Tips for nurses to model a healthy lifestyle
Nursing leaders from Magnet facilities urge fellow nurses to examine their own health habits and model a healthy lifestyle for patients.
RNs invent simulation device product line to enhance nurse training
Two nurse educators were awarded $120,000 in Microsoft support and services for a prototype of a wearable simulation device designed to enhance training.
Nursing students should know their constitutional rights
Legal blogger Nancy J. Brent, MS, JD, RN, reviews the constitutional rights students in public and private higher educational institutions are guaranteed.
Why students need to understand what it takes to be a nurse
Rose Schecter, RN Rose Schecter, PhD, RN, is the associate dean and director of the undergraduate nursing program at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, N.Y. She has been the associate dean since 2000. Her responsibilities include oversight of the more than 1,300 undergraduate students, working with faculty to provide their education in the classroom
How to find and embrace work you love
Associate dean of nursing graduate programs at American Sentinel University discusses the steps RNs can take to make a career change in nursing.
Transforming family practice: One nurse’s story
The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future series, “APNs Transforming Care,” looks at ways APNs are changing the face of healthcare delivery.
Restoring hope: A retreat for patients with metastatic breast cancer
The National Breast Cancer Foundation’s partner, Johns Hopkins, offers weekend retreats for patients and caregivers because of unique challenges they face.
Nursing’s role in wound care has come a long way
Eileen P. Williamson, MSN, RN Man has been caring for wounds since the very first skin break occurred. From the early hunters who treated wounds with herbs and honey to the advent of microbiology and cellular pathology and the later discoveries of fibrous synthetics, grafting and tissue engineering, wound care has been part
You take the high road, and I’ll take the low
Hypothetical Case Natalie is a nurse anesthetist working on her DNP. Eager to obtain this credential she dove headfirst into coursework and discovered she enjoyed her courses, especially the camaraderie that quickly developed with her classmates. Now they are all trying to decide on areas of study for their DNP translational research projects. Natalies pet
New documentary film invites nurses to speak out
Eileen Williamson, MSN, RN Recently I was asked to review a new documentary film sponsored by The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future, entitled “Nurses: Their Vital Role in Transforming Healthcare.” Set for release later this month, the half-hour film was produced by The Marketing Loft/Inovia Media Group and narrated by Joan