Boston, MA – Nurse Shannon Wilkens on floor 4 West thought she saw someone she knew in scrubs walking into room 414. “He was tall, I swore he looked familiar. Our charge nurse informed me he was recently hired and volunteered to work nights,” Wilkens recalled. “So being that it was slow and I had […]

Nearly 90% of medical students graduate with median education debt of $170,000, yet less than 30% list that debt as a moderate or strong influence on which specialty they choose to pursue in residency. However, others say money issues are present even in choices that don’t appear to be — on the surface — about […]

If we, as women, want equality in the workplace, why are we sabotaging our fellow nurses? Why do we call males in the nursing profession “male nurses”? Using this phrase insinuates that nursing is a female profession. It is true that in recent history nursing has been dominated by females. Currently about 10% of nurses […]

How Being a Doctor Became the Most Miserable Profession Nine of 10 doctors discourage others from joining the profession, and 300 physicians commit suicide every year. When did it get this bad? By the end of this year, it’s estimated that 300 physicians will commit suicide. While depression amongst physicians is not new—a few years […]

Koral Del Mar Rivera is learning about MRI. The imaging test can sound scary. But once kids are prepared, it doesn’t have to be. The “MR-I Am Ready” program teaches kids and their parents what to expect. “When she got here she was nervous, I was super nervous too,” Yvonne Fernandez, Koral’s mother, said. Now […]