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holidays and health

On Health and the Holidays

I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought it was…
Placebo or nocebo

Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage,…
Health literacy varies by patient

Being Sharp in Health Literacy

In 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York Downtown Hospital.…
A benevolent Nurse comforting another nurse

On leaving and loving nursing

The nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence Nightingale and…
AI in nursing

A staff nurse’s AI wish list

The adage “necessity is the mother of invention” has been propelling human progress (or folly, depending on one’s point of view) since the dawn…
Nurse helping a patient eat

Food, glorious food… wasted

Everyone has heard this: There is so much food, in fact tons of it, wasted. Every day. In 2010, according to the US Department…
nurses walking through hospital

Why I go to the office

In these waning days of the pandemic, one of the hottest discussions is whether office workers should physically go back to the office and…
nurse with dying patient

Humanism in Nursing

While cleaning up my electronic files recently, I came across a 2005 article from the Academic Medicine journal titled “A medical experience that taught me…
holidays and health

On Health and the Holidays

I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought…
Placebo or nocebo

Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its…
A benevolent Nurse comforting another nurse

On leaving and loving nursing

The nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence…
AI in nursing

A staff nurse’s AI wish list

The adage “necessity is the mother of invention” has been propelling human progress (or folly, depending on one’s point of view) since…
Nurse helping a patient eat

Food, glorious food… wasted

Everyone has heard this: There is so much food, in fact tons of it, wasted. Every day. In 2010, according to the…
nurses walking through hospital

Why I go to the office

In these waning days of the pandemic, one of the hottest discussions is whether office workers should physically go back to the…
nurse with dying patient

Humanism in Nursing

While cleaning up my electronic files recently, I came across a 2005 article from the Academic Medicine journal titled “A medical experience that…
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