US to hold out her arm for a vaccine that was regarded by many with uncertainty. How could they produce a vaccine at such a ferocious pace? (How?...
Nurse of the Week Kashon Holmes Believes in 100% Commitment. So He Waited 18 Years to Earn His BSN
Nurse of the Week Kashon Holmes, RN is also our candidate for Father of the Year. Holmes had long dreamt of becoming a nurse. He had done his homework early and was keenly aware that school would require an intense commitment and focus. “I tell people nursing school...
DC the Haldol? Nurse of the Week Heather Cartee Tames Aggressive ED Patient with a Smile and a Hug
The ED is often the site of hospital workplace violence. Some nights, the atmosphere can be like a growth medium for trouble. Patients with nowhere else to go when they’re sick are joined by people suffering acute pain, asthmatics fighting for breath, hallucinating...
Nurse of the Week Ellen Quintana had a Problem with PPE Wastage in Freshman Chem. In Her Senior Year, She Got a Patent to Fix It
It happens to everyone, but nurses grit their teeth and bear with it every day. “It” is, of course, the profligate, Gaia-trashing cousin of the Missing Sock Phenomenon: The Redundant Glove Problem. This is the dream: Your mask is on, and you reach out to grab a...
After 40 Years, Nurse of the Week Sylvana Rega is Hanging Up Her Stethoscope for Good (Or is She?)
After 4 decades in nursing—and first-hand experience with a global pandemic starting in year 39—our Nurse of the Week is done with handovers, aching feet, and N95s (possibly). On May 28, Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital RN Sylvana Fontana Rega donned her...
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