Digging Up Old Specialities

Digging Up Old Specialities

Jeanie Hubert, OR RN – Hunterdon Medical Center COVID-19 had a silver lining for me because it allowed me to use my skills as a medical-surgical nurse to care for others when it was desperately needed. I have been an operating room nurse for the last four years;...
Magnet® Designation In COVID-19

Magnet® Designation In COVID-19

Madelyn Torakis, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Director, Nursing Excellence and Magnet Program – Henry Ford Hospital September 23, 2013. My first day as an employee of Henry Ford Hospital (HFH). I was hired into this amazing organization to help lead the efforts to achieve...
Staying Strong in the ICU

Staying Strong in the ICU

Trisha Brazeal, BSN, RN, I6-Neuro Stepdown Unit – Henry Ford Hospital Looking back now, it all seems like it was a bad dream. I remember hearing about COVID on the news and thought to myself, “It will never get bad in the US.” I would soon realize how wrong I...
My Deployment Journey

My Deployment Journey

Michelle Churches, MSN, RN, Staff Nurse — Kellogg Eye Center PACU Crisis: “A stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events is determined; a turning point” 2020, the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. It has been an incredible journey...
The Early Days of a Pandemic

The Early Days of a Pandemic

Belinda Myers, RN, BSN – Jefferson Health, Cherry Hill, NJ In early March of 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a message was sent out to all the nursing staff asking if anyone would be willing to help out in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) due to the...