I received a voicemail last week from a nurse/reader commenting about a photo used in an ADVANCE magazine. Complaining the appearance of nurses in a particular picture struck her as somewhat unkempt and disheveled, due to tousled hair and rumpled scrubs, she further commented, ''And in the back of the picture there is a typically obese ...

Dean Hilda Alcindor, RN, of Haiti's FSIL School of Nursing offered words of hopefulness this morning in a communication to Marcia Lane, director of Haiti Nursing Foundation. She tells of help that has finally started to arrive in Leogane. It follows, in part: 9:53 am Hello all, FSIL is fulfilling its mission. Thank you to ...

We're heading back to India, through the eyes of our guest blogger Malene Nielsen Flagga, an information specialist and science journalist at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She shares her recent experience with international nurses, many from the African nation of Ghana, and other healthcare providers as they gathered in Tamil ...

To all who have taken a personal interest in the Haitian nursing students at FSIL School of Nursing, the first BSN nursing program on the island of Haiti: I thought you might like to take a look for yourselves. Yesterday Haiti Nursing Foundation Director Marcia Lane alerted me to broadcast reports coming right from the ...

Dean Hilda Alcindor, RN, of FSIL School Nursing, the first BSN nursing program on the island of Haiti created under the guidance of Haiti Nursing Foundation (HNF), has found her voice amidst tragedy. Following is a portion of correspondence from her to Marcia Lane, HNF director. It reveals the succinct and poignant message of ...

''Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.'' --  Helen KellerThat apt quote is provided by Marcia Lane, director of Haiti Nursing Foundation, as she faithfully passes along an eyewitness account of the immense struggle for survival in Haiti. Marcia writes, ...

Yesterday I blogged that Dean Hilda Alcindor, RN, of FSIL School of Nursing, the first BSN nursing program on the island of Haiti, was among the missing. Amidst the tragedy came good news: The dean is alive and well. She is, however, mourning the loss of one of her students. The bright nursing hopeful had left the safety of the school ...

Nursing’s ranking as the most trusted profession in America the past 8 years in Gallup’s annual Honesty & Ethics poll is testament to the reverence with which the public holds the caring profession. It’s a sentiment nurses return each day when they go to work. In fact, for some that sense of commitment to caring about and for ...

Grab your passport! We're traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to pick up our guide -- guest blogger Malene Steen Nielsen Flagga of Copenhagen, Denmark. She will take us on an adventure to Vellore, India, to meet some nurses, many from the African nation of Ghana. It's a circuitous trip, but who are we to complain? We're hitching a ride right ...

The Holy Land comes to the fore during this splendid season replete with Biblical references. Many people visit to better understand their religious roots and the belief systems that are the basis of their faith. For Beverly Goldsmith, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, nursing missions to Israel have been nothing short of life-altering. ''I have found ...