It’s Thanksgiving. It’s also 2020. And yet the circumstances surrounding the year we’ve all gone through, in no way cancel out the fact that we still must be thankful. In fact, I believe that this year, more than any other year in the collective memory of the...
Zendaya Makes History
It’s the year of the ‘unprecedented.’ (I had to say that.) But as they say in showbiz, the show must go on!! And it did! The Emmy’s that is. To make a never-ending story short, the coronavirus basically forced the Emmy Awards to stage an almost entirely virtual event....
Back to School and What it Means for School Nurses
Here’s an unsettling statistic. 25% of schools across the United States do NOT have a school nurse. While that may have proved fine and dandy up until now; with the coronavirus still raging across the country, and many schools slated to reopen shortly, that’s going to...
Health and Wellness
August is National Wellness Month. And surprise, surprise; this month focuses on self-care, stress management, and creating healthy routines. In other words, it draws attention to every single thing nurses are terrible at. Yikes! To be fair, nurses are overworked,...
Bullying in the Nursing Industry Part II
If you’re here, I’d like to think you read through Part I of this series. If you didn’t, go read it and then come back. Bullying is not something to be taken lightly even when it involves full grown adults. Nurses need to know that bullying exists, why it exists, how...
Bullying in the Nursing Industry Part I
If I throw the word ‘bully’ out, what comes to mind? Surely not college educated, sophisticated adults, right?! Sure… Bullies belong on the playground or in middle school where they harass the weaker, smaller or perhaps ‘different’ students. Right?? RIGHT?!? Wrong....
The Secrets Your Nurse Is Most Probably Keeping From You
The title is misleading; I’ll admit. Sure, there are things nurses don’t tell their patients because, well… every industry has its secrets even if perhaps they ought to be public. But these secrets are of the other kind. The kind that once you find out what exactly...
Psychological Trauma: The Next Crisis?
June is PTSD month. Ironic, huh? Things are finally settling down out here in the NY/NJ area, and we’re about to experience what I believe to be one of the aftershocks of the Coronavirus; PTSD. And I’m talking medical professionals here, to be clear. Now don’t get me...