Alice Benjamin

Alice Benjamin, MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C is a board certified nurse practitioner & clinical nurse specialist, mom, health and wellness advocate affectionately known as America's favorite nurse. She is also the Chief Executive Officer & Publisher of the Nurse Approved Network.
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FDA Approves First Heart Valve Designed to Grow with Children

Inside pediatric cardiac intensive care units, bedside nurses know the emotional weight after a surgical consult. A toddler recovers, chest tubes are removed, and...

What If Your Patient’s Newest Diagnosis Is Just a Side Effect? Decoding Prescribing Cascades in Care

Consider a scenario that plays out in ambulatory clinics and hospital wards every single day across healthcare settings. Mr. Davis, an active 72-year-old retired...

Are 8-Year-Olds Too Young for GLP-1s? The Question Healthcare Professionals Should Be Asking

Eight years old is third grade for many children. It’s multiplication tables, playground friendships, after-school snacks and still needing a parent for more things...

“Filipino Mafia”: Who Gets to Say It, and When Does It Cross a Line?

Imagine a group of White nurses sitting at the nurses’ station talking about their Black colleagues. One says the Black nurses stick together. Another...

Scientists Discover a Promising New Way to Stop Crop Diseases

From rising food prices to supply chain disruptions, the effects of crop disease reach far beyond the farm. Fungal diseases destroy billions of dollars'...

Three Midlife Health Factors May Delay Dementia by More Than a Decade, Study Finds

Research suggests controlling blood pressure, preventing type 2 diabetes, and avoiding smoking during middle age could add nearly 13 years of life without dementia....

FDA Warns Patients to Check Their Levothyroxine Prescriptions After Nationwide Recall

Patients who take levothyroxine are being urged to check their prescriptions after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a nationwide recall of...
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