Over the past few decades, trends in healthcare have shifted to promote healing to take place in a patient’s home. This is achieved in parts by advances in medicine, training families as care partners, and by earlier discharges. For instance in the 1990s when patients...
Sabrina Giaimo
Victory Day
Today marks the day of anticipation and the day of jubilation. Vaccination day! I take this vaccine in honor of all of the lives lost to Covid. For all of the patients, myself and coworkers have watched die slow and painful deaths from a suffocating disease For all...
Why We Need More Men in Nursing
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12% of registered nurses in America are male. Fifty years ago, they comprised 2%. While the proportion is higher, the goal should be an equal representation of the population we serve. Men are invaluable when it comes...
Life on the Frontline
Eleven years ago, I had both the honor and horror of being a highly skilled and experienced RN at the frontline of the swine flu pandemic. The winter of 2008-9 was the most difficult of my career. It moved me in the most profound way to become the ICU nurse I am...
Malaria
Image Source: worldbulletin.net Can you guess the world’s deadliest creature? Bear, hippo, elephant, or tiger? Actually, the World’s deadliest beast is the mosquito. They serve as a vector for diseases such as Zika virus, Dengue, Yellow fever, West Nile Virus, and...
Cholera Prevention
Image Source: ifrc.org Cholera is a waterborne disease that affects between 1.3 million and 4 million people globally a year. Reporting is inaccurate due to the mostly underdeveloped regions that cholera affects. Cholera afflicts mainly warmer climates in summer...