Day Trip: Cool places to take your aging parents—The Local Aquarium Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC August 21, 2025 – 1 min read Share this post Share this post Written by Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC is currently practicing in Southern California. Comments Day Trip Day Trip: Cool places to take your aging parents — The Local Garden By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read 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
Day Trip Day Trip: Cool places to take your aging parents — The Local Garden By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
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
