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3 weeks ago | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Nursing & Healthcare NewsInternational Council of Nurses president warns of global USAID crisisWe talked to Pamela Cipriano, RN, Ph.D., NEA-BC, FAAN, president of the International Council of Nursing, about one of the biggest challenges now facing global nursing: the recent, sudden dismantling of USAID funding. Although the U.S. spends only around 1 percent of the federal budget on foreign aid, this represents more than 40 percent of all humanitarian aid worldwide.
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3 weeks ago | 
workingnurse.com | Christine Contillo |Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
FeatureOn hospital ships, cargo planes, and in jungle tents behind combat lines, tens of thousands of brave nurses risked their lives in U.S. military service. ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 7, 1941, First Lieutenant Annie G. Fox was making her rounds at the modest 30-bed Station Hospital in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A dedicated member of the Army Nurse Corps since 1918, she had risen to the position of chief nurse at age 47, and had just arrived at the sleepy Pacific outpost the month before.
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1 month ago | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Nursing & Healthcare NewsTalking with the president of the California affiliate of the American Nurses AssociationAnother in our series spotlighting influential nursing organizations. Founded in 1996, the American Nurses Association\California (ANA\C) is our state’s ANA affiliate, and the leading voice of California nurses. The ANA\C focuses on advocacy, education, and lobbying on issues affecting the nursing profession.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Nursing & Healthcare NewsTalking with the CEO of the Association of California Nurse LeadersWith this issue we’re launching a new Working Nurse series spotlighting influential nursing organizations.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Nursing & Healthcare News New nurses are filling the shortage, but more support is needed The BRN recently released an updated California nursing workforce forecast, which projects that the state’s current RN shortage could be closed within the next four years! The COVID pandemic accelerated the “Silver Wave” of older RNs retiring, and it led some younger nurses to leave the profession, but it also brought a big influx of new nursing students and new graduate RNs. Now, the million-dollar...
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Men in Nursing 2024Special Annual FeatureWe are thrilled to introduce this year’s cohort of 22 local nurses featured in our annual Men in Nursing spotlight. Here they share insights into their specialties, memorable patient experiences, and proudest professional achievements. Ali Al-Masri, RNICU NurseOlive View–UCLA Medical Center, SylmarWhat’s something you love about your specialty?
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Men in Nursing 2024Cool inventions that should exist!We asked our Men in Nursing 2024 panel the following question: What technology does NOT currently exist that would make your job as a nurse easier? Here is what they said. Ali Al-Masri, Olive View Medical CenterA vest a nurse can wear that has multiple mechanical arms for multitasking. Misak Anyan, USC Verdugo Hills HospitalA venous catheter allowing accurate continuous glucose monitoring.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Nursing & Healthcare NewsDosing, timing, and what’s changedA new round of vaccines arrived earlier this summer. Here’s what nurses need to know. As a respiratory infection, COVID is easily transmissible. With the near-total abandonment of infection prevention measures like isolation and masking, and a population of widely varying immunity, the virus can spread — and mutate — very quickly.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
Nursing & Healthcare NewsUpcoming elections will choose a new board of directorsIf you’re an ANA\C member and want to help shape the future of nursing in California, consider becoming a candidate in their upcoming elections. Deadline: Oct. 21, 2024Members of the ANA\C board of directors normally serve two-year terms.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
workingnurse.com | Aaron Severson |Catherine Rhodes
FeatureThe origins and evolution of this humble but essential diagnostic tool. A FEW YEARS AGO, a familiar piece of medical equipment quietly celebrated its 200th birthday: the humble stethoscope. This is the story of the origins and evolution of this important tool. Listening to the sounds of a patient’s heart, lungs, and other internal organs — auscultation — is one of the oldest diagnostic techniques in medicine.
