Department: Writing + Reviews

Sometimes generation gaps are revealed in amusing ways.

An RN remembers her first charge experience years ago, when she was a new grad, in charge of a small, full ICU, in which a child lay dying.

Take your own stress test! Carol Greenberg's blood pressure is up and it could be because of her doctor.

As an experienced RN watches nurses care for a family member, she wonders where the professionalism has gone.

Though suspicious at first, Kathe comes to realize that her husband's long-term care facility isn't such a bad place after all.

Why are so many nurses depressed? Is it something about a nurse's personality?

A woman's experiences during her mother's illness make her wonder, "Do the HIPPA privacy laws really protect a patient?"

Members of a Neuro Trauma ICU family support group discuss the "ingredients" for recovery.

Should this be the title of a horror movie?

The grating laughter caught her attention, and her subsequent actions changed her life.

Reflecting on the life lessons taught by a young doctor who learned that she had a brain tumor.

The lesson of one "non-compliant" patient …

What's a smile good for? A whole lot!

Even when one doesn't actually work in research, keeping up with the latest findings can enrich your career, and more!

There are many ways to say good-bye when you expect to see someone again, but how do you say it when you won't?

Are fad diets just too much of a good thing?

Max's more recent experiences with drug companies, including as a patient.

For one woman, a diagnosis of MS brings up many questions.

Was a case of Marfan syndrome responsible for the foundation of the Judeo-Christian religions?

Quarantines are probably as old as civilization, but were they effective in the past, and are they now?