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Working Nurse l WorkingNurse.com 3 October 14–November 18, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS October 14–November 18, 2019 | Issue 211 4, 6, 8, 10 ON THE QUICK Nursing & Healthcare News • Nurses Vote 2020 • "Safer Than Cigarettes" • ER Doctors and EHR Documentation • Get Your Flu Shot ASAP • The Weight of Lead • Defining Burnout Syndrome 12 OBSERVATIONS Dealing with Mean Nurses Making the case for going along to get along by Nancy Congleton, RN 14–15 MY SPECIALTY Pediatric Acute Care Tami Hitchcock, RN, B.S., CPN Loma Linda University Children's Hospital by Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, CPC, NC-BC 16–19 FEATURE The Art of Saying "No" Strategies for taking control of your time by Ann Reeves 20–21 PROFILES IN NURSING Elsie Ott, RN (1913–2006) One WWII nurse's grueling, globe-spanning medevac flight by Aaron Severson and Elizabeth Hanink, RN, BSN, PHN 22 BOOK CLUB A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back By Kevin Hazzard Reviewed by Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN JOIN OUR WORKING NURSE COMMUNITY Visit WorkingNurse.com for easy links Career Advice & Opportunities for Southern California RNs EDITOR & PUBLISHER Catherine Rhodes ASSOCIATE EDITOR Aaron Severson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Beth Boynton, RN, M.S. Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, CPC, NC-BC Nancy Congleton, RN Rhonda Collins, RN, DNP Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN Jon Garrison, RN, MSN Sue Montgomery, RN, BSN, CHPN Ersilia Pompilio, RN, MSN, PNP Nicole Smith LeAnn Thieman, LPN, CSP, CPAE Renee Thompson, RN, DNP Daria Waszak, RN, MSN, CEN, COHN-S ART DIRECTOR Rufus Agbede ONLINE CONSULTANT Dana Brook EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Hannah Rhodes, RN, BSN WORKING NURSE 137 N. LARCHMONT BLVD. STE. 474 LOS ANGELES, CA 90004 (213) 268-3261 WorkingNurse.com Contribute an article send query to editor@WorkingNurse.com Manage your subscription email your old and new address to help@WorkingNurse.com Advertise email sales@WorkingNurse.com (213) 268-3261 Planning Your Future? Get Your Advanced Degree from UCLA Nurse Practitioner Specialties ■ Family Practice ■ Adult/Gerontology Primary and Acute Care ■ Pediatric Primary or Dual Primary/Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Specialties ■ Educator/Change Agent improving patient outcomes and cost effectiveness ■ Adult/Gero Acute or Pediatric Specialties alone or in conjunction with NP option Nursing Ph.D. Advance science, influence practice, optimize healthcare delivery and impact healthcare policy worldwide. In-state tuItIon covered For 1st Year! Doctor Nursing Practice (DNP) Translate nursing science into clinical practice. Improve health outcomes. Graduate in 7 quarters. APPLY TODAY FOR FALL 2020 nursing.ucla.edu