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Share Article By 0900 on the  first day of orientation with her preceptee, Sheila knew, and groaned inwardly. Her preceptee, Kyle, was a know-it-all. During rounds on their patient in the designated COVID-19 ICU unit, the intensivist musingly mentioned transfusion. Kyle spoke up excitedly, “Oh, you mean convalescent plasma transfusion? It looks promising. I read that it can be useful in the treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Share Article Two nursing professionals explain the importance of staying curious and challenging the status quo to provide the best patient care. By Adrianne Duvall, DNP, APRN, CNEcl, FNP-BC and Chaney Landgraf, MSN, RN, CNE, CCRN In our experiences as clinicians and educators, neither of us has ever met a successful nurse who’s satisfied with the status quo. Nurses share a spirit of inquiry—a drive to know why and a refusal to accept care decisions due to tradition or convention.

I'm an RN in a hospital-based surgery clinic. Other hospital-based surgical specialties share our suite and hold clinic as well. Across our outpatient organization, there is a black-and-white policy that only clinical staff wear scrubs. However, a surgery scheduler for another specialty has begun showing up to work in scrubs for the past couple of weeks.