Rebecca Newman, BA, MSW, LCSW
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How to Navigate Moral Injury in Nursing
Healthcare is both heartwarming and heartbreaking – something every nurse expects when entering the profession. However, when heartbreaking moments conflict with your moral, ethical, or spiritual beliefs, the emotional toll can be profound. Repeated exposure to ethically distressing situations can lead to moral injury, a deep emotional and psychological strain that affects both personal wellbeing and professional performance.
5 Nursing Trends to Watch in 2025
The nursing profession never stands still. It evolves in response to technological breakthroughs, societal shifts, and the growing complexity of patient care. As healthcare systems adapt to meet new challenges and opportunities, nurses find themselves at the center of these changes – whether it’s through adopting cutting-edge tools, addressing emerging patient needs, or rethinking their own wellbeing and work environments.
How to Support Communities Disproportionately Affected by Suicide
As the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S., suicide is a tragedy that affects all of us, whether directly or indirectly. An average of 135 people die by suicide every day, which is about one death every 15 minutes. But there are steps you can take. Learn prevention strategies that support people in their most challenging moments, bringing hope and saving lives.
Online Learning 101: Zoom Clinicals
For students across the country and around the globe, the coming school year probably looks different than what you’d envisioned. With COVID-19 changing the way we go about our daily routines, including work and school, students will have some serious adapting to do in the year to come. This can be especially true for students working toward healthcare degrees. Whether you’re studying to become a nurse, dental assistant, surgical tech, or a paramedic, you may be wondering how the required hands-on portion of your program will work in a world where social and physical distancing is the new norm. Luckily, with the help of technology, healthcare students won’t have to press pause on earning their degrees and can instead expect to conduct their clinical requirements a little differently than those who came before them. So, if you’re ready to start your Zoom clinicals off on the right foot, here are a few tips to get you going.
A Health Professional’s Guide to Surviving Self-Isolation
As a healthcare worker, self-isolation is a necessary practice in preventing the spread of viruses that can pass illness to your loved ones and community members. And while some of us healthcare professionals may be familiar with occasional self-isolation, most have not experienced it to the scale we are dealing with now during the Coronavirus pandemic. To help you navigate through these strange and uncertain times and to ensure physical and mental health, here are some tips for surviving self-isolation.
