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The Nurse’s A-to-Z Guide to the Zika Virus

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Assumptions About Self Care Can Cause Harm

Some of the biggest barriers human beings have in dealing with each other are all the assumptions we make. Have you ever been shocked when a neighbor who seemed so pulled together with her beautiful clothes, nicely behaved children, fantastic

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Patient Satisfaction and Patient Safety: A Trade-off?

It seems that the new buzzword in health care is “patient satisfaction.” The Affordable Care Act allows Medicare to tie a portion of a hospital’s reimbursement money to patient satisfaction. Patients are mailed a survey after discharge called the HCAHPS

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Nurse of the Week: RN Case Manager, Jane Palermo

This week’s ‘Nurse of the Week’ is Jane Palermo. After a man on her flight went into cardiac arrest, Nurse Jane, an RN Case Manager at UMass