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Celebrating Black Nursing Leaders: Karen McNulty

Minority Nurse

With almost 23 years in the field of nursing, McNulty has been able to help other nurses, both novice and experienced, to evolve into their roles on the busy medical-surgical/telemetry unit, now transitioning to step-down. Before I knew it, my nurse manager asked me to precept recent grads and nurses new to the hospital.

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Don’t Call Us Heroes: Nursing Is a Calling — and a Profession

Relias

Inside the hospital, nursing units might realistically be a cauldron of stress and anxiety. Healthcare industry organizations have surveyed nurses and related staff to discover the biggest issues and solutions that may exist as a large percentage of nurses threaten to leave the industry. Stressful work environment.