Last year, the New Jersey State Nurses Association’s nonprofit Institute for Nursing launched its C.A.R.E.S. Award, a peer-nominated honor created to pay tribute to nurses who exemplify the best [...]
After an eight-week hospitalization in 1999, J. Patrick Barnes died from complications of an autoimmune disease. Struck by the level of care, compassion and guidance given by his team of nurses, [...]
As each week goes by, we learn more about your experiences as you care for the very sick with compassion and dedication. Know it is making a difference. Communities continue to celebrate health [...]
When ANA Enterprise planned activities and resources for the Year of the Nurse, including expanding Nurses Week to a month-long tribute, little did we know we would be in the grip of a global [...]
Marie Lancaster, 82, was alone in her home and suffering from coronavirus. Her family said she couldn’t get through a sentence without losing her breath and feared for her life. New Jersey [...]
I continue to hear stories across New Jersey, both sad and promising. Communities are coming together to celebrate the health care providers with parades of first responders saluting our nurses. [...]
Responding to the rapidly changing needs of the COVID-19 pandemic requires extraordinary leadership. Your work as a nurse leader is critical to not only the health and safety of the patients, but [...]
The other day I watched a patient flail herself around her gurney desperately trying to find a position that would bring more ease to her breathing. She was in the classic tripod stance with eyes [...]
A former contestant on “The Voice” is putting her music career on hold and returning to her medical roots during the coronavirus pandemic. Felicia Temple is back in New Jersey fighting on the [...]
For many people globally the coronavirus pandemic seemed to turn the world upside down. For Tara Rappleyea it was time to stop the party and get in the trenches. After the NBA’s shutdown, which [...]