11.09.07 Nursing News
By Beth | November 9, 2007
Nurses call for say in healthcare IT development
Some Anemia Drugs Lead to Tumor Growth, FDA Warns
Medicaid program found to be a strain on emergency rooms
Diabetes Educator Leads Fight to Conquer the Disease
Preparing Expectant Parents for Perinatal Death
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11.8.07 Nursing News
By Beth | November 8, 2007
Nurses asked to cover up uniforms. No, this is not about scantily clad nurses. (Get your mind out of the gutter!) It’s about preventing the spread of C Diff.
Letter to the Editor from the DesMoines Register. Which would you rather have when you are sick? Waterfalls and terrazzo tile floors or a caring nurse?
Get your master’s degree in nursing - They need you in New Jersey.
Bypassing the ER for the cardiac cath lab is saving lives in New Jersey.
Good hand hygiene is the key to preventing MRSA. The LA Times times tells us not to panic.
There. Feel smarter now? ( :
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11.7.07 Nurse Blogger Round-up
By Beth | November 7, 2007
Nurse Sean (dot) com has an interesting take on what it’s like to be a male nurse.
MJ at Nurse Ratched’s Place talks about nurses’ long standing habit of showing up for work when you are sick. Let’s put an end to that madness!
“I am a Nursing Student” is no longer a nursing student! She’s now working as an RN in the CCU. Congrats, Heather! In the meantime, she has a great take on what it’s like to take the NCLEX.
First Do No Harm shares her crazy story of what it’s like to be the official “Nurse Ping Pong Ball” of the hospital.
And finally, May is sharing some (not so true) confessions over at about a nurse.
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6.13.07 Nursing News
By Beth | June 13, 2007
Funds for new nursing students approved
Elsa Ibarra signed up to become a nurse in May and her acceptance letter said that she could start her classes in February 2010. She is in the company of 191 students on a Victor Valley College waiting list of students trying to become registered nurses.
King-Harbor medical chief is ousted; nursing woes are disclosed
In new signs of turmoil at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, officials said Tuesday the chief medical officer had been replaced and more than 40% of licensed vocational nurses and nursing assistants recently failed initial skills tests.
Moore, nurses push for reform
Filmmaker Michael Moore teamed up with the California Nurses Association on Tuesday to promote his new documentary “Sicko” at a legislative briefing and a rally on the Capitol steps.
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6.12.07 Nursing News
By Beth | June 12, 2007
Critical need for nursing faculty
More than 92,000 qualified students who applied to entry-level nursing programs in 2005 were turned away, according to the National League for Nursing. The primary reason: insufficient faculty.
Early Palliative Care Linked to Shorter ICU stays
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that early palliative care interventions can reduce the length of stay for seriously ill patients in the medical intensive care unit (MICU) by more than seven days without impacting mortality rates.
Male nurses scarce, valued
Scott Schandelson’s first nursing job was in a neonatal intensive care unit. He was one of two men on a staff of about 30 or 40 nurses.
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6.11.07 Nursing News
By Beth | June 11, 2007
New program puts nurses on fast track
As long as folks grow older, babies are born and children get the sniffles, nurses will be needed. The question is — will there be enough of them to go around?
Talks to free Bulgarian nurses in Libya enter final phase
“We are in the last mile of a marathon race and we are in the most difficult stage,” son of Libyan leader President Moamer Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam said late Sunday.
Nursing training program available only to a few
Nine hundred long-awaited letters went out from OHSU this week to state university student applicants all over Oregon who have labored long and hard to enter this institution’s highly-rated nursing program.
Nursing serious wounds
Nurses are increasingly becoming “human punching bags†at the hands of unruly patients, experts say, prompting prosecutors, police and frontline caregivers to question security inside local hospitals.
California looks to help local students fill nursing shortage
Nicole Oswell was a straight-A student passionately interested since first grade in following in her mother’s footsteps as a registered nurse. But she had to wait two years to get into Los Angeles Trade Tech’s nursing program, she said, her frustration mounting as national nursing shortages worsened.
Nurses step up protest against Westchester Medical Center
As guests in tuxedos and gowns streamed into Westchester Medical Center’s annual ball last night, nurses in red shirts and hats blew whistles, shook noisemakers and chanted as they protested their lack of a contract.
