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 [...]
Most nurses don’t learn about contracts in nursing school, so they’re left to wander through the contracting maze not knowing how to negotiate or avoid traps that might create long-term [...]
