Content courtesy of Verizon. Popular YouTuber Nurse Blake may be known for posting videos that poke fun at nurse life and giving nurses some comic relief in the process, but he has also supported nurses and his patients in other significant ways. I’ve always been a caregiver, so going into the nursing profession was a
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Early in my nursing career, I had the honor of caring for Mr. Smith during the last moments of his life. Before I came to care for him, I learned that he had been in declining health for some time. He was exhausted. In fact, during the course of this current admission, he made the
Reflecting on my path to nursing is often difficult for me. My story is unique and unusual, but it is also why I celebrate my ambition and drive to do something impactful. I remember what my life looked like the year before I decided to go to nursing school. My life was dysfunctional, chaotic, and I
Here at The DAISY Foundation, we’re reflecting on how some things have changed and how others should remain the same. Usually around this time of year, we would normally be out and about visiting with nurses, celebrating DAISY Award nominations and honorees. We’d be connecting with the very creative and resourceful committees who run our
Whether she is on high-tech rescue missions as a flight nurse in Colorado or on mission trips, providing care with few resources to people in villages in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Kelly Thompson, RN, CFRN, is known for making a difference in patients’ lives. Flight nurse Kelly Thompson, RN, holds an infant during her
When COVID-19 made its way to the Navajo Nation in March, a combination of circumstances fanned its flames. And by May, the Navajo Nation ’ which covers an area of roughly 27,000-miles that includes sections of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico ’ had surpassed New York as having the highest per-capita COVID-19 infection rate in
Sometimes, it takes a village to get personal protective equipment to the healthcare workers who need it during a pandemic. Rachel Smith, BSN, RN, director of nursing at Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo, Colo., found that to be true for nurses and others working at the front lines for U.S. rural hospitals. But Heart4Heroes stepped
Heather Anderson, BSN, RN, Director of the Medical Surgical Unit at Adventist Health St. Helena in northern California, received an unexpected call soon after she arrived home from work on August 19. Heather Anderson, RN Anderson, a member of the facility’s disaster preparedness team, needed to return to the hospital immediately because winds had shifted
The story of the Health Wagon, a nurse-driven mobile health clinic that provides care to several thousand medically underserved people in the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia, is one of great risk and greater reward. The Health Wagon, the oldest mobile health clinic in the nation, has delivered care to people in isolated towns along winding,
Toni Wilburn, RN, thrives as a critical care nurse. And after 30 years in the profession, Wilburn thought she was prepared for anything. Toni Wilburn, RN But even this nursing veteran, who is a critical care nurse at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville, Ga., admits she never imagined a time when nursing would be so