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For Vets, Healthcare Gaps May Be More Deadly than Modern Warfare
November 11, 2009 7:43 AM by Valerie Newitt
On a brief jaunt last week, I met a fellow traveler -- a retired military officer whose career spanned various deployments to Germany, Panama and Vietnam. We discussed at length the tone of the nation in the 1960s when he was fighting an unseen enemy 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 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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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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Lost & Found: New Nurse on 'HawthoRNe'
July 8, 2009 2:18 PM by Adrianne OBrien
The July 7 episode of ‘HawthoRNe’ brought more examples of Christina Hawthorne, played by Jada Pinkett Smith, spending an unrealistic amount of time on direct patient care when compared to the average CNO. The fact that the show’s portrayal of an executive-level 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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Parents Ignore Science in Son’s Cancer Treatment
May 20, 2009 4:22 PM by Rich Krisher
How can anyone view the Minnesota parents who are refusing medical treatment for their son with lymphoma as anything but neglectful? If you haven't been following the case, Daniel Hauser, 13, was diagnosed with second-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma in January. Read More...
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ED Overuse, Misuse & Drug Abuse
April 28, 2009 11:43 AM by Amy McGuire
You're homeless, indigent and addicted to drugs. You haven't eaten in days and yet you're feeling nauseated from all of the drugs in your system. Word on the street tells you to find an emergency department - any hospital will do. By law, you can't be Read More...
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World Holds Collective Breath in Face of Potential Swine Flu Pandemic
April 27, 2009 11:09 AM by Chuck Holt
Posted April 30, 2009 The American College of Emergency Physicians ( ACEP ) and the Emergency Nurses Association ( ENA ) issued a joint statement April 30 about the then 109 confirmed cases of swine flu in the U.S., and offered recommendations to the Read More...
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Customized Kids
March 17, 2009 3:34 PM by Barbara Mercer
When my husband and I talk about someday having a child, I often joke that I hope our offspring will end up closer to his 6 foot height than my 5 foot 2 inch frame. It would also be great of the little tyke got whatever gene is responsible for my mate's Read More...
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It Only Takes a Second
February 17, 2009 1:35 PM by Candy Goulette
When you think about how many bits of personal information hospitals and other healthcare providers gather on every patient or client who comes through their doors, it's amazing most are able to keep those bits private. A thoughtless moment is all it Read More...
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Eight Is (More Than) Enough
February 4, 2009 4:33 PM by Adrianne O'Brien
As most of us know by now, Nadya Suleman, of Whittier, CA, gave birth to octuplets on Jan. 26. I don't think I'm alone, here, in having a moral and ethical problem with this. Suleman, 33, is already a mother to six children, and is a single parent. The Read More...
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Survival of the Fittest?
May 7, 2008 9:38 AM by Abigail Scott
A task force of representatives from medical groups, universities, the military and government agencies is basically recommending who lives and who dies after a major disaster like pandemic flu or terrorist attack. In essence, the group recommends the Read More...
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