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Breast Cancer Screening: When the Evidence Scares Us
November 20, 2009 2:28 PM by Linda Jones
Nurses are big proponents of evidence-based practice. Nurses are working hard to move away from "this is how it's always been done," or "I had a patient once who had a reaction to that treatment so I don't do it." A big part of looking at evidence is Read More...
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A Lone Ranger Tweets for Blood
November 17, 2009 10:55 AM by Valerie Newitt
Some people scoff at the younger generation's seeming dependence on social media. "Who needs text messaging or Facebook or MySpace? What's wrong with picking up the phone and calling someone?" ask some old-schoolers. And they'll further the attack with, Read More...
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Flu Vaccine Safety
November 12, 2009 2:42 PM by Joe Darrah
According to an MSNBC report, a14-year-old Virginia boy developed Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) within hours of receiving an H1N1 vaccine. Jordan McFarland, a high school athlete from Alexandria, reportedly left Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children the Read More...
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ANA Asks Nurses to Get Vaccinated
November 3, 2009 9:51 AM by Linda Jones
The American Nurses Association President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR, has written a letter to all ANA members , urging them to get vaccinated for seasonal influenza and the H1N1 virus. ANA believes it is important to get this message to registered Read More...
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Flu-id Thinking: Do Your Part to Educate
October 26, 2009 5:48 PM by Valerie Newitt
A friend called me the other day and read an H1N1 memo that had been distributed to the approximately 120 employees at her Southeastern Pennsylvania office. It read: Workers are expected to be at their work stations. If you have been exposed to H1N1, Read More...
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Actually, That's Not Privileged Information
October 26, 2009 4:44 PM by Adrianne OBrien
Know anyone -- maybe a patient or a family member -- who's taking an antidepressant to help with sleep, a relatively common off-label treatment prescribed by physicians for menopausal women? Or anyone who takes low-dose statin cholesterol-lowering drugs Read More...
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Move Over Wonderbra, Now We Have Shoes to Shape Our Legs
October 14, 2009 3:44 PM by Valerie Newitt
Do shoes that promise to shape you up really do the trick? Are these claims evidence-based? Hey, inquiring minds want to know, especially when one is attached to a pair of legs happy for any help they can get! The lure of shoes capable of firming calf Read More...
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Who Are the Real Victims of the Winkler County Case?
October 1, 2009 11:00 AM by Amy McGuire
At some point in our lives we'll all want a personal patient safety advocate to stand up for us when we're not receiving the care we need. As nurses, this job often falls in your lap. In fact, you're mandated by your boards of nursing to report substandard Read More...
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Nurse inspires others by unveiling immense weight loss, on Today Show
September 14, 2009 10:09 AM by Valerie Newitt
Rosemarie Jeanpierre is a nurse from Los Angeles who was featured on the Today Show, today (Monday, Sept. 15). Her story is simple yet monumental in proportion: she lost 110 pounds in 18 months. When Matt Lauer introduced the segment, which showed pictures Read More...
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Finale of Nurse Jackie - What's In Store for Season 2?
August 25, 2009 4:09 PM by Ainsley Maloney
What's worse: a nurse Jackie who is stoned on painkillers, or withdrawing from them? This seems to be the dichotomy of the Jackie we see in most episodes of Nurse Jackie - the drug-addict who's somehow still managing to keep it all together - and the Read More...
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‘Nurse Jackie’: Not a ‘Nurse’ Thing
July 16, 2009 9:13 AM by Ainsley Maloney
In the sixth episode, which marks the halfway point for Nurse Jackie 's first season, the producers broach a heavy topic: Whether Jackie should help an old nursing friend die the way she wants to. The friend is Paula, and she was a nurse at All Saints Read More...
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Twittering from the OR
July 14, 2009 12:50 PM by Linda Jones
"I would feel better if I knew what was happening in there." A thought many family members have as they wait for a loved one who is in surgery. "When will someone come out to tell me how it's going?" In an age where news is delivered in real time to anyone Read More...
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HIPAA be damned? Celebrity death fuels debate about privacy rules in healthcare
July 13, 2009 5:49 PM by Lyn A.E. McCafferty
If you think the fictional Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe are bad for nursing’s image, just wait until you hear about one real-life nurse in California. Like many, I could not escape the media frenzy following Michael Jackson’s death. Internet, TV, newspapers, Read More...
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'HawthoRNe:' Yielding
July 2, 2009 12:27 PM by Adrianne OBrien
Episode three of HawthoRNe (confession: I skipped episode two) brought some meatier storylines than the pilot episode, but also a continuation of the silly stuff and stereotypes. A bright spot continues to be Jada Pinkett Smith's performance. Her Christina Read More...
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Primetime Portrayals
June 24, 2009 5:45 PM by Luke Cowles
Most of us probably know by now that no less than three primetime shows are featuring nurses in primary roles. After decades of St. Elsewhere, Quincy, House Calls and most recently ER and Grey's Anatomy ; it's about time a healthcare drama was put forward Read More...
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