ERICA R. LEE $1,000 Scholarship Earning a perfect 4.0 grade point average in her nursing prerequisite courses is an impressive enough achievement all by itself. But that’s just the beginning of what makes Erica Lee, a student in UCSF’s Master’s […]
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Midwifery is a profession that is as at least as old as the Bible. In Exodus 1:15-21, Shiphrah and Puah were midwives who refused the Egyptian Pharaoh’s order to kill all newborn Hebrew males. Today, midwives continue to provide care
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Mr. Inconsistent. Little Miss Perfect. Dr. Annoyance. Barbara the Bully. Jerry the Jokester. Unless you’re a self-employed company of one-or are the most easy-going person in the world-you’re bound to encounter annoying co-workers (let’s call them ACs). “Tell me about
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Part I, which appeared in the previous issue and is available online, dealt with annoying co-workers (ACs) in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. Face it, we all have to put up with co-workers that get under our skin and oftentimes, laughter is
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Female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among all races. Yet, mortality rates differ by race and ethnicity, and early detection numbers falter among minorities. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer death for all women, with
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Misty Lynn Wilkie, RN, MSN, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota, hopes to increase the number of Native Americans who are willing to be organ donors. There are currently about 1,400 Native Americans
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If you’re interested in an allied health career, you have a lot of options beyond the traditional health care jobs. To figure out if you’re interested in an allied health career with a particular focus in biological studies you’llneed to
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As a young girl growing up in Oklahoma City, Okla., Yvonne Green, RN, CNM, MSN, dreamed of one day becoming a nurse. Today, she serves as director of women’s health for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in
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Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), or speech therapists as they are often called, work with people who have difficulties talking or swallowing. They evaluate and treat a wide variety of problems related to speech and language, including problems stemming from disease, injury,
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When the man entered the hospital, his diabetes and his weight had spiraled so far out of control that his doctors feared he would not survive. Maria Ortiz, RN, CCM, a case manager for the insurance company Aetna’s North Central
