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Nine Dimensions of Wellness: Optimize Your Personal Health and Well-Being
This is a condensed excerpt of the chapter on health and well-being from the new book Evidence-Based Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Nursing and Healthcare: A Practical Guide to Success. Click here for free access to the full chapter through 02/15/2020....
A Talk With an RN Turned Lactation Consultant—Could It Be For You?
Nurses have the opportunity to take on new and advanced roles through certifications and degree programs. For nurses working in maternal/child health, a lactation consultant is one such role to pursue. A lactation consultant, formerly titled IBCLC (International Board...
What Are the Steps to Becoming an ER Nurse?
The key to finding work as an ER nurse is to be proactive before and during nursing school. Keep reading for pro tips on how to position yourself during school and after graduation. Job Prospects The availability of ER nursing jobs—especially...
Nurses and Bullying: How to Protect Yourself and Your Co-workers
As a resolution for the new year, prepare to take a stand against bullying. Sadly, new nurses are often lost to the profession for the most disturbing of reasons: workplace bullying. Even the greenest nursing student soon hears the phrase, “nurses eat their young,”...
How to Stay Mindful as a Nurse
At any given moment working nurses are pulled in numerous directions, as multitasking is the currency of the occupation. In many instances, nurses are caring for high acuity patients on units with inadequate nurse staffing. Nurses are trained in principles of...
Taking Food and Drink Away From Docs and Nurses Is Just Cruel
By Edwin Leap, MD-- It's hard to explain what we do. And so maybe, it's hard for others to sympathize with our situations. I mean, physicians, mid-levels, and nurses in emergency departments are tied to computers in often cramped work-spaces, even as they are required...
Well Women Visits at Any Age
Scheduling and attending routine health care visits can help women care for all aspects of their physical and mental health as they age.
A Day in the Life of a NYC Nurse
Most NYC dwellers, including myself, do not have a car. We rely almost exclusively on public transportation. In the course of my career, I have commuted on regional trains, subways, buses, bike-sharing programs, and of course, my own two...
Nursing Side Gigs: Women of Integrity Inc.
This is part of a monthly series about side gigs—nurses with interesting side jobs or hobbies. This month, we spotlight the founder of the nonprofit Women of Integrity Inc. Shantay Carter, BSN, RN Founder of Women of Integrity Inc. For her full-time job, Shantay...
What Women Need to Know About Strokes and Heart Attacks
When it comes to serious health conditions like heart attack and stroke, women are more likely to be misdiagnosed and receive delayed care. When Andrea thought she was having a heart attack and called 911, the emergency medical technicians told the 35-year-old...
A Nursing Holiday Gift Guide
Whether buying as a nurse or for a nurse, there is a way to optimize the experience for both the giver and the recipient. One of the best ways to choose a gift is neither to spend extravagantly or try to find something unusual, but simply to know a little about the...
Influenza Vaccinations: Do Jails and Prisons Vaccinate Inmates?
By Jeffrey E. Keller, MD, FAACP Border detention facilities that house immigrants have been in the news recently because of their policy of not providing influenza vaccinations to their detainees, sparking high-profile protests. Why would an immigration detention...
The Well-Rested Nurse: A Frustrating Oxymoron?
Did you get a good night’s rest? Nurses, like many other health care providers, frequently work shifts that lead to sleepiness and fatigue. In fact, 55% of nurses work more than 40 hours a week, and one in five nurses works at more than one job. This can have effects...
Self-Care Tips for the Holiday Season
The holidays are a great time, but let’s face it, they’re also exhausting. As nurses, you already focus on taking care of others, sometimes to your own detriment. To avoid burnout, we consulted a fellow nurse to offer you self-care tips for the holiday season. Anna...
Border Flu Shot Protest: 4 Docs arrested
Four physicians and two others protesting their inability to vaccinate migrant detainees at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters here were arrested last Tuesday for failing to comply with federal orders to disperse. They were held for about an...
Navigating Holiday Parties: How to Respond to “You’re a Nurse? Can You Look at This?”
Navigating holiday parties as a nurse can be tough. If you’ve been to a holiday party, cocktail party—or let’s face it—pretty much any kind of party, when someone finds out what you do for a living, the questions begin… “Can you look at this mole?” “This rash—do you...
Pediatric Nurses are on the Front Lines of Stuttering Information
Within the stuttering community, the parental fear that a child is beginning to stutter is very well known—and very real. One in 20 children will stutter for a time during their development. One in 100 will continue to stutter after adolescence, and potentially, for a...
The Problem of Pain: Prescribing Opioids to Addicted Populations
Between 2006 and 2012, more than 32 million prescription pain pills circulated through Berkshire County, Massachusetts, a rural area of about 130,000 people. Patients recovering from opioid addiction are seen at the local emergency department every day, according to...
NHS Approves Two Medicines Derived from Cannabis in England
In recent years, the United States and Canada have become the leaders of the cannabis legalization movement. While these countries have taken charge, England and the rest of the United Kingdom have lagged far behind. This week, the National Health Service (NHS)...
Detecting Breast Cancer by Hand: MammaCare Discusses
The MammaCare Foundation recently issued a statement saying that according to recent studies, most breast cancers are found by hand. Mark Kane Goldstein, PhD, a MammaCare Foundation senior scientist stated, “A palpable lump, detected by hand is the most common symptom...
