Medscape Blogs - Diane Goodman

• Is Racism in Nursing Alive and Well? Viral video of strained interaction between a nurse practitioner and an African American patient who is pregnant appears openly racist. Is the account all it seems?
  Medscape Blogs, November 30, 2022
• Moaning Works for Me: Why It's a Good Gauge of Pain An experienced nurse explains why encouraging patients to verbalize pain any way possible helps guide treatment options.
  Medscape Blogs, November 17, 2022
• Shocking News for Juul, Healthier News for Juveniles An experienced nurse discusses the rationale behind the surprising ban (and temporary stay) on Juul e-cigarettes.
  Medscape Blogs, July 06, 2022
• Forget Good Guys vs Bad Guys: We Have Too Many Guys With Guns! An experienced nurse discusses concerns related to excessive firearm purchases in the United States.
  Medscape Blogs, June 15, 2022
• Roe v Wade: Confusion Reigns An experienced nurse discusses issues and concepts regarding the landmark abortion case as well as current thoughts on when life begins.
  Medscape Blogs, June 02, 2022
• How to Move From Defensive to 'I Have This!' An experienced nurse provides scenarios in which effective communication avoids confrontation and frustration despite an overwhelming workload.
  Medscape Blogs, May 18, 2022
• RaDonda Vaught: Victim, Felon, or Both? An experienced nurse discusses the implications of the RaDonda Vaught guilty verdict for nurses who may be angry or fearful for the future.
  Medscape Blogs, April 21, 2022
• Moral Courage in Nursing: Do You Have It? An experienced RN discusses the times in her career that caused the most heartbreak, including instances that defined the concept of moral courage.
  Medscape Blogs, March 31, 2022
• Double Standards in Medicine Won't Allow Me to 'Calm Down' An experienced nurse discusses the frustration of female nurses working in a predominantly male environment.
  Medscape Blogs, March 15, 2022
• We Are Failing People With Chronic Pain An experienced nurse discusses why the healthcare community is failing those who suffer from chronic pain, with huge implications for an aging American workforce.
  Medscape Blogs, March 01, 2022
• The Moral Injury of COVID: How Will Nurses Survive? An experienced nurse outlines the differences between burnout and moral injury, with emphasis on the distress caused by an unrelenting pandemic.
  Medscape Blogs, February 11, 2022
• Intermittent Fasting: What Worked, Proved Challenging A nurse describes how she dealt with the rigors of one of the more successful programs for weight loss.
  Medscape Blogs, January 21, 2022
• Most Americans Approve of the Death Penalty. Do You? An experienced nurse explores whether capital punishment works as a deterrent to violent crime.
  Medscape Blogs, December 29, 2021
• What on Earth Does 'Fully Vaccinated' Mean? A nurse becomes increasingly worried as clarity around the phrase "fully vaccinated" evolves during a time of booster injections and new variants.
  Medscape Blogs, December 08, 2021
• I Forget Names All the Time: Could This Be Alzheimer's Disease? An experienced nurse (and aging baby boomer) discusses the rising impact of Alzheimer's disease on society and healthcare.
  Medscape Blogs, November 24, 2021
• Fired for Speaking Out! Could It Happen to You? A nurse discusses why providers were terminated during the pandemic and why these examples serve as a warning to other professionals.
  Medscape Blogs, November 12, 2021
• Nurses Are Feeling 'Utterly Broken' and Exhausted: Is Help Available? An experienced nurse discusses why the moral injury of the pandemic is rarely visible, and why recognition of mental health needs is so important.
  Medscape Blogs, November 01, 2021
• Younger, African American Women, and Men, Get Breast Cancer Too An experienced nurse breaks down the facts about breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month and why it's more than a disease impacting middle-aged women.
  Medscape Blogs, October 15, 2021
• Will Vaccine Mandates Affect the Existing Nursing Shortage? An experienced nurse examines how vaccine mandates may affect existing nursing shortages across the country.
  Medscape Blogs, October 07, 2021
• The Gray Zone: Life After a Near-Death Experience A nurse survivor explains why her expectations differed from those around her after facing a near-death experience.
  Medscape Blogs, September 24, 2021