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6.11.07 Healthcare News
By Beth | June 11, 2007
5 from Tucson area tested for TB
Pima County health officials are testing five people from Tucson who were co-passengers with a man now quarantined and under treatment in Denver for a rare, dangerous strain of tuberculosis.
Of Sickness and of Wealth
Health Savings Accounts Make Sense if You’re Physically and Fiscally Fit. When Shannan Phillips’s employer went out of business last year, she quickly found a new part-time job. But her new employer did not provide health insurance to part-time workers.
Alzheimer’s cases may quadruple by 2050
More than 26 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease, and a new forecast says the number will quadruple by 2050. At that rate, one in 85 people will have the brain-destroying disease in 40 years, researchers from Johns Hopkins University conclude.
Patient gets second set of lungs
A patient whose double lung transplant operation was stopped after a plane carrying donor organs crashed into Lake Michigan has received a second set of lungs, doctors announced Friday.
Hyperthyroidism and ecstasy can be a lethal combo
A pre-existing defect in body temperature regulation may be a factor underlying some fatal reactions to the illegal “club drug” ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA), researchers from Canada propose.
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6.8.07 News
By Beth | June 8, 2007
Avandia to carry stronger warning label
Doctor Says Avandia Maker Intimidated Him
Study: Vitamin D reduces cancer risk
WHO Faults Handling of TB Case
FDA Approves Continuous 7-Day Glucose Monitoring System
ANA And NYSNA Condemn Exploitation Of Filipino Registered Nurses, USA
Hundreds join march to support Filipino nurses in New York
Standout educates, nurtures future nurses
Unions, Medical Center Still Divided
Aches and pains? Might be ‘Wiiitis’
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Nurse Blogger News
By Beth | June 6, 2007
“Get out the Hammer, Nails, and Paint! I’m renovating!” At a time when medical bloggers are leaving in droves, (Labor Nurse appears to be the latest casualty), Nurse Sean (dot) com has decided to devote his blog entirely to medical/nursing issues. We applaud you Nurse Sean! I’ve noticed quite a few bloggers splitting their blogs in two - one professional and one personal. I think this is a very wise thing to do. Nursa Minor has also decided to do the same.
Nursing News of the Day:
Nurses file complaint against Sharp over hospital conditions
Suspended sentence for doctor who groped nurses
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Blog Round-up Time
By Beth | June 5, 2007
Code New:
Nursaminor and JustCallMeJo are both writing about newbie codes this week. Could they both have attended the same ACLS class? It reminds me of my first code - an absolute travesty. I was still in orientation, with my preceptor close by. A transport team came to get my patient and when they put him on the portable vent he coughed himself right into a pnuemothoraxical tizzy. Me and the transport tech watched him brady down right in from of us and she turned to me and asked, “Is that real?” Um. YEAH. So I pulled the code bell and in seconds flat was surrounded by people who ACTUALLY knew what they were doing. Thank God for coworkers.
No more fun for May:
May is telling us that fun has left the building. This is a very interesting thread starting with her story of the gay patient. Thought provoking, with lots ofcomments. If blogging is about starting a conversation, then this is a conversation that should not be missed. I love About A Nurse because May always makes us wonder what we would have done in her shoes.
It Always comes back to the Patients
This also got me thinking about patient’s blogs responding to nurse’s blogs. Bobby mentions LIVERLAND in his comment and I wonder if I am doing my patients justice by writing about them? I wondered if he was referring to this post. I also had a great comment from Steve, who blogs at Revive Hope. This is an excellent blog about transplant recipients and the spiritual connection they have with their donors. Thanks, Steve, for giving me a new perspective on my transplant patients.
But does it Stink?
OncRn is wondering about clinical trials and the Weird-Shit-O-Meter. And this has got to be one of my favorite descriptions of a shift, ever:
Finally, Ian at impactEDnurse.com has created a very good e-book entitled, How to be a Nurse. I will go out on a limb here and put aside my extreme aversion to PDFs and say that this is a really good read. Ian, this is great stuff. Why not put it on lulu.com?
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