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Within the Tate Galleries in London hangs one of history’s most evocative paintings depicting patient care—the 1887 painting by Sir Luke Fildes, entitled The Doctor. Considered to be a fine [...]

Human Trafficking remains a global threat and robs people of their rights and dignity.1 In the United States, hundreds of thousands of children are victimized every year and 99% are never [...]

By Theresa Wang The current hospital call bell system has been in place since it was invented in 1979. This simple device allows patients to press a button to call the central nurses’ [...]

The International Council of Nurses (ICN), the European Federation of Nurses Associations(EFN) and the European Forum of National Nursing and Midwifery Associations (EFNNMA),speaking on behalf of [...]

Immanuel Kant believed that no action was moral unless performed out of a sense of duty or obligation. Even the word duty suggests that one must follow a certain course of action. In my life duty [...]

Over the past two years, reports of increased levels of stress felt by nurses and other healthcare professionals have been growing. But nursing can be a stressful career even without SARS-CoV-2 [...]

Hospitals and lawmakers all over the country are raising alarm over the high cost of travel nurses. Staffing shortages have increased the industry’s reliance on these temporary workers. [...]

Takeaways: Nurses play a key role in the accreditation process and work on the frontline to prevent errors and promote quality and safety. The Joint Commission supports and partners with [...]

According to the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Drug Abuse, researchers have determined that drug abuse and overdoses have increased during the pandemic. For an addictions [...]

What skills do you need to be a nurse innovator? A great many things, though this question is a bit misleading as I firmly believe nurses already possess many of the skills necessary. In fact, I [...]