''Joe the Nurse'' Niemczura, MS, RN, captured attention from worldwide readers of this blog when he shared his volunteer nursing adventures in Nepal earlier this year. I heard from the instructor at the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii, Manoa, over the weekend when he was sitting on a hilltop on Oahu, waiting for an ...

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 channels and still not getting results, they were brave enough to take it farther, and lost ...

I have always advocated against fast food - but now I think my case just got stronger. Not only do we have to worry about the health risks of a Big Mac, but we have to worry about the soda (or any fountain beverage) we wash it down with. A team of microbiologists from Hollins University found that 48 percent of sodas tested from the fast ...

My mother, despite her 92 years of age, maintains the mind of a brilliant, life-loving 30-year-old. Unfortunately, her physical self never sipped from the fountain of youth. Her sight has dimmed, her mobility is nil, and she's done battle with cancer, gall bladder disease, vertigo, hypertension, insomnia and muscular and joint ...

I have been following the first season of Nurse Jackie closely. Not only am I enjoying the show, but I also find the heated debate around it very interesting. Ainsley Maloney's  coverage of the show at Advance Perspective has had great comments, as well as Suzanne Gordon's website.   The show has brought the reality of drug ...

I saw an item from the Mason County News, Mason County, Texas. It offered snakebite tips to readers who probably have seen more than their fair share of rattlers, water moccasins and copperheads. But what caught my eye was the fact that the tip sheet was penned by a trauma nurse, Cindy Loeffler, RN, working at Hill Country Memorial Hospital, ...

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, magazines and even my iPhone was giving me minute details of the singer’s final days, his ...

Here we go again. There it was, the lead story on all the news Web sites. Government warns: Don't eat pistachios; they might be contaminated with salmonella. Only recently did I muster the courage to dip back into my jar of peanut butter, and now, there may be more bacteria lurking in my pantry. As of late afternoon on March 31, the company ...