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Answer the Call: Nursing’s Need for Committed Peer Reviewers

By Nursing Nexus | 10/09/2025 |

Rita D’Aoust, PhD, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN The nursing profession faces a multifaceted problem that extends far beyond hospital wards and clinical settings. While much attention has been focused on the critical shortage of bedside nurses—with projections indicating the world may be short 5.7 million nurses by 2030 (Bean, 2020)—a parallel and equally concerning…

Why Healthcare isn’t Free, And Why You Don’t Want it to be

By Nursing Nexus | 10/07/2025 |

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the verb “swindle” as the use of deception to take money or property from someone. Nurses and other healthcare providers in the United States have endured decades of attempts to swindle them out of their money and their livelihood by using the deceptive argument that healthcare should be “free”. Often, these…

A Call to Dialogue

By Nursing Nexus | 09/11/2025 |

I write this on the 24th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States that brought down the Twin Towers in Manhattan and killed almost 3,000 people. Today, I am also reflecting on a singular murder that occurred yesterday. Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated during an appearance at a…

Introducing Nursing Nexus: Why Nursing Nexus?

By Nursing Nexus | 07/03/2025 |

The inspiration for this endeavor started several years ago through my interactions with nurse authors, journal editors, and publishers. It grew while watching the landscape of discourse in our professional publications change and evolve over time. There is a need for a free and fair exchange of ideas about topics that impact nurses and nursing,…

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