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 • 6 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
Image created using the latest GPT model. geriatrics Do You Suck or Blow? Rethinking Incentive Spirometry Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the MedReport Foundation on June 27, 2025. As nurses, we've all been there, entering a patient's room during rounds, glancing at the bedside table, and spotting that familiar plastic breathing device sitting there in all its glory. By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 8 min read
Image created using the latest GPT model. geriatrics Don't let your parents trip: 10 Steps to protect your parents from doing the accidental floor hug Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the MedReport Foundation on June 9, 2025. I just had a chat with my mom in Michigan- she's turning 80 tomorrow! She recently returned from a vacation, and while on vacation, she stumbled over a 2-inch lip on the By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 6 min read
geriatrics Will our kids look after us in our golden years? Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the MedReport Foundation on April 6, 2025. A famous American actor, Gene Hackman, and his spouse, Betsy Arakawa, a well-known classical pianist, were recently found dead in their New Mexico home. The autopsy and investigation concluded that the late actor, who By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 7 min read
