As health care providers, nurses are charged not only with healing, but also with preventing. Yet each day, too many nurses ignore opportunities to help prevent some of the top killers of minority Americans: cancer, heart disease and lung disorders, […]
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The crisis of unequal health outcomes between Americans of color and the Caucasian majority has risen to the forefront of today’s national health care agenda. Sweeping federal initiatives like former President Bill Clinton’s Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities
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When Asian and Pacific Islander (API) patients visit medical facilities complaining of physical problems, they usually receive physical treatments. However, Shih-Yu (Sylvia) Lee, PhD, RNC, a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University in Atlanta, knows that asking these patients a few
If you’re interested in a career in health care, joining the U.S. Navy could be just the stepping-stone you are looking for to launch your health care education and career. There are abundant opportunities for success with the Navy, thanks
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Among various assignments as a U.S. Navy nurse, Commander Ava Abney has practiced in a pediatric outpatient clinic in Puerto Rico, run an obstetric services department in Guam and cared for service men and women aboard an aircraft carrier. Spanning
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It’s that magical day: payday. You eagerly rip open your paycheck and scan it to find your net earnings. And when you see the amount, are you disappointed that the number hasn’t magically increased since two weeks ago? Are you
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 Disease management nurse Chrystal Morris, RN As a disease management nurse manager, Maribel Rivera, BSN, RN, oversees the daily operations of a disease management unit at the insurance company Aetna. Under her supervision, a group of nurses make proactive
Peggy Townsend, MSN, RN, CPON, will never forget treating her first cancer patient–a four-old girl who had just been diagnosed with leukemia. The family was very close, and of course this diagnosis devastated them, she recalls. I had to be
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Have you ever received an email about how that can of cola sitting on your desk is (supposedly) tainted and potentially life threatening? Or how about the one alleging scores of women across the country are dying from inhaling free
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The eight-year-old girl in Dr. Sheila DavisÂ’ qualitative study on childhood obesity weighed 205 pounds. The little girl and 16 other children and their parents were meeting with Davis and her research team. Why, Davis asked her, do you want
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