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Robert Malone just wants everybody to get along. Malone is the assistant nurse manager for the Surgical Service Department of Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, Calif., a 581-bed hospital that handles about 8,800 surgical cases a year. Like many nurses, he has...

Jennifer Olin, BSN, RN, has never been able to stay away from the media. In fact, after graduating college with a dual degree in journalism and English, she headed off to a small town in Texas to work on a small-town newspaper. The dream lasted about a year. “It was...

NURSE VS. WILD By: Lanier Norville Paul Lamb, RN, loves the Big Sky Country. Born in Missoula, Mont., Lamb grew up hiking, fishing, biking and skiing. He attended high school and college in California, but he was eager to move back to his homeland. The big Sky Country...

Stripes to Scrubs By Lanier Norville As a teenager, Cathy Reece worked as a candy striper at her local nursing home in Paulding County, Ga. She volunteered a few days a week and brought residents meals, ice, and other things they needed. She enjoyed helping the...

When she was only 5 years old, a trip to the ice rink in Huntsville, Ala., with her brownie troop introduced Katherine Nix to the sport that would become her lifelong love. Nix, like many little girls her age, was enraptured by Peggy Fleming, and wanted to compete in...

By Matthew N. Skoufalos   After 35 years in the OR, 58-year-old Mary Hamlin, CST/CSFA at McLeod Health in Florence, S.C., has a long view of what it takes to be successful in the nursing profession. At minimum, she says, is a commitment to understanding the needs...