Category: Nursing

The struggle of being a nurse is real

As I struggled my way through nursing school, I never expected my first job as a nurse to feel like this; I was too busy dreaming of the day when I could hold the title of registered nurse. I never expected to come home crying. I never expected that, a…

Changes are needed to help today’s health care heroes

On 9/11, firefighters and other first responders rushed in to protect others, and for that, they will always be heroes. Today, health care workers are rushing in to heal those with COVID-19 – at great risk to themselves. Health care workers are the tru…

How Vanderbilt’s nursing school is providing hands-on training amid the pandemic

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The guilt of a retired nurse

I am 64 years old. I was a nurse for 34 years, retiring a year, and three months ago, I worked on the medical-surgical floor, ICU, and the last 30 years, in the emergency room. I retired because I’d had enough. This year has changed me. My life n…

World may be short 5.7M nurses by 2030: 4 report takeaways

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Michigan nurse dies after testing positive for COVID-19

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I won’t sacrifice myself when I can’t get a damn mask

Nurses are responsible for patient care. They are the ones at the bedside 24/7. There is no one who spends more time with individual patients. They are the ones most in danger in the coronavirus pandemic. The news gets grimmer every day about the inevi…

Louisiana hospital ER nurse dies from COVID-19

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Nurses use baby monitors to interact with COVID-19 patients

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NYC nurse details grim conditions on COVID-19 front lines

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