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Careers InDemand: Registered Nurse

Jun 25, 2020

WINCHESTER, Va. (WDVM) — This week’s Career in Demand features Registered Nurses . A day in the life of a registered nurse typically involves working 12 hour shifts for three days a week. Registered nurses complete tasks such as checking vitals and administering medication. One of the most important parts of the job is interacting with each patient. “Really, they’re the individuals that are just the...

First, They Saved Lives. Now, Nurses Want To Save America.

Jun 22, 2020

In late March, as the coronavirus silently spread across New York City, Phara Souffrant Forrest, a maternal child health nurse running for state assembly in Brooklyn, called up a prospective voter. As soon as she introduced herself, the woman on the other end of the line interrupted. “‘Oh, you’re a nurse?’” Forrest, 31, a democratic socialist, recalls her saying. The woman explained that her daughter was...

VA nurse’s idea: bar code scanning to support patient care

Jun 19, 2020

Sue Kinnick introduced the now-familiar bar code scanner in 1995 at the Topeka Veterans Affairs Medical Center . Since then, it has become a standard in the health care industry. Here is her story. At the crossroads of technology and patient care stand the nurses who have chosen nursing informatics as their specialty. Today, informatics is an integral part of health care delivery. Health information technology promotes safe,...

How Well Do Americans Know the Facts About COVID-19?

Jun 18, 2020

THURSDAY, June 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Months into a global pandemic, some groups of Americans simply don't know enough about COVID-19 to protect themselves and others against the highly infectious respiratory virus, a new study reports. Most folks have a pretty good grasp about how COVID-19 spreads and the three main symptoms (fever, cough, difficulty breathing) that should prompt you to get tested for the virus, said...

Scituate nursing students go from college to the COVID-19 frontline

Jun 17, 2020

By Ruth Thompson rthompson@wickedlocal.com Lily Reid, left, and Katey Ferguson had just graduated from nursing school when they were hired to work with COVID-19 patients at the Boston Hope Medical Center, a 1,000-bed field hospital set up at the Expo Center in Boston The ink was barely dry on their college diplomas when Lily Reid and Kathryn “Katey” Ferguson were called to action in the face...

Md. nurse practitioner served first mobilization on the front lines of military COVID-19 response

Jun 12, 2020

Capt. Chimdinma Barbara Ojini pictured at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City. Ojini, a nurse practitioner, is one of more than 1200 Army Reserve medical professionals that have mobilized with Army Reserve Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces as part of the Department of Defense response to COVID-19. (Photo by Courtesy photo) “My passion is giving patients hope and helping them to recover from their illness,”...

Nurse practitioners practice “more than medicine”

Jun 10, 2020

Nurse practitioners are often thought of as stopgaps to mitigate the shortage of primary care physicians, but in a new book, LaTonya Trotter , assistant professor of sociology, shows that they do much more than simply extend limited health care resources. In fact, she said, their role may reveal a fundamental misallocation of them. In More than Medicine: Nurse Practitioners and the Problems They Solve for Patients, Health Care...

This Nurse is Leading the Fight for Safer Hospitals

Jun 09, 2020

Bonnie Castillo, head of National Nurses United, raised the alarm over shortages of personal protective equipment long before others recognized the scale of the pandemic. She’s still fighting. “As a nurse, there are just times when it’s very intuitive. You just sense that something catastrophic is going to happen.” — Bonnie Castillo, the executive director of National Nurses United...

COVID-19 pandemic: Some top coping strategies and why they work

Jun 03, 2020

Restrictive measures aimed at curbing the new coronavirus pandemic have changed the lives of people all over the world in drastic ways. For this Special Feature, we have asked readers and contributors to share their best coping strategies. All data and statistics are based on publicly available data at the time of publication. Some information may be out of date. Visit our coronavirus hub and follow our live...

9 Facts to Motivate You into a Nursing Career

Jun 01, 2020

When we think about the medical field, it's easy to become lost in the apparent glitz and glamor of the world of celebrity doctors (we can blame Dr. Mike for that one), but what about the rest of the team? It's estimated that nurses outnumber physicians with a ratio of 10 to 3, and there are many different levels of nurses too. From newly qualified nurses right up to post-master's doctorate nurses, and the salary for these roles...

Surprise “Clap-In” Welcomes Return of Nurse Who Beat Coronavirus

May 21, 2020

“Thank you!” Marilou Nicdao called out to healthcare providers who lined the hallway at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills. Staff gathered, clapping and cheering to celebrate Nicdao’s discharge after seven agonizing days in the Intensive Care Unit battling the coronavirus. “I kept on saying, lord, please don’t let me die. That’s what I keep on telling myself, and I keep on praying and praying and...

COVID-19 reminds us of the crucial role nurses play

May 18, 2020

The WHO has designated 2020 the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. As today, nurses have played crucial frontline roles in pandemics throughout history. It's the right time for the world to recognize the varied and vital work they do. Nurses today are waging war worldwide against COVID-19, a foe as formidable as any in recorded human history. Under levels of duress more likely to be felt in a battle setting,...

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