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Citing research indicating benefits to communication, access to care and patient satisfaction when care is provided by a diverse nursing workforce
In 1987, Mary Mallison, RN, then editor of the American Journal of Nursing, penned an editorial, which asked, “How can you bear to be a nurse?”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week vaccination had no effect on the number of pre-term or low-weight births
The prelicensure nursing curriculum rarely includes financial topics, but nurse leaders need financial acumen to be effective
Nurses have an ethical responsibility to examine what they think they know and account for their cognitive biases before sharing information
The first alternative-to-discipline programs became available in the 1980s and spread to more than 40 states
Recognizing and acknowledging substance use problems are key first steps in getting nurses the help they need
The American Hospital Association (AHA) this week urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to be flexible as it begins enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospitals
Changes to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have left nurses who test positive for COVID-19 questioning how best to protect their patients.
In a Medscape survey of 10,700 nurses in the summer of 2021, 90% of respondents said they were glad they had chosen nursing as a profession.