NY Post: Covid nurse suspended for wearing little beneath clear gown Post pieces reported that a Russian nurse had been suspended for wearing only her underwear, or maybe it was a swimsuit, under her…
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“Patients die because nurses are too busy”
Press items report deadly nursing shortage on both sides of the Atlantic A study of European hospitals shows that missed care due to nurse understaffing has increased death rates, according to an…
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Saving us from ourselves
Washington Post report on nursing in Covid era offers unusually deep look at profession A long April 2020 piece in the Post had information from a diverse group of nurses. Of course,…
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Physical taxation without representation
New York City settles benefits case about whether nursing is “physically taxing” The New York Daily News reported that the City had agreed to pay almost $21 million to settle claims that…
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Making the hospital look bad
April 2020 pieces highlight U.S. nurses advocating for safer practices despite efforts to silence them. Buzzfeed reported that a California hospital had suspended 10 nurses for refusing to care for Covid-19 patients without the N95 masks the physicians got. The nurses later got the masks. And the New York Times ran an op-ed by Theresa Brown about how she was forced to quit a clinical job because of her advocacy for safer practices, a dynamic that is now widespread in the Covid context.
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Young Americans
A May 2017 report addressed how “napping pods” can ease the effects of sleep deprivation on high school students. And an August 2017 piece described research finding that many postpartum nurses are ill-prepared to educate new mothers about risks to their health. Both reports show how nursing research can improve health.
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We are not heroes
An April 2020 CBS News piece reported that National Nurses United had held a protest in front of the White House about the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). The union argues that the CDC has weakened its standards for PPE, that OSHA has likewise failed to act, and that Congress and the White House have not mandated the production of enough PPE or testing supplies.
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Don’t show up, don’t come out
In April 2020, U.S. nurses appeared in the media to tell the public why Covid-19 must be taken seriously and managed with social distancing measures. An anonymous California nurse did that forcefully in an installment of the Guardian’s “ER Diaries” series, explaining that Covid patients were pushing his hospital to the brink. And on PBS’s NewsHour a Miami nurse manager likewise pleaded for distancing, describing how challenging it is stay safe while providing critical care.
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Life during wartime
ICU nurse tells New York Times readers what it’s like to care for Covid-19 patients In a strong opinion piece, Simone Hannah-Clark took readers inside the day of a New York City ICU nurse….
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Nursing Now!
The Pakistan website Geo reports that the nation’s President declared 2019 to be “the year of nursing.” He spoke at the Islamabad launch of the “Nursing Now” campaign, a project of the World Health Organization and the International Council of nurses that aims to advance nursing across the globe.
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Selfless
New York Post: Nurse at hospital using trash bags as PPE dies of Covid-19 A powerful March 2020 piece in the Post reported that Mount Sinai West nurse manager Kious Kelly had died of Covid-19….
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It’s all about the beds-and-vents
Media alarmed at lack of COVID-19 equipment, but not the nurses needed to run it Physician Aaron Carroll’s March 2020 New York Times piece about what we need to help coronavirus patients has helpful…
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No time to choose between life and death
L.A. Times on covid-19’s terrible toll on Wuhan health workers The Times report focuses on the desperate efforts to contain the coronavirus, which has killed many Chinese health workers; some have actually died of overwork….
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Stress position
New York Times ably describes PTSD in nursing but fails to identify expert as nurse A Times article did a fine job of explaining that nurses have high rates of PTSD and burnout. That’s because…
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Nurse up
Nevada benefit for injured motorcyclists rethinks naughty nurse imagery Some Nevada motorcycle enthusiasts at first used naughty nurse imagery to promote a Leap Day 2020 benefit to get health equipment to injured…
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A lot more than band-aids and boo-boos
NPR reports on apparent link between school nursing and lower absenteeism A January 2020 report on Tennessee NPR affiliate WKNO looks at the state of school nursing. The piece highlights the struggle for…
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No deal
Guardian item says Brexit caused “nurse of the year” to have mental breakdown Nursing leader Joan Pons Laplana left Spain for the U.K. in 2000, and now he has a family there….
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A beautiful sentiment
On NPR’s “The Call-In,” nursing is just as hard as low-skilled tending can be! On Weekend Edition Sunday, several direct care nurses addressed the state of nursing. Unfortunately, what came across was mostly the suffering…
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Inventing justice
Recipient of a Recipient of a Best Coverage of Nurse Innovators 2010-2019 Award UMass nursing professor promotes health innovation—and nursing A Forbes piece by Stephen Key spotlights three award-winning female inventors, including…
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Now it’s a biologist
The dentist who was interim director of the National Institute of Nursing Research is moving on. But now a biologist has been appointed to the position. On November 14, 2019, the acting…
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