Kathryn Dixon worked as a bedside nurse for 15 years before taking a job as a nurse manager. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
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When Florence Nightingale was recruiting nurses, an accomplished nurse from Jamaica named Mary Seacole traveled to London but was repeatedly rejected. Seacole wrote: "Did these ladies shrink from accepting my aid because my blood flowed beneath a somewhat duskier skin than theirs? " Her experience is part of the new book Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and its Power to Change the World. Universal History Archive/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks at a news conference in Miami on Wednesday about a network of nursing school operators, centered in South Florida, who allowed students to buy diplomas without the proper training. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP hide caption
Nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital strike outside the hospital on Monday in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
RaDonda Vaught and her attorney, Peter Strianse, listen as verdicts are read at her trial in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, March 25. The jury found Vaught, a former nurse, guilty of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in the death of a patient to whom she accidentally gave the wrong medication. Nicole Hester/The Tennessean/AP hide caption
RaDonda Vaught, a former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse charged in the death of a patient, listens to opening statements during her trial in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday, March 22. Stephanie Amador/AP hide caption
Reeny Pereira had been a licensed nurse in Maryland for years. But when she moved to Pennsylvania, that state wouldn't recognize her license. Pereira had to wait five months for a new Pennsylvania license. Reeny Pereira hide caption
Nurse Sara Dean of Mount Juliet, Tenn., attends her daughter Harper's gymnastics practice. Dean spent nearly two years travelling the country as a nurse, gaining a much higher salary than she could at home. Blake Farmer/WPLN News hide caption
For travel nurses, jobs at home can't come close to pay they get on the road
Nurses check on a patient in a Jonesboro, Ark., ICU in August when the delta variant sparked yet another surge of serious COVID-19 cases in the region. The pandemic has only added to a longstanding nursing shortage in the U.S., statistics show. Houston Cofield/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
An ambulance pulls up as nurses outside a triage tent for the Emergency Department at the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle put on gowns and other protective gear at the start of their shift, on April 2, 2020. A resurgence of the coronavirus has health care workers and government leaders worried about dwindling resources and an exhausted workforce. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
'We're All Tired Of This': Health Care Workers In Seattle Prepare For Another Surge
Retired nurse Ruth Owens, left, told her grandson James Taylor why being a nurse "is the most rewarding profession," at their StoryCorps recording in April 2019, in Cookeville, Tenn. Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan/StoryCorps hide caption
93-Year-Old Retired Nurse: 'It Takes A Special Person' To Go Into The Profession
Frontier Airlines jetliners sit at gates on the A concourse at Denver International Airport. Lawsuits filed on Tuesday accuse the airline of discriminating against pregnant and nursing women. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Flight Attendants, Pilots Say Frontier Discriminated Against New Moms
RaDonda Vaught appears at a court hearing with her attorney, Peter Strianse, in February. Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was charged with reckless homicide after a medication error killed a patient. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
Belmont University's nursing program started hiring actors like Vickie James to help with their end-of-life simulations for students. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption
Morphine, And A Side Of Grief Counseling: Nursing Students Learn How To Handle Death
In a study conducted by psychologist Jennifer Bosson, some men reported that ordering a drink with a cocktail umbrella felt like a gender violation. Parth Shah hide caption
While Baby Duke Brothers stayed in the NICU, his parents could watch over him via web cam. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption
Listen to Kristin Laurel read her poem
Proponents of arbitration say the system is more efficient than going to court for both sides, but arbitration can be costly, too. And a 2009 study showed the typical awards in nursing home cases are about 35 percent lower than the plaintiff would get if the case went to court. Heinz Linke/Westend61/Corbis hide caption
Suing A Nursing Home Could Get Easier Under Proposed Federal Rules
As life draws to an end, compassion is more important than food. Kacso Sandor/iStockphoto hide caption
A Nurse Reflects On The Privilege Of Caring For Dying Patients
Chief nursing officer Marc Julmisse (in glasses) leads nursing rounds inside the neonatal intensive care unit of the University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti. Rebecca E. Rollins/Partners in Health hide caption