Throughout my long nursing career, I have felt nurses were mostly invisible. So, from the beginning of my first post eleven years ago, I have stressed that nurses: Were rarely recognized as making a difference in the health care delivery system Have had little input into the policies that affected their practice Were seldom sought…… Continue reading Where Am I Going With My Blog? Here Is the Answer
Category: Covid-19
What does 2022 hold for Nursing?
The nursing profession has been riding a roller coaster these past two years as we lived with the pandemic. In the beginning: The World Health Organization designated 2020 the Year of the Nurse and Midwife spotlighting the profession internationallyNurses were applauded by New Yorkers who stood on their balconies or hung out the windows of…… Continue reading What does 2022 hold for Nursing?
Public Health Nursing Needs Recognition
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the field of public health into the spotlight. Yet nurses, who often work most closely with the community, have somehow remained largely in the background. (Stories from the Field) In the following article: Stories from the Field, public health nurses Susan Blue and Maureen Cava capture the essence of public health nursing. The…… Continue reading Public Health Nursing Needs Recognition
Photos of the Patients I wrote about in my book: Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers
This past Saturday, I received a box in the mail filled with old photos. The nurse practitioner who took my place when I left the Senior Center sent this delightful surprise. “Rita Wisniewski” (I changed all names in my book except for my immediate family) said in her note that sending me the pictures of…… Continue reading Photos of the Patients I wrote about in my book: Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers
Writing More Personal Stories
While it was time consuming, I loved doing the April Alphabet Challenge A to Z. It got me writing new stories, released memories I had forgotten and expanded my writing skills. Going forward with my Blog, I will intersperse more personal tales. This is a timely decision since nurses are getting greater attention being on…… Continue reading Writing More Personal Stories
Glass Half-Full
Dominated by political turmoil and the COVID-19 Pandemic, this past year has been a roller coaster ride with few brief moments of slow travel interspersed with deep dives of fright and foreboding. The highs that I have enjoyed come in part from the increased attention given to nurses. I have long complained that the nursing…… Continue reading Glass Half-Full
Happy New Year
May you have a happy, healthy and very peaceful 2021
A Physician’s Story
I haven’t posted any stories about what physicians face when working on the front lines during the Covid-19 pandemic. Of course, my Blog is about nursing. In more recent years, the collaboration between nurses and physicians has grown. The professions work together with more mutual respect than when I began my nursing career. And…… Continue reading A Physician’s Story
United Kingdom Nursing Students Work on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
In my post on September 22: Nursing Students Provide Insights into the Pandemic, I spotlighted the thoughts and experiences of the nursing students from Seton Hall University, New Jersey, as they cared for Covid-19 patients. Today’s post has the same focus but this time nursing students from the United Kingdom share their stories about working on…… Continue reading United Kingdom Nursing Students Work on the Front Lines of the Pandemic
The Power of Nurses
The World Health Organization designation of 2020 Year of the Nurse and Nurse Midwife has taken a back seat to the sensational political news alerts that fill our lives as if nothing else is important. This post is just a reminder that nurses still are on the front lines of COVID-19 and make a difference in our…… Continue reading The Power of Nurses
Nursing Stories: Memories of an Older Nurse 