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Nursing: You Wanna Know What I Think?

And We Were There...
May 30, 2011 6:07 PM by Pat Veitenthal
This Memorial Day, as we remember our country's fallen heroes, I ask that you do not forget the brave Nurses who may have cared for and comforted them in their final hours; In the revolutionary War, Abigail Hartman Rice and Christina Hench were there... Read More...
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JCAHO’s Here! Part Deux
May 5, 2010 11:36 AM by Pat Veitenthal
I have been scolded for oversimplifying the bedside nurse's role during a JCAHO visit. I don't agree. The poor bedside nurse is so overwhelmed with just trying to give decent basic patient care these days, that JCAHO should not even remotely be his or Read More...
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Whistle-Blowing
February 19, 2010 2:02 PM by Pat Veitenthal
Did you read the article on the ADVANCE Web site about the nurse who has been acquitted after whistle blowing on a doctor? What she and her colleague must have gone through! And for doing the right thing! Even as they were following the proper employer Read More...
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    Pat Veitenthal, BSN, RN
    Occupation: Per diem nursing supervisor and cruise ship nurse
    Setting: Community hospital and cruise ships
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