âNursing is in your DNA. Weâre called to serve,â said Lorie Brown, the president-elect of the nurse-attorney association. Brown, who works as a nurse-attorney at Brown Law Office in Indianapolis, couldnât leave her law practice to go back to nursing. But she did devote time preparing a guide about self-care and mental health for nurses, covering such things as mindfulness, meditation and yoga. [Read Full Article] … [Read more...]
Nursing And The Coronavirus
A nurse working at Kaiser in California took care of a patient who was positive for the coronavirus. She volunteered to care for this patient because she had training on the recommended protective gear. Her assumption was that should something happen to her, she would be cared for. Unfortunately, after a few days passed, the nurse became ill. She put herself on a 14-day self-quarantine period. However, she could not get tested to confirm whether she had contracted the coronavirus. At … [Read more...]
Nursing Scope Of Practice
Have you ever worked somewhere and your supervisor says, âJust write an order for that. We always do that to help out the physicians.â In that situation, you feel like youâve been put between a rock and a hard place. Your supervisor is telling you one thing and your gut is saying, âHey! Wait a minute! I donât have an order. I donât have a policy and procedure and the physician is not available for me to ask.â Your gut tells you that this is something you should not do yet your … [Read more...]
Trusted Nurses
In a Gallup Poll, nursing has again been voted as the most trusted profession for the 18th year in a row. One of the reasons it has been so long acclaimed is because of nursing ethics. However, anything that nurses do that may not put our profession in the most favorable light, can be detrimental. In an MTV reality TV show âScrubbing Inâ, they portrayed nurses going to bars in their scrubs. This negatively portrayed the nursing profession. We are held to high standards, just like a … [Read more...]
Top 10 Blogs Of 2019
This is one of my favorite things with each New Year. I look at my top 10 blogs to see which ones you really enjoyed.  In 2018, the favorite ones were based on license protection so in 2019, I chose to do more articles on that same subject. Just like with the New Yearâs Eve countdown, letâs go down the list starting with number 10 and head to number 1. By the way, you can read the original blog by clicking on the bolded number for each one. NUMBER 10:  PYXIS AND YOUR NURSING LICENSE â … [Read more...]
