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How Would Florence Nightingale Act in The Age of Coronavirus?
In light of Florence Nightingale’s recent 200th birthday, it’s hard not to wonder—how would our founder of modern nursing be responding to the Coronavirus pandemic? Known as the “Lady With The Lamp,” Nightingale was noted for wandering the wards of the hospital at...
Four Precepts for Nursing Leaders in a Time of Crisis
As staff struggle to cope with the working conditions created by the COVID-19 crisis, nursing leaders may find themselves in new territory as they strive to support them. Eloise Cathcart, MSN, RN, FAAN, director of the nursing administration program at NYU Rory Meyers...
7 Precautions for Health Care Workers to Combat COVID-19
Doctors, nurses, and health care providers are on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, providing care and saving lives. Given how little is known about the virus, and how contagious it appears to be, many health care workers are understandably nervous about...
Maternity Care in the Time of COVID-19
While so many businesses are shut down and people are staying at home, there’s one thing that will keep happening no matter what—women are still having babies and need access to safe maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this dangerous and uncertain time, we...
The 10 Best Tips You Need To Help Pay For College
The 10 Best Tips You Need To Help Pay For CollegeEspecially when you never thought you would have to apply for financial aid. 1. Do not self-determine that you are ineligible for any kind of federal, state, or institutional financial aid. Submit all financial aid...
What it’s Like Working in the ICU Right Now
While coronavirus has turned the health care field upside down, with general practitioners, specialists, and even urgent care facilities turning to telehealth as much as possible or limiting hours, we wanted to know what it’s like in one of the more difficult places...
Prevent Burnout With These Six Self-Care Strategies
What are the key methods that nurses and doctors use to prevent burnout? This question was at the heart of a recent study published in Critical Care Nurse, the clinical practice journal of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, “Self-care Strategies to...
Your Mental Health Also Needs PPE
Nursing is a stressful profession even during normal times, but nursing during a pandemic takes an exponential toll on your mental health (and as stress weakens immune response, this exacerbates the threats to your physical safety). Even before the tragic suicide of...
Dealing with Financial Aid During a Time of National and Personal Crisis
I just became unemployed and when I submitted my FAFSA back in October, I was told that we didn’t qualify for any need aid assistance. What do I do now?
Rebel Nurses: Nicole Lincoln’s Mission as a Nursing Innovator
This series takes a deeper look into the stories appearing in The Rebel Nurse Handbook, which features inspiring nurses who push the boundaries of healthcare and the nursing profession. This installment focuses on Nicole Lincoln’s work as an innovator and her mission...
Nursing Side Gigs: Children’s Book Author
This is part of a monthly series about side gigs—nurses with interesting side jobs or hobbies. This month, we spotlight a children's book author. Dr. Lawson When Scharmaine Lawson, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, was looking around to find children’s books that both talked about...
How Hospitals Are Keeping Patients and Workers Safe
During this unprecedented time when COVID-19 is affecting everyone in some way, one of the biggest worries that health care workers and lay people are focusing on is how medical centers and hospitals are keeping patients and their workers safe. Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP,...
Flight Nursing: Into the Wild Blue Yonder with Tonya Barnard
Tonya Barnard, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, CCRN, CTRN, CPEN, TCRUN, EMT-B, had a dream. After she graduated from nursing school, she knew that she wanted to work in the emergency room. “I liked the fast pace and high-acuity patients,” she says. But she wanted to help people...
Six Transformational 20th Century Nurse Leaders
In the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, one of the underlying themes is that of nurse leadership—and the nurse leaders of today and tomorrow have a wide range of inspiring role models! Below are profiles of six outstanding nurse leaders as described by Marion E. Broome...
Programs Help Nurses Care for the Spirit During COVID-19
How do you replenish and nourish your spirit in these unheard-of times when extreme stress is the norm? At one hospital network located in the pandemic’s epicenter, you could nourish the spirit by accessing a brief podcast or video, or spending a few moments in a...
The Changing Role of Nursing Expands Even More During Pandemic
The role of nursing has evolved from its early days of taking orders from doctors and working primarily in hospitals to, today, having a leading role in directing patient care and working in an array of non-hospital settings. As we celebrate 2020 International Year of...
Seton Hall Nursing Student Experiences COVID-19 Frontlines
In the COVID-19 hotspot of New Jersey, nursing students can experience an unexpected supplement to their education. As a junior at Seton Hall, Cara Underwood has been a nursing assistant since December. When she started work on the cardiac unit at St. Peter’s...
With Clinicals Suspended, Vanderbilt Nursing Students Practice Virtual Care
What do you do with 154 nursing students who are suddenly unable to participate in the hands-on nursing (clinical) care that makes up 60% of their education each week? That was the challenge facing Mary Ann Jessee, PhD, director of PreSpecialty education at Vanderbilt...
The World’s Nursing Workforce: The Picture Today, The Needs for Tomorrow
Millions of nurses care for the world’s patients, and millions more will be needed. This is one of the takeaways from “State of the World’s Nursing 2020,” a new report developed by the World Health Organization in partnership with the International Council of Nurses...
How Home Health Nursing Has Changed in the Era of COVID-19
Home health nursing is a niche for nurses who have experience and enjoy being on the move and working independent from the hospital. Visiting nurses, now termed home health nurses, date back to the 1800’s. Lillian Wald founded the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in...