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Mammography and the Right to Choose
November 20, 2009 12:59 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: This is a guest blog written by Valerie M. Chapman, RN, MSN, a pediatric nurse for 25 years. She is a 3-year breast cancer survivor and lives in Medford, NJ, with her husband and two children.) I am a wife, a mother of two awesome kids, Read More...
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Mammography Screenings Changing?
November 17, 2009 3:25 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: This is a guest blog by Lorettajo A. Kapinos, an ED nurse at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA.) Last month was Breast Cancer Awareness month and I blogged about my experience with a false positive mammogram. Ironically, this Read More...
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Veterans Health Care
November 11, 2009 12:51 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
No matter your stance on war, it's only right to honor and thank veterans who put their lives on the line for our country. Military personnel witness firsthand what most of us find too hard to watch through a camera lens, and it's bound to have an impact. Read More...
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H1N1: After the Vaccine
October 22, 2009 10:13 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Everyone's sick of swine flu (pun not intended, I swear), so apologies in advance for striking up yet another conversation about it, but I couldn't help posting when I heard about post-vaccine monitoring . What? What's that you say? Monitoring? As in Read More...
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Public Tweets, Private Matters
September 16, 2009 11:33 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I'm wrapping up an extensive print and online package about social media for our September issue (Look for it next week!), and with all the reading, interviewing and, yes, tweeting I did to research the phenomenon, I thought I'd heard everything. Well, Read More...
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Copay Collection Dilemma
August 21, 2009 11:54 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
(Editor's note: This is guest commentary from Lorettajo Kapinos, BSN, RN, who writes the " Tales From an ED Nurse " blog for ADVANCE for Nurses . For more information on upfront billing, read our Web article, " Cover Charge .") Most insurance companies Read More...
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Health Care Reform: What Women Need
July 22, 2009 11:50 AM by Lisa Algeo
Guest commentary by Sabrina Corlette, director of health policy programs for the National Partnership for Women & Families In the halls of Congress, in the media, in the coffee shops and restaurants of Washington, D.C. -- health care reform is dominating Read More...
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Health Care Nation?
July 15, 2009 9:40 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Theory: health care is going the way of the fast food industry. A bit counter-intuitive, I know, given the usual wars between those factions over nutrition facts, whole grains and "lighter" meal options. But I'm talking about the business model. More Read More...
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HIPAA be damned?
July 14, 2009 8:05 AM by Lynn Jusinski
[Editor's note: This is a guest blog by ADVANCE for Nurses editor Lyn A.E. McCafferty, who contributes to the "ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses " blog featured on the ADVANCE for Nurses Web site.] If you think the fictional Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe are bad Read More...
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How Do I Chart That?
July 6, 2009 1:13 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
[Editor's note: This is a guest blog by Bridgette Williams, whose " Transition to RN " blog is featured on the ADVANCE for Nurses Web site.] How do I chart that?" Has this question come up after caring for a challenging patient or after a crisis has occurred? Read More...
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Retail Clinic Check-up
June 25, 2009 3:30 PM by Lynn Jusinski
I'm what you might call "doctor phobic." I haven't had a check up since 2001, and that was required to get into college. After high school, I moved to the Philadelphia suburbs from quiet nook upstate in a rural area lovingly referred to as the "Polish Read More...
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Doctors Face Patient Scrutiny
June 24, 2009 1:42 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
For the past few weeks, I've had Michael Jackson's "Somebody's Watching Me" stuck in my head. I blame Geico for making it the theme song for its ubiquitous ad campaign. (Seriously, that bug-eyed bundle of money is everywhere .) But today, the ditty popped Read More...
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Another Form to Fill Out
March 4, 2009 2:59 PM by Lynn Jusinski
How do you, as HIM professionals, shop for doctors? Being in the health care field, HIM professionals have a unique view of how they should be treated as patients and the care they can expect to receive. Jacque Taylor, AHDI-F, one of our Top 10 in HIM Read More...
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Surgery Goes Web 2.0
February 17, 2009 4:06 PM by Lynn Jusinski
One of these things is not like the other: "Watching a good bootleg of The Wrestler." "Holy cannoli, unhappy baby. Early bedtime for you, kiddo." "Dr rogers (sic) has adequately sutured closed the urinary collecting system and any bleeding vessels." The Read More...
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He’s No Dr. Quinn
January 27, 2009 8:55 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
I usually like to share a newsworthy item or intriguing tidbit on our staff blog, but today I'm in the mood for some personal griping. Despite my daily immersion in health care at the office, I've had limited experience with hospitals outside of work. Read More...
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