By Vance Hobbes With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March 2012, some 30 million new patients have been able to access healthcare of which they were previously unable to. With health professionals already squeezed for time and unable to fit any more patients on their schedules, there must be some way of absorbing these additional patients into hospitals and clinics. How will this be possible then? An immediate solution to this problem is to open the opportunity for registered nurses and advanced practice nurses to take on some of the responsibilities previously exclusive to doctors. Now I am certainly not suggesting these nurses should take over…
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Wishing each of you and your families and friends the very best of safe and happy holidays. Enjoy!!! photo © Kathy Quan
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The Nurses Float in the Rose Parade
The Rose Parade from Pasadena, CA is a New Year’s Day tradition known throughout the world. On Jan. 1, 2013, Sally Bixby RN CNOR will become only the second woman in the history of the parade, and the first nurse to preside as President of the Tournament of Roses and Rose Bowl Game. In honor of this event and to honor the profession of nursing, the Nurses Float 2013 will be in the parade. The float is entitled, A Healing Place. A recent graduate from the Pasadena City College School of Nursing and a student at PCC will ride on the float along with other nurses from Southern California. Nurses…
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The American Nurse
The American Nurse Photographs and Interviews is quite possibly one of the most beautiful photographic essays I’ve ever seen. I was delighted to find it today as I took time to actually read through some of my emails. It made the cover story for AJN in September 2012, so I guess I’m a little late to the table, but so very happy to have arrived now. The book actually captures the essence of the nurses chosen to be included in it. They jump off the pages though their portraits and their stories which are quite unique and yet very similar. Nurses are passionate individuals and this book absolutely oozes passion…
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Issues for Men in Nursing
If you are a man considering a career in nursing, or are already a male nurse, here’s a great article from the UCSF School of Nursing. It contains valuable information and multiple resources for male nurses. Photo: Microsoft.com For centuries, nursing was man’s work. And now we struggle to get men to become nurses. In the 21st century it seems hard to believe, but the issue of gender is still a huge barrier and stigma. Nursing is a profession and not a gender. The AAMN (American Assembly for Men in Nursing) has set a goal to have 20% on the student nurse population be men by 2020 (20×20 campaign) and…