Frieda Paton, M.Cur, RN
6 Science-Based Tips for Better Sleep
This article looks firstly at the consequences of sleep deprivation and fatigue. We then provide some tips which you can try to sleep better—before you resort to medication.
Stand Together Apart: A Moving Song by a COVID-19 Frontline Nurse
Nurse Mika Mamon expresses her feelings and experiences as an ICU nurse during the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in her song entitled “Stand Together Apart.”
8 Tips to Avoid Skin Damage While Wearing PPE
The following tips to prevent and manage PPE-related skin problems are summarized from advice provided by experts from across the world.
Certified Nurse Midwife Guide: How to Become A Nurse Midwife
Interested in becoming a certified nurse midwife? This nursing career guide provides you with all the information you need about what the nurse midwife does, how to become one, salary of nurse midwives, job outlook, qualifications, and more.
Nurse With Asthma and Only One Lung Recovers From COVID-19
When Tanya Adell-O’Neal was admitted to hospital with COVID-19, she knew that her chances of survival hung in the balance. Not only was she hardly able to speak from shortness of breath, but she also suffered from asthma and had only one lung.
ICN Calls for More Than Applause to Celebrate International Nurses Day
This year's International Nurses Day was always going to be a special one – occurring on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and in the first-ever International Year of the Nurse.
8 Self-Care Ideas to Celebrate Nurses Week
Nurses need to stay healthy if they want to continue caring for others and this means that they need to practice self-care more than ever.
Nurses Protest at White House Over Lack of PPE
Nurses protested in front of the White House on April 21 to draw attention to the plight of nurses and other health care workers who do not have adequate safety equipment to protect them against COVID-19 infection.
Nursing During the Deadliest Influenza Pandemic of 1918
Never before have those of us who are alive today experienced the demands and the collective shock, grief, and feeling of helplessness brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nursing Organizations Across the World Call for Urgent Resolution of PPE Shortages
Shortage of adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health workers is being reported from nearly every country in the world as COVID-19 continues to spread.
