ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses : nurses

Nurses Can't Seem to Escape Being Honest & Trustworthy

Chuck Holt — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:19:00 GMT

As most everyone knows by now, nurses have for several years been ranked the "Most Trusted Profession" in an annual Gallup survey of Americans. But now a new study reveals nurses are also very good at assessing the quality of care delivered in the hospital...(read more)

Don't Miss a Step: What Every Nurse Can Do to Help Stop C.diff

Chuck Holt — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:26:00 GMT

It all started with a missed step. The bottom step of a stairway at my brother's house that is, which my mom completely missed one morning about 18 months ago causing her to land funny and break her left ankle. At 75, and having fought a 30-year battle...(read more)

Every Step of the Way: A Nurse's Cancer Diary - Entry 12

Guest Blogger — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:56:00 GMT

Nancy Cohen, BSN, RN, has graciously shared her personal journal, in which she writes about doing battle with cancer for the second time in her life. This is the 12th installment of a weekly blog that will enable readers to join her on the journey. Entry...(read more)

Is My Passion for My Job Killing Me?

Chuck Holt — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:44:00 GMT

I thoroughly enjoy editing articles. Whether written by a trio of PhDs, a CNO, a staff nurse writing for her first time, a freelance journalist or another ADVANCE editor, I just can't let a sentence be until it sounds right in my head. A long-time telecommuter,...(read more)

Every Step of the Way: A Nurse's Cancer Diary - Entry 11

Guest Blogger — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:47:00 GMT

Nancy Cohen, BSN, RN, has graciously shared her personal journal, in which she writes about doing battle with cancer for the second time in her life. This is the 11th installment of a weekly blog that will enable readers to join her on the journey. Entry...(read more)

Appealing to the Masses through Social Media

Barbara Mercer — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:13:00 GMT

For the second time in the past few months, social media and the Internet are lighting up as a consumer fights a denial for healthcare services by enlisting the public’s help. In a current case, a Washington, DC-based college student started a petition...(read more)

Every Step of the Way: A Nurse's Cancer Diary - Entry 4

Guest Blogger — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:29:00 GMT

Nancy Cohen, BSN, RN, has graciously shared her personal journal, in which she writes about doing battle with cancer for the second time in her life. This is the fourth installment of a weekly blog that will enable readers to join her on the journey....(read more)

Every Step of the Way: A Nurse's Cancer Diary

Guest Blogger — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:14:00 GMT

Nancy Cohen, BSN, RN, has graciously shared her personal journal, in which she writes about doing battle with cancer for the second time in her life. This is the first installment of a weekly blog that will enable readers to join her on the journey. Entry...(read more)

The Baby's Coming? I'd Rather Watch Football

Barbara Mercer — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:01:00 GMT

Who doesn’t love a good Super Bowl party? A bunch of friends, a whole lot of food we probably shouldn’t eat and maybe some beers, too. But would it be worth missing out on a major life event? A recent online survey indicates 15 percent of U.S. adults...(read more)

Guide to Professional Health in an Otherwise Unhealthy Environment

Guest Blogger — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:54:00 GMT

Colleen Claffey RN-BC,MSN,CEN,CPEN, is nurse educator in the emergency department/critical care at Jackson North Medical Center in North Miami Beach, FL. Never had I imagined that hospital workers, including nurses, would be mandated to take leave without...(read more)

TV Chef Says She has Diabetes. Will Lifestyle Changes Come?

Stacey Miller — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:58:00 GMT

Every once in a while stories in the entertainment sections of magazines and newspapers intersect with the health section. Just last week, readers found out about the lush maternity ward at Lenox Hill Hospital where Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed daughter,...(read more)

Paid to Get Dressed?

Lisa Brzezicki — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:44:00 GMT

Early last month two nurses at Aurora Medical Center filed a class action lawsuit against the Colorado facility's parent company, HealthOne of Denver, over the time it takes them to put on and take off their scrubs. They want to get paid to dress. The...(read more)

Validating Professional Nursing

Candy Goulette — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:29:00 GMT

It’s about time. A guilty plea by Dr. Rolando Arafiles in a West Texas courtroom last week closed a painful chapter in the long career of Texas nurses Anne Mitchell, RN, and Vicki Galle, BSN, RN. As part of a plea bargain, Arafiles admitted guilt to retaliation...(read more)

ADVANCE, Dansko Celebrate Breast Cancer Heroes With New Contest

ADVANCE Staff — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:05:00 GMT

"Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day." - Edward Albert, American film and television actor Breast cancer heroes touch our lives every day. They're our mothers, sisters, friends,...(read more)

What’s In a Name? Nurses as Doctors

Rich Krisher — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:15:00 GMT

"Hi. I'm Dr. Patti McCarver, and I'm your nurse." That's how an Oct. 1 New York Times article describes a nurse-patient interaction in a primary care setting. McCarver is a nurse practitioner who recently earned a doctorate. The trend of nurses earning...(read more)