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Mammography and the Right to Choose
November 20, 2009 2:24 PM by Guest Blogger
Valerie M. Chapman, MSN, RN, has been a pediatric nurse for 25 years and is a 3-year breast cancer survivor. She lives in Medford, NJ. I am a wife, a mother of two awesome kids, a daughter, a sister and a nurse. I am also a survivor. At the age of 43 Read More...
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From Advocate to Activist
May 27, 2009 6:14 PM by Guest Blogger
Tammy Allred is a thoracic oncology nurse navigator for the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program and a patient advocate at the North Carolina Clinical Cancer Center in Chapel Hill. She is from Mebane, NC. I was recently chosen to attend the second Read More...
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Know Your Pancreas & Live to Tell About It
April 2, 2009 2:33 PM by Guest Blogger
That was the title of the ad prominently displayed on the back cover of the Congress Daily AM March 31st when we "stormed the hill." What an amazing day we had. The six of us, along with two other Wisconsinites, met with Sens. Kohl and Feingold health Read More...
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Nurse Simani Goes to Washington
March 30, 2009 9:47 AM by Guest Blogger
March 27, 2009 Hello Nursing Colleagues. Today is an exciting day for me as I depart for Washington, DC. Although it is spring break season, this trip is not focused on fun, but more on a mission. A little move than 3 years ago, my 38-year-old sister Read More...
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Needed: Nurses to Adopt an Orphan (Disease)
March 19, 2009 6:43 PM by Guest Blogger
Michael C. LaFerney, APRN-BC, is a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist employed by Arbour SeniorCare, Rockland, MA, and is a regular contributor to ADVANCE for Nurses . In this post he challenges nurses to take a role in helping people with rare diseases. Read More...
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