In a discussion with several nurses yesterday, we recognized how necessary it’s for nurses to have a passion for this occupation and the way that zeal...
Consistent with a May 2016 policy statement that implies the role encompasses far more than simply health care, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends one school...
6. Horse riding Kyndall Estep Kyndall Estep is currently a junior nursing student on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is taking up...
Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is analogous to systemic vascular resistance (SVR), except that it refers back to the arteries that offer blood to the lungs. If...
To kick off Nurses Week, we start with Clara Barton: “one of the honored women in American history” Known as the “Angel of the Battlefield”, Barton...
There are threats to nurses’ safety in homes and neighborhoods According to the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workplace violence is a recognized...
Not only was Walt Whitman a famous American poet, teacher and journalist, but he also worked as a volunteer nurse for 3 years throughout the Civil...
Early recognition and intervention improve short-term survival from sepsis, but many individuals experience complications long after the initial infection has resolved and so they are discharged...
Dr. Cindy Lefton, RN, patient experience advocate at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, has been on her mind through the pandemic: the right way to help her fellow nurses...
Considered some of the famous nurses in history, Virginia Avenel Henderson is credited with developing the idea of nursing during which defined the role of a...
