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Get Small Amount of Rx & OTC to Avoid Drug Waste
March 5, 2010 10:01 AM by Guest Blogger
Eileen O'Hara, RN, is a nurse in Lewes, DE. I read with interest " Are We all on Drugs ?" concerning the problem of disposing of medications. I have a suggestion, which I do myself. I get a 3- or 4-day supply of any new medication my physician orders. Read More...
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More on Sad Nurse Syndrome
March 4, 2010 2:56 PM by Guest Blogger
The name of this East Coast RN author has been withheld as she is still an employee as of the posting of this blog. I am a registered nurse of 35 years. I too have sad nurse syndrome (SNS) as described by Pat Veitenthal in an ADVANCE article . I recently Read More...
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Raising the Bar on Consumer Expectations of Healthcare
February 12, 2010 3:00 PM by Guest Blogger
Diane M. Goodman, MSN-C, APRN, BC, CCRN, is the author of numerous nursing articles related to issues such as pain management, the Abeyance Period (pending), and human interest stories that have captured the hearts of readers throughout her career. Diane Read More...
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A Nurse/Journalist Weighs in on Disaster Coverage by Medical Professionals
January 22, 2010 3:07 PM by Guest Blogger
After Kate Cardoni Brewer earned her BA degree in journalism from Penn State University she realized nursing was the career for her. She works as a policy analyst for a national nursing organization. By Kate Cardoni Brewer, MSN, BA, RN Ethics, professionalism, Read More...
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Nurses Helping (Future) Nurses
January 21, 2010 12:30 PM by Guest Blogger
Pilar De La Cruz-Reye, MSN, RN, is project leader/diversity director of the Coalition for Nursing Careers in California (CNCC), and Josie Clevenger, RN, is CNCC program coordinator, both with the California Institute for Nursing & Health Care. This Read More...
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ADVANCE Virtual Job Fairs: Find a healthcare job from the comfort of home.
January 20, 2010 4:41 PM by Guest Blogger
In addition to a full line of in-person job fairs, did you know that ADVANCE also offers virtual job fairs ? They start next week, and the eastern region kicks off Jan. 26, the central/mountain job fair takes place Jan. 27 and the Pacific region virtual Read More...
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Parkinson’s After Cancer: Listen for the Signs
January 18, 2010 10:59 AM by Guest Blogger
Peggy Scott, RN, developed Parkinson's disease following cancer and warns nurses to listen to their patients for connection of seemingly unrelated symptoms. I read the Learning Scope on Parkinson's disease with interest last month. You see, I am a disabled Read More...
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Concierge Care in America
December 15, 2009 8:57 AM by Guest Blogger
Tiffany Lyons, BSN, RN-BC, is an adult/geriatric nurse practitioner student at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Today's healthcare leaves much to be desired. It is a difficult time to be a provider and even more difficult to be a patient seeking Read More...
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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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Nurses Without Job Security
October 30, 2009 4:26 PM by Guest Blogger
Jaime Sinutko, MSN, RN, is project manager, Institute for the Advancement of Nursing and Health Care, Oakland University School of Nursing, Rochester, MI. "I'm keeping my options open" is the line many nurses have recently been overheard saying. Many Read More...
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Violence Against Nurses in the ED
July 30, 2009 11:49 AM by Guest Blogger
Kim McAllister, RN, has worked as a staff nurse in the San Francisco Bay Area emergency departments for the past 17 years. She is the author of Emergiblog.com, a blog about ED nursing. Scary. That was my first response to the results of the study by the 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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This Is My Story
March 30, 2009 5:59 PM by Guest Blogger
Today, we had 300 more people join us for specific " advocacy " training. Our numbers on the Hill tomorrow will reach close to 500. That's 500 dedicated volunteers bringing a purple bag and a message of hope. Among us are 41 brave survivors of this most 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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