Nursing in the Covid-19 pandemic: notes by a trauma nurse at a London Level 1 Trauma Centre (blog first published on 29 March 2020) Covid19 Nursing This week the medical and nursing staff on my unit had a joint training session run by an ICU registrar on what to do if your Covid-19 patient has a cardiac arrest. Step 1, leave the room. Confused Continue reading →

HANOVER Brenda Maver's voice catches with emotion when she talks about the young nurses, "the rookies," just a year or two out of nursing school who are being pressed into action on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in South Shore and Boston hospitals. "I've known them since they were in kindergarten and they are all such nice girls out there working so hard, thrown into this crisis," she said. Mayer is standing at the work table in her garage that is covered with ribbons as she begins another day of making simple wreaths to say "thank you" to area health care workers Continue reading →

By: Lillian Lema, Staff Writer At a young age USM student Ashley Watters knew that she wanted to go into the nursing field due to her upbringing. Growing up in a low-income family, Watters was a witness to the hardships her family faced on not being able to advocate for their health concerns and therefore, not seek to improve it. Continue reading →

The current coronavirus crisis has emphasised to everyone just how vital the NHS is to us, and the incredible work all the staff do on a daily basis. As you regularly see today, the NHS relies heavily on an international workforce, with doctors and nurses, cleaners and engineers all coming from across the world Continue reading →

Updated March 31, 2020 09:04:09 A Victorian nurse who says she repeatedly treated a man with coronavirus fears she could have unknowingly infected dozens of other vulnerable patients. The 58-year-old says an elderly patient, whose home she visits twice weekly for her job with a private contractor, has tested positive to COVID-19 but she did not find out for more than a week Continue reading →