The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The floor nurse had just told me that my new patient – let’s call her Marie ...
It’s no secret that U.S. nurses are under enormous stress. The Delta variant is driving a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, and the new Omicron variant is spreading fast. Some states are maxed out on ...
Have no doubt, kindness is alive and well in our world. In addition to suffering from ALS, I recently spent over five weeks in the intensive care unit at UPMC Presbyterian hospital, where I was ...
As we enter Year 3 of the pandemic, we check back in with ICU nurse Jessica Montanaro, whom we first met in 2021. Now sick with covid and facing a ticking clock on her return to work, she reflects on ...
Health care professionals all across the globe have bravely been putting others first during the pandemic with their heroic work. But for many their duty is not just limited to their day-to-day tasks, ...
"I felt so called to help," said ICU nurse Ashlee Schwartz Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand since 2017, working as an intern, ...
In some parts of the country, hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients are the highest they've been since the pandemic began a year and a half ago. Most of those patients are unvaccinated, and the nurses ...