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workingnurse.com | Keith Carlson |Catherine Rhodes
My SpecialtyProviding a bridge to the healthcare system for the unhousedCandice Grey, RN, BSN, PCCN, CN IIHomeless Healthcare CollaborativeUCLA HealthAfter working in the corporate world, I wanted a career where I could connect with people more deeply. I transitioned to nursing as a second career. I gained clinical experience in solid organ transplant, head and neck surgery, and the MICU before joining the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative in May 2023.
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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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workingnurse.com | Renee Thompson |Catherine Rhodes
Healthy WorkforceCreating a paper trail is your best defense against toxic behaviorUnit manager Jordan struggled with recurring issues involving his charge nurse Alex, whose aggressive language had led to the departure of several staff members. Finally, Jordan scheduled a meeting with his HR rep to discuss firing Alex. However, after reviewing Jordan’s scant doc-umentation, the HR rep warned him that there wasn’t enough evidence to justify termination. Jordan left the meeting frustrated.
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workingnurse.com | Christine Contillo |Catherine Rhodes
Nurses OnscreenAn inspiring documentary about life before and after his disabling accidentWhen I was a student at Cornell University in the early ‘70s, my roommate asked if I minded if she invited a friend of hers from high school over for dinner. That evening, in walked the most handsome man I’ve ever met: His name was Christopher Reeve.
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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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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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workingnurse.com | Christine Contillo |Catherine Rhodes
Nurses OnscreenNoah Wyle stars in a buzzy new medical drama set in a Pittsburgh EDThirty years after “ER,” Noah Wyle has returned to the emergency department in a new HBO Max series called “The Pitt,” where he plays seasoned ER attending physician Michael “Robby” Robinavitch. Created by former “ER” writer R.
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workingnurse.com | Keith Carlson |Catherine Rhodes
My SpecialtyGuiding patients through healing while providing crucial educationStefanie Winkler, RN, BSN, CWOCNInpatient Wound Care ServicesHenry Mayo Newhall Hospital, ValenciaI graduated from the College of the Canyons nursing program in December 2011 and took a med-surg position at Henry Mayo. I transitioned into telemetry oncology in 2014, and also worked as a relief charge nurse. After about a year, a colleague in wound care asked me to step in and help out.
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workingnurse.com | Renee Thompson |Catherine Rhodes
Healthy WorkforceShowing appreciation is essential to retaining first-rate nursing staffEmily’s department was seriously understaffed, with a high turnover rate and a revolving door of new nurses that created a constant state of chaos. On one shift, the department leader ordered pizza for the team to acknowledge their hard work, but the frantic pace and limited staff left Emily and her coworkers too busy to sit down and eat. The cold pizza left over at the end of the shift sent the wrong message.
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workingnurse.com | Payton Sy |Catherine Rhodes
FeatureHow nurse Agnes Richards revolutionized psychiatric care for women at her Glendale asylumA century ago, psychiatric nurse Agnes Richards took a stand against the brutal mistreatment of female mental health patients when she founded Rockhaven, a pioneering psychiatric care center — one of the first of its kind in the nation. Agnes Lepinski immigrated to the United States from Germany with her family in 1893.
