Nursing

Vilma Wong, a nurse working in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, worked with a memorable baby 28 years ago. The baby was a boy, born at just 29 weeks, and he needed to remain at the hospital for a month before his parents could bring him to his home to San Jose. After nearly 30 years, Wong remembered the baby's … [Read more...] about NICU nurse discovers new colleague was premature baby she cared for 28 Years ago

A nurse who called a wheelchair-confined elderly patient with dementia “a dirty Jew” before slapping him on the arm has had her registration cancelled by the High Court. Marilyn Rillera (57), who had been working in the Maynooth Community Care Unit in Kildare before returning to her native Philippines, had been bringing the 87-year-old patient of the unit to the toilet in … [Read more...] about Nurse who called patient ‘dirty Jew’ has registration cancelled

In a country where about half of all marriages result in divorce, marriage can end for a variety of reasons. Career site Zippia investigated how likely people's occupations contributed to their decision to divorce. According to the new study, researchers compiled data from the U.S. Census Bureau to find out the careers with the highest and lowest divorce rates. Researchers … [Read more...] about These are the best and worst careers for marriage

If I was forced to sum up the NCLEX and the job of a nurse into one word it would be: SAFETY Keeping our patients safe is central to everything we do from administering meds, preventing infection, aiding in recovery . . .and everything else. This cheatsheet covers several points of patient safety: … [Read more...] about Patient Safety Cheat Sheet