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February 22-March 29, 2021
4 O N T H E Q U I C K
Nursing and Healthcare News
• When Autocomplete Turns Deadly
• Challenging Systemic Racism
• Financial Impact Revisited
• America's Nurse Practitioner General
• The Vaccine Confidence Gap
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O B S E R V A T I O N S
Solving Problems
The Cedars-Sinai Nursing Research Team's Real-World
Solutions
by Harriet Aranow, Ph.D.
14 F E A T U R E
Immunizations, Then and Now
by Ruth K. Rosenblum, RN, DNP, FNP-BC
Sidebar: Variolation
Sidebar: Vaccination Pioneer Edward Jenner
by Aaron Severson
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P R O F I L E S I N N U R S I N G
Agnes Von Kurowksy (1892–1984), Literary Muse
The nurse who inspired Ernest Hemingway
by Aaron Severson
21
M O V I E R E V I E W
In Love and War
A sumptuously-filmed melodrama
reviewed by Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, PHN
WN223 • FEBRUARY 22–MARCH 29, 2021
Career Advice & Opportunities for RNs in Southern California
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
Catherine Rhodes
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Aaron Severson
ART DIRECTOR
Rufus Agbede
ILLUSTRATOR
Jasmin Mora
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Hannah Rhodes, RN-BC, BSN
ONLINE CONSULTANT
Dana Brook
ADVERTISING
Ricky Rhodes
CIRCULATION
Frances Perkins
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Lori Armstrong,
RN, DNP, NEA–BC
Beth Boynton,
RN, M.S.
Keith Carlson,
RN, BSN, CPC, NC-BC
Christine Contillo,
RN, BSN, PHN
Jessica Dzubak,
RN, MSN
Elizabeth Hanink,
RN, BSN, PHN
Lorilea Johnson, RN, MSN, FNP-BC
Janine Kelbach,
RNC-OB, BSN
Tiffany Swedeen,
RN, BSN, CPRC/CPC
Renee Thompson,
RN, DNP
Sue Trace,
RN, BSN, COCC, ACC
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