Thousands of documented missed breaks: Why Keck USC Nurses Are Fighting for Patient Safety [Watch the full story>>>] When USC forced all nursing staff into its own healthcare system, it wasn't just a benefits change. Nurses who spent years providing care now pay eight to twelve thousand dollars annually for coverage that doesn't work. For some, like By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
She's been a Kaiser nurse for over 10 years. Now she's striking for the next generation—and her savings only have a week and a half left. WATCH HER FULL STORY>>> On one of the stormiest Mondays Southern California has seen this season, I drove through flooded streets to meet, Vicky Navarro MSN, RN, a Kaiser nurse who has spent 25 years at the bedside. Flash flood warnings. Ankle-deep water. She still showed up By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Nurses on the picket lines with their handmade picket signs. 31,000 Kaiser Nurses Are Still on Strike. Here's What They Told Me. [Watch the full story →] Over 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers have been on strike since January 26, 2026, with no end in sight. This Monday, February 9, another 4,000 pharmacy and lab workers are joining them in what has become one of the largest healthcare strikes By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
Protest 17 Years in the ICU: Nurse Speaks Out on Unsafe Staffing, Offers Hope In the middle of chants and picket signs outside Long Beach Memorial, ICU nurse Arturo Carbajal cuts through the noise with a simple truth: this strike isn’t about wages. It’s about survival—for patients, and for the nurses who refuse to abandon them. After 17 years at the By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
News The Military Protocol That Could Save Nursing The U.S. military figured out how to stop combat stress before it turns into PTSD. Three hospitals quietly adapted the same protocol for nurses—and the results suggest it could change the future of healthcare itself. The timing couldn't be more urgent. Last year alone, 138,000 By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 7 min read
Video The Nursing Lens Launches Today On this Labor Day, we cut the ribbon on The Nursing Lens—a nurse-led storytelling platform built to amplify the voices of those who care for others. Our mission is simple: to create a space where nurses can share their perspectives, build their portfolios, and support each other’s well-being By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
News Nurses Week 2025 : A Local Hospital Celebrates Nurses This video was originally captured on May 8th, 2025, at the Chino Valley Medical Center parking lot. Nurses Interviewed (Last Names omitted for privacy) Joshua RN - Med-Surge Telemetry Nicole RN - ICU/Cardiac Cath Lab Director Captured and produced by Eric Aguila RN Production Assistance by Janice RN By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
Day Trip Day Trip: Cool places to take your aging parents—The Local Aquarium By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
blog Your health content sounds like it was written by someone who's never worked with patients: How Clinical Perspective Reviews are solving the disconnect You've polished the health content until it's technically perfect. It's accurate, has proper tone, and is SEO-optimized. But it still reads like someone who learned about patients from WebMD rather than someone who knows the true By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 3 min read
Day Trip Day Trip: Cool places to take your aging parents — The Local Garden By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
Image created using the latest GPT. News The Home Health Caseload Crisis: When Politics Trump Patient Safety A damning look at how arbitrary staffing ratios and workplace favoritism are putting vulnerable patients at risk We fought tooth and nail for ICU nurse-to-patient ratios because we knew that one overwhelmed nurse couldn't safely monitor two critical patients, let alone three or four. The evidence was clear: By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 6 min read
Image created using the latest GPT model. geriatrics When Is It Time to Take the Keys Away? Helping Parents Transition from Driving to Being Driven Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the MedReport Foundation on June 27, 2025. It started with a call from my cousin, Bong. “I followed my dad again. He ran a stop sign, almost hit the curb turning onto Commonwealth, and then couldn’t park. I don’t By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 4 min read
