Palliative Care: The Time for the Talk
For Lyndsay DeGroot, the ICU wasn’t a calling as it is for many nurses. Rather, it was an epiphany. “My aunt died of sepsis very...
United States of Nursing | 10/07/22
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A Back-to-Basics Approach
It wasn’t a crisis; not an emergency. Scott Newton, DNP, MHA, RN, handles those in his sleep. After three full decades in nursing, as a...
United States of Nursing | 10/07/22
The Knowledge to Embrace Life
All of us will die one day. Nothing can change that outcome. So, let’s talk about it, normalize it, and when that time comes, learn to...
United States of Nursing | 10/07/22
Resident Expert
Roberto Roman Laporte turns outsiders into insiders, a skill he had to learn early. Roman Laporte helped a South Florida health care...
United States of Nursing | 10/07/22
In Perfect Balance
Her sister Eugenia, a DNP, had opened three successful weight-loss clinics, as her own boss controlling her work-life balance, and was...
United States of Nursing | 10/07/22
Listening, Learning, Earning Trust
Thirty armed Salvadoran gang members surrounded the car, stopping it so that it couldn’t go forward or backward. Inside, Meghan...
United States of Nursing | 10/07/22
Reaching and Teaching Young People
Half the battle is just showing up, being open, and trying to make a difference. The rest? Alison D’Oleo-Lundgren will figure that part...
United States of Nursing | 10/04/22
PhD Student’s Key Role in Protecting Abused Children
PhD student Katie Spearman used her frustration as fuel. “Judges in the family court system are failing to protect children,” says...
United States of Nursing | 10/03/22
From Here to Forever
Cindy Guess was a single mother running (almost) late for Day One of nursing school. Chris Funkhouser—“he’s always early; I’m...
United States of Nursing | 10/03/22
