300 Nurse Died By Suicide in Seven Years Shows Alarming Stat
The alarming fact that 300 nurses in the UK had committed suicide in the past seven years was recently highlighted in the press.
View ArticleCelebrating Nurses Week: The Busy Nurses’ Way
Here are some ideas on how busy nurses can celebrate nurses week!
View Article10 Nurse Advocacies and Campaigns You Need to Know
Let’s have a look at some of the highlights, nurse advocacy groups and campaigns to which you can support and add your voice.
View ArticleNurse Challenges Stereotype Guinness World Records Rules – and Wins
Jessica Anderson breaks the Guinness World Record for running a marathon dressed as a nurse and scored a huge win in addressing outdated nursing stereotypes.
View ArticleStudent Nurse’s Quick Action Saves Colleague During Stroke
As a nurse, you expect to deal with a patient emergency at any time, but Jordan Buras was confronted by a colleague having a stroke while on duty.
View ArticleDream Comes True for New Nursing Graduate: From Janitor to BSN at NYU
Persistence and hard work paid off for Frank Baez who recently graduated as a nurse with flying colors
View ArticleWoman Fired After Working 20 Years as Hospital Nurse Without a License
The staff and administrators of the hospital in Jonquière, Quebec, were in disbelief when it was discovered that a woman who had been working as a nurse and caring for hospital patients for 20 years...
View ArticleWHO Confirms 2020 as International Year of Nurse and Midwife
Governments from around the world endorsed 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife during the World Health Assembly. The global celebration is in recognition of the indispensable role of nurses and...
View Article72nd WHA: Global Health Policy Decisions That Will Impact the Role of Nurses
For the nursing profession, the declaration of 2020 as Year of the Nurse and Midwife was the highlight of the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) held from May 20-18.
View ArticleBurnout Now Officially Recognized as a Health Concern
Burnout is a recognized syndrome according to the recently released ICD-11. Its cause is workplace stress that has not been managed effectively, according to the recently released ICD-11.
View ArticleYou Can Help Prevent Nurse Suicides
Let's take a look at the suicide prevention strategies used at UCSD which consists of three interlinked programs: Code Lavender, a Caregiver Support Team, and the Healer Education Assessment and...
View ArticleNursing Now’s Nightingale Challenge Aims to Develop Nurse Leaders for the Future
The 2020 Nightingale Challenge calls on employers across the world to invest in developing leadership skills in young nurses.
View ArticleHighlights of the ICN Congress 2019 Singapore
The theme of the Congress held from June 27 to July 1 was “Beyond Healthcare to Health”. It was hosted by the Singapore Nurses Association and attended by more than 5,000 nurses from over 120 countries.
View ArticleMeet 94-Year-Old Nurse Florence Rigney
Earlier this year registered nurse Florence “See See” Rigney celebrated her 94th birthday while on shift at the Tacoma General Hospital in Washington.
View ArticleElizabeth Wettlaufer Murders: Report Shows Gaps in System
The public inquiry into how serial killer, former registered nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, got away with her crimes placed the blame on systemic failures. The report includes extensive recommendations to...
View ArticleMeet Moxi: A Robot Helping Nurses and Patients in Texas
Nurses at a number of Texas hospitals now have a new assistant in the form of Moxi, the robot. Moxi has reduced nurses’ workload by taking over busy-work tasks - and even the patients love it.
View ArticleFlorida ICU Nurse Fired After Standing Up for Patient Safety
Registered nurse Julie Griffin was fired after she stood up for patient safety and against the breach of official hospital standards in the ICU where she worked.
View ArticleUS Nurses Fight to Unionize
Nurses in the US are increasingly organizing to form unions in response to the negative impact which the for-profit health care system in the US is having on patient care.
View ArticleNurse Burnout: Are You At Risk?
Burnout in nursing is a growing problem because of ever-increasing stress. In this article, we’ll define what is burnout, symptoms of burnout, and what you can do to manage and prevent it.
View ArticleNext Gen NCLEX: What You Need to Know?
The current exam items focus more on testing knowledge, rather than clinical judgment – in other words, the application of knowledge through critical thinking and decision making that is required in...
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