As a nurse with eight years of college and university education and countless hours of continuing education hours every year to remain current and at the top of my “Profession,” I am insulted and ...

Since my first days as a medical-surgical nurse at an HCA Healthcare facility in Kentucky, more than 26 years ago, I have been a passionate advocate for nurses and advancing the nursing profession.

A patient was in pain, frustrated because she felt like no one was listening to her. Emily Barksdale, a nursing student at UNC-Chapel Hill at the time, walked in and asked the patient to describe her ...