Nursing Perspectives

Nurse Uniforms: Who Cares What Nurses Wear? A look back at nursing uniforms reveals how and why we ended up dressing the way we do.
April 2017
Nurses and Cyber Security: What You Need to Know As cyber attacks on hospitals and health systems become more frequent, nurses play a huge role in protecting the security of the computers they use nearly every minute of the work day.
June 2016
Back to the Future of Nursing: What Progress Have We Made? It's been 5 years since the 'Future of Nursing' report came out. What progress has been made toward the visionary changes outlined in that report?
March 2016
Nurses Are Talking About: Why They Go to Work Sick It's called presenteeism, and nurses feel that they have no recourse. But they do; they can turn to their professional code of ethics.
September 2015
Nurse Residency Programs: Rolling Out the Welcome Mat A growing trend to require residencies for new graduate nurses offers many benefits.
July 2015
Preparing Nurses to Respond to Disasters When disaster strikes, do you dream of being in the middle of the action, saving lives, and adjusting to extreme conditions? Disaster nursing might be your calling--find out how to become involved.
May 2015
Nurses Talk About the Real Reasons They Postpone Retirement Many nurses commented on an article called 'Why Aren't Nurses Retiring?' to share the real reasons that they are retiring later than anticipated.
May 2015
The Nurses Hall of Fame: Nurses Week Quiz The nursing profession owes a great deal to its leaders, past and present. Take our Nurses Week quiz and remember these inspirational names.
Self Assessment, May 2015
So You Want to Be a CNO? Learn about the paths taken by nurses to reach the highest executive levels and what raw talent is needed to become a CNO.
March 2015
Step Away From That Nurse! Violence in Healthcare Workplace violence in healthcare is still with us. This article covers the most recent research in violence against nurses, and new resources to try and prevent it.
November 2014
Contain Ebola in the Hospital: Lessons From Nebraska Knowing how units successfully contain the Ebola virus can be of value in formulating and implementing Ebola preparedness plans in other healthcare facilities.
October 2014
Ending Tubing Mishaps in Healthcare Beginning in October 2014, new enteral tubing connectors will hit the marketplace, followed by unique connectors for other types of medical tubing. Will this end harmful misconnections in healthcare?
October 2014
Nurses: Are You Environmental Health Stewards? Regardless of setting of care or patient population, all nurses are responsible for integrating environmental health into their practice. Where do you stand?
August 2014
A Nursing Career in the Commissioned Corps: Is It for You? The Chief Nurse Officer of the US Public Health Service, RADM Sylvia Trent-Adams, explains what it means to become an officer in the Commissioned Corps.
July 2014
Nurses: Your Patient Is America A bill currently in both chambers of Congress will position a nurse at the helm of America's health.
April 2014
Interprofessional Education: It's Here to Stay Widespread team-based and collaborative practice will only be possible when the health professions start learning together as students.
March 2014
Time to Battle Alarm Fatigue As the Joint Commission unveils a new patient safety goal, alarm management takes on a new level of urgency for nurses.
February 2014
The Risky Business of Nursing It's time we focused on nurse safety as much as we do on patient safety.
January 2014
The Next Phase of the ACA: What Nurses Need to Know Now As patients begin to shop for insurance in a new way, nurses must be ready to offer guidance.
September 2013
Electronic Nursing Documentation: Charting New Territory We took nurses' experiences with electronic charting to the experts. Find out what they had to say, and what the future holds for electronic health records.
September 2013

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