Category: Nursing

The nurse who walked a million miles

Nurses are notoriously tough, resilient, and caring. Their ability to deliver health care with a mindful spirit is uncanny. Multitasking is soon ingrained in even the greenest of this kind. Go ahead, inundate them with requests, some admittedly regretf…

12 systems hiring chief nursing officers 

Below are 12 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Why 1 nurse will never return to the bedside 

Despite wanting to return to the medical field, Theresa Brown, PhD, BSN, RN, said she is unlikely to return because of the “present form” of bedside nurses’ work, she wrote July 22 in Medscape.

Nurses urge CDC to tighten COVID-19 restrictions

National Nurses United is calling on the CDC to ramp up public health restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as cases and hospitalizations rise nationwide, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.5. 

World War II nurse Muriel Engelman dies at 101

Muriel Engelman, a veteran Army nurse who served on the front lines of World War II, died June 30, The Washington Post reported July 20. She was 101. 

11 schools launching nursing programs 

Several colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages around the country.

Why a nurse should not go to jail [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. “From a place of personal accountability and commitment to system improvement, RaDonda Vaught’s conduct in the aftermath of this tragic event has been exemplary. She told what she knew, as soon as she knew it,…

Florence Nightingale. Clara Barton. Radonda Vaught?

Mistakes and errors are regrettable but inevitable risks of the job for any patient-facing role in health care. As nurses, we are trained to report mistakes and errors when they happen. The maintenance of transparency in this way is an important elemen…

4 nurses making headlines on and off the job

Here are four nurses who have made headlines for their leadership efforts on and off the job since July 7: 

13 systems hiring chief nursing officers

Below are 13 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers.