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With only six months on the job as a registered nurse, Angela Simpson got hit hard on the top of her head by an agitated dementia patient. His IV had stopped which hurt him, and she was trying to [...]

Hot summer months combined with long busy shifts can result in dehydration. Dehydration could lead to feeling sluggish, decreased concentration, headache, constipation and dizziness. Health [...]

Hospitals smell like home to Ren Capucao. “People find it weird,” he said with a laugh. “For me, visiting the hospital was a fun thing.” Growing up in Virginia Beach, [...]

Algebra is hard enough, but when a student suffers a concussion the math problems can become even more challenging. So after treating 1,742 students for concussions last school year, Jeffco [...]

University of South Alabama College of Nursing instructor Tyler Sturdivant was recently recognized by the Nephrology Nursing Journal for his research into the use of color-coded wristbands for [...]

By day, Lauren Mochizuki, RN, BSN, has been an ER nurse for more than a decade. But at night and during free time, she’s a successful financial blogger. About eight years ago, Mochizuki began [...]

Janet Colbert made talking about death, a taboo topic, a normal part of her life. When the retired oncology nurse received her own diagnosis—it was a rare form of liver cancer—in 2013, she began [...]

A shortage of private duty home health care nurses is looming in the Garden State. Marlana Follet, the division director for skilled nursing services at Bayada Home Health Care, said they are [...]

It’s a beautiful day at Happiness Is Camping (HIC), a free residential summer camp for children with cancer and their siblings, held in Hardwick, New Jersey. Children are laughing as they splash [...]

Oh, the irony! From the ER to the pediatric unit to the plastic surgery consultation, nurses everywhere know how to take care of their patients. But too often, nurses neglect to take care of [...]