Edwin Drummond, RN, never knows what kinds of cases he’ll see as a flight nurse. He might treat a young man who has lost his leg in a motorcycle accident or an elderly woman who fell down a flight of […]
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, the familiar children’s rhyme goes. But if you are a nurse suffering from osteoporosis (porous bones), such routine on-the-job activities as lifting patients or carrying heavy medical equipment could put you at risk
Chris Burchill, Ph.D., R.N., C.E.N., still remembers the evening he was attacked by a patient. “I was on the phone with our social worker trying to help the patient obtain a ride home,” Burchill says. “Without any warning, he began
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Mylene Perez, RN, BSN, OCN Imagine that you, a member of your family or a close friend was suffering from cancer and none of the hospitals in your locality had enough nurses on staff to provide safe, quality care. Now
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OAKBROOK TERRACE and OAKBROOK, Ill. March 28, 2006) Low health literacy is irrefutably linked to unsafe and inefficient care, poor outcomes and increased costs. Studies show that nearly half of the adults living in the United States lack the literacy
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Pamela Miljure and her son, dressed in Tlingit Regalia Last year as she worked toward finishing her bachelor’s degree in nursing, Linda Douglas, RN, CPON, learned about a scholarship opportunity for minority nurses through the Oncology Nursing Society, a professional
Some nurses aren’t content to limit their careers to just the 50 states. Instead, they receive a calling from beyond our borders and find that international soil welcomes their skills. Why are these nurses so eager to take their talents
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In the 2000 hit comedy Meet the Parents, Ben Stiller plays a suitor who can do no right in the eyes of his future in-laws. The punch line for many of the jokes is his occupation: He’s a male nurse.
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We all remember those playground rules that kids grow up by. Rule Number One: Never tell on other kids who do something wrong or you run the risk of being labeled a tattle-tale, a goody-two-shoes, or even worse, getting beat
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Prompted by compelling evidence that race and ethnicity play a major role in AmericansÂ’ health status, former President Bill Clinton set an ambitious goal in 1998: To eliminate health disparities between racial/ethnic minority populations and the Caucasian majority in six
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