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Furthering the global agenda

Dania Itani Mousa |

You can make vital contributions toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals as an individual or as a chapter—here’s how.

Gaslighting, betrayal, and a culture of fear

Cynthia Clark |

Are we moving the civility needle in nursing education?

Relationships and trust: the glue to hold global health together

Brittney van de Water |

In the short-term ‘voluntourism’ opportunities I had participated in, I was gaining and learning more from my experience than I was actually giving.

My Call to Action—Infuse Joy—may seem out of place for 2020, but in many ways, this year has underscored and reinforced the need for the three essential elements of that call: Awareness, Balance and Purpose, and Co-creation.

Legacy: The gift that keeps giving

Anna Dermenchyan |

Building a legacy might be a lifetime endeavor, but the real value we add to the people around us is during the journey.

“Why don’t you just quit?”

Marissa H. Rafael |

I decided to do what the nursing process tells me to do: assess the situation and make a plan. I educate myself, and I tread lightly.

Keep it simple

Denelle Hebert |

Technology doesn’t always provide the upper hand. We set out to prove that.

The other side of the desk

Keri Jarvis |

I experienced a horrific tragedy six weeks before I started nursing school.

Checking colonialism at the border

Kate York |

This year’s travel restrictions gave me time to consider what we do and what we stand for with our cultural immersion programs.

The magical role of play therapy

Shela Akbar Ali Hirani |

Low-cost therapy helps pediatric patients cope with hospitalization.

Designing a usable healthcare information system

Christy St. John |

Chapter from Mastering Informatics: A Healthcare Handbook for Success, an STTI book.a helpoful

In honor of Imogene M. King

Patricia Messmer and Jane Palmer |

Imogene M. King, 84, pioneer nursing theorist and international nursing scholar, died 24 December 2007.

In two words, what do nurses contribute to healing?

Teddie M. Potter |

Four blocks in this photo help explain what nurses do, but which ones?

Discovering the culture of your community

Lisa E. Skemp, Melanie C. Dreher, and Susan P. Lehmann |

Chapter from Healthy Places, Healthy People: A Handbook for Culturally Informed Community Nursing Practice, Third Edition, an STTI book.

High reliability organizations: The need for a paradigm shift in healthcare culture

Cynthia R. Latney |

Chapter from High Reliability Organizations, an STTI book.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Where do nurses fit in?

Patricia Thompson |

Probably in more places than you think.

When cultures clash

Sally N. Ellis Fletcher |

How to respond as a nurse? Five steps to cultural sensibility.

The dirty hands of health care: What would Florence think?

Juli C. Maxworthy |

If poor hygiene fosters disease, why are hospitals so non-compliant with hand washing?

The emergency nurse as a professional

Linda Laskowski-Jones |

Chapter from Emergency Nursing: The Profession, the Pathway, the Practice, an STTI book.

What students can do to promote civility

Cynthia Clark and Cari Cardoni |

Civility in nursing education and practice—why it matters and what can be done to foster it.