COVID-19 reached a pandemic status in early 2020, creating an unprecedented global public health crisis. As of early 2021, much has been learned about COVID-19 but much more remains to be explained.
On September 29, 2020, I awoke in a hospital bed, burning up with fever, dripping sweat, and panting. I was Covid-19 positive and informed that morning by a rounding hospitalist.
As a registered practical nurse fighting on the frontlines of COVID-19, this past year was one of the most challenging, frightening, and critical moments for me as a nurse.
As we celebrate women internationally this month of March, it’s important to address one of the major issues ravaging most women and young girls today.
I used to stress over meeting new people. How will I behave? How will they behave? What will I say? What will they say? How will I react? How will they react? I found with a lot of experience they are as unsure as I am.
Therapeutic home care provides a service in the community by caring for the frail and vulnerable in the comfort of their own home.
As a nurse of forty-plus years, I cannot help but wonder what the future of nursing holds for my younger colleagues. It is no secret that as a nation we have encountered nursing shortages for years and the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects growth faster than occupation.
Diabetic gastroparesis (DG) is a complication of diabetes that can result in damage to the vagus nerve that supports GI mobility and the ability to move food through the digestive tract.
Who could have foreseen the problems that a disease entity could have caused throughout the college community and specifically in the colleges of nursing across the nation?
So, are we real nurses? Oh my goodness yes, and so much more! The little wisdom I want to share and I believe is important for nurses that work in the hospital understand, that when an inmate comes in, call the nurse from the facility and ask about the inmates’ history.
