Health is viewed as a holistic concept. A person’s wellbeing should incorporate physical, cultural, emotional, social and spiritual elements. Today, healthcare is both faster and advanced and nursing is oriented towards task- accomplishment. Patients at the healthcare settings often foresee their uncertain outcome with extreme anxiety at the time of life threatening illness. They often require strong support to overcome their stress. Spirituality is an important force in everyday life for many people and may be especially high during times of loss. According to a CBS News poll conducted, 82% of Americans believe in God while 9% believe in some sort of spiritual or higher power. Watson’s theory of Human Caring acknowledges that spiritual awareness is one of the nurse’s responsibilities and nurses should respect the spiritual meaning of personal life since it comforts the individual.

Eileen Williamson, MSN, RN, nurse.com By its very nature, the professional nurse role is one of leadership.

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Les Masterson, Healthcare Dive A Health Affairs report last year caused waves when it found that seven of the top 10 most profitable U.S. hospitals were nonprofits.

Jessica Kim Cohen, Becker's Hospital Review HHS on May 15 released a third update for its "International Cyber Threat to Healthcare Organizations" guidance.

Heather Punke, Becker's Hospital Review Patients' perception of nurse communication factors into both Press Ganey and HCAHPS patient experience scores, and an initiative at one Texas hospital shows the simple act of sitting down with patients can improve those scores.

Julia Quinn-Szcesuil, Minority Nurse Nurses know all there is to know about how to get and stay healthy.

Jennifer Lelwica Buttaccio, Daily Nurse Do you ever feel like you’re running on empty? Maybe you feel like your workload is taking a toll on your mental or physical health, and you’re just not able to bounce back as you had hoped?

Angela Ballard, RN, EMT, Daily Nurse The last time you walked into a patient’s hospital room, what was touching the floor?

Alice Adamns, Houston Chronicle Each spring, the Houston Chronicle receives many nominations for the Salute to Nurses Top 150 and from this group, a panel selects the Top 10 honorees - those men and women who will represent nurses everywhere during National Nurses Week.

Emily Guevara, Tyler Morning Telegraph After a years-long application process, Christus Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler has been designated a Magnet facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Katie Kindelan, ABC News Alex Kiker, 11, thought she was going to the hospital Monday for a follow-up test in her treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.