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Mar 22, 2022 · Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial from an electronic medication cabinet, administered the drug to a patient and somehow...
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- Brett Kelman
Nov 28, 2023 · Today, hospital nurses are much more likely to report burnout than their physician counterparts. At Ohio State University, Bern Melnyk is sounding the alarm.
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- Clarice Shen, Toronto
- Meaghan Thumath, Vancouver
- Shaye Fleming, Calgary
Clarice Shen, 25, is an acute care nurse at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. In January, just a year out of nursing school, she was caring for a patient who was exhibiting symptoms of a virus that didn't even have a name yet. He turned out to be the first patient to test positive with COVID-19 in Canada. "There was a lot of uncertainty,...
Meaghan Thumath is a registered nurse who wears many hats. She works with homeless and marginalized communities in Vancouver's notorious downtown East side. She also teaches nursing, does clinical research, and participates in international deployments with The World Health Organization that have included work on Ebola and other outbreaks overseas....
Shaye Fleming has been off work since September. That's when the 29-year-old caught COVID-19 while on a regular shift as a cardiac nurse at Calgary's Foothills Medical Centre. "It's been over two months now, and I'm just starting to feel a little bit back to normal," she said. "I still get quite short of breath, and this isn't like me, you know? I ...
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- Perlita Stroh
Where we identify a gap in the nurse, midwife or nursing associate’s knowledge or training we’ll try to help them understand what they can do to address this gap and demonstrate they’re safe to practise.
Nurses and nursing organizations alike are committed to lifelong learning and continuing competence. Nurses benefit from personal enrichment and professional growth, and it is assurance for members of the public that they are receiving contemporary and high-quality care.
Jan 1, 2021 · We discuss current trends at this defining moment in nursing education, and strategies to leverage the tipping point as educators mobilize to prepare future nurses for successful collaborative artificial intelligence-infused, clinical practice.
Racism in health care and nursing is a systemic problem, leading to discrimination and health disparities. These issues need to be tackled aggressively at all levels. In 2020, CNA committed to actively confronting racism and dismantling oppressive systems that have created inequities within nursing and broader society.
