July 2011
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Lucky Charms: Johnson & Johnson's new nurse TV ads →
Check out these new nurse commercials. Three in all ED, Hospice and Peds. What do you think, do you like them?
June 2011
109 posts
Lateral Violence in Nursing: Breaking the Spell →
The “nurses eating their young” phrase is over used, are we really worse than other fields; have you experienced bullying as a nurse? I have to admit I have experienced it and witnessed it also.
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Why did you become a Nurse?
Miss Lynch my High school Teacher encouraged me; she felt I was a "born nurse". At the time I thought she was a crazy lady who didn't have a clue about me, the thought of blood and bodily fluids were so disgusting. Miss Lynch was right I can't imagine not being a nurse; it's in my blood and so much a part of who I am as a person.
Stem-cell scientists grapple with clinics →
ohyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
In the absence of regulation, researchers weigh their options for educating patients about unproven treatments.
When stem-cell clinics are asked for documentation about the treatments they offer, some are quick to produce letters from lawyers instead. In the face of legal threats from clinics, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has suspended a...
Medtronic launches first app for implantable... →
That’s cool!
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Top 10 Things Nursing School can't teach you... →
Good list!
Benefit of mammograms even greater than thought |... →
Smoking reduces weight....
theitunurse:
rnstudentandagleek:
One lung at a time.
& life expectancy
Oh shit, have I ruined the joke?
no you haven’t lol
How Sleep Deprivation Affects Nurses Performance →
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Drug Shortages →
This problem is not going away any time soon. We’ve been out of the basics like Norepinephrine for months.
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'My revolutionary moment came when I threw out the... →
Miss Shepherd is right some of the old nursing worked much better for the patients than todays primary care.
Huguette Clark Left Wealth For Art Charity and to... →
Mrs. Clark’s nurse and close friend, Hadassah Peri, is the individual who will benefit most. She will get Mrs. Clark’s hundreds of dolls, potentially worth millions of dollars. Ms. Peri will also receive 60 percent of the various assets, worth about $40 million, including investments and much of her real estate holdings, not specifically bequeathed in the will.
Nurse Inspiration: Thrills, Guilt and Lessons... →
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Nurses March on Wall Street Today at Noon |... →
This Just In: Breaking News in Surgery > June,... →
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Nurses Hangover
It’s past midnight and I should be in bed because I’m exhausted. I’m more than half way through a bottle of wine and I’m finishing it before I go to bed so I’ll sleep until morning. Today at work got to me in a way I haven’t been in a while, when you’ve been a nurse as long as me you get a little hardened to life’s hardships and problems. It’s...
My Ramblings..: One size does not fit all. Travel... →
ernursejoy:
I wrote this a while ago… with the daily “other duties as assigned”.. I deal with these issues… I felt the need to repost…
With today’s nursing shortage many hospitals are turning to travel companies to supplement their staffing needs. Sometimes choosing the nurses to temporarily fill those…
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White Coat: Fancy Medical Words: Contusion →
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It’s a bruise! What is a bruise? It’s basically when you crush the capillaries in your skin causing a small bleed. That blood is then trapped in the skin, so your immune system brings cells in to digest the red blood cells and clear out the wreckage. So why do bruises change color? It’s reflective…
