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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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Recognizing the Value of Nurses
August 31, 2009 2:15 PM by Linda Jones
Here's a physician assistant student getting his career off on the right foot. Read the nice things he has to say about nurses. 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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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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‘Shame’ Facebook?
March 20, 2009 11:48 AM by Abigail Scott
I'll confess: I'm a Facebook addict. About a year ago, I scoffed at the idea of a social networking. I had dallied with MySpace but didn't like it, so I abandoned my page. Then an old high school friend got me on to Facebook and I've been hooked ever Read More...
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Media Watchdogs
February 21, 2008 11:34 AM by Kathleen Bensing
For those readers who know me from Career Beat, the column I wrote for ADVANCE for 8 years, you may remember I am passionate about wanting to get the correct message to the public about who nurses are. I encourage all nurses to be "media watchdogs." In Read More...
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What NOT to Wear to an Interview
May 21, 2007 11:28 AM by Gail Guterl
Please, tell me the truth. Is it me or am I imagining this? Are candidates for jobs looking less and less professional? I feel old just for noticing but recent summer internship candidates - college students - have looked, well, scruffy. One candidate's Read More...
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