Nurses Weekly

Existential angst has been our constant companion over the last two years as the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shaken our healthcare system — and our very lives, economies, and societies — to the very [...]

Stress, depression, and burnout already had a disproportionate impact on nurses long before the pandemic, but the current pandemic has brought a crucial and urgent focus to the issue. In response [...]

Nursing is a second career and a calling for Sara Dean of Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Dean loved her work at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital. But then the pandemic hit and she saw how much nurses were [...]

Abby Donley, an intensive care nurse based in New York, believes she has post-traumatic stress disorder from the first COVID-19 wave in March 2020. “The whole ICU was full of my [...]

The journey to eliminating your nursing school debt can be a long one, but that doesn’t mean it has to be difficult. In fact, the sooner you’re on the right path, the sooner you’ll enjoy lower [...]

It is bittersweet to announce the sunsetting of New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RJWF) on February 14, 2022. Since 2009, NJNI has been a [...]

With COVID-19 cases still high nationwide, “now is not the moment” to drop mask mandates in schools and other public places, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [...]

As a primary care nurse, one is more than likely to come across patients who are experiencing suicidal thoughts, and it’s important that nurses are prepared to respond compassionately to patients [...]

Rationing medical care or resources has been an ongoing conversation in parts of the country as the delta variant rages on. Smaller, rural communities do not have the trained staff or equipment [...]

The kindness of a New York nurse has warmed hearts online, after she adopted a patient’s puppy when the owner’s health forced him to give his pet up to a shelter. When 60-year-old [...]