Compassion Fatigue

Although nurses are taught to maintain emotional distance from patients, the "line between a professional and personal relationship with a patient can become blurred," RN Sarah Horstmann wrote on the New York Times' "Well" blog last week.

Sunnybrook’s parent co-ordinator guides families through the difficult early days of caring for premature infants

Critics are slamming the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s new model for care delivery, saying it is really a way to replace registered nurses with less- qualified care aides.

After a long career in ophthalmology, a parade of memories reminds me of the impact I’ve had on patients’ lives, and their impact on mine

For busy and opinionated physicians, online comments are both catharsis and a form of self-expression.