While the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the routines of many people’s lives, nursing students and faculty are no different. While many of America’s workers and students were able to switch…
What is leadership in nursing and how will it change? It’s a difficult question to answer because to everyone, it is different. To Tina Decker, Chair of the Department of…
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “resilience” is defined as “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” For nurses, resiliency is an especially important quality. Even before…
Even before COVID-19, being a nurse was a demanding position. Working long, unconventional hours has resulted in nursing being one of the top professions for burnout. Even worse, these stressors…
Since the murder of George Floyd, many organizations, companies, and individuals have pledged to be anti-racist in order to make the world a more fair and equitable place. While the…
While there are many facets to being a nurse — and learning how to be a nurse — one that is particularly top of mind today is public health advocacy.…
Throughout the last few months, COVID-19 and the attempts to slow its spread have drastically altered every aspect of day-to-day life for not only Americans, but across the globe. From…
Diversity is, and has always been, one of the greatest strengths of our extraordinary nation. For nursing, diversity brings with it broader insight, more compassionate care, cultural sensitivity, and a…
Globally, we are in the midst of a battle against one of the largest healthcare challenges of our lifetime: the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. According to the CDC, COVID-19 or the…
Generally, it is accepted that there are two overarching factors that influence a person’s health: genetics and environment. Together, genetics and environment both play a role in a third way…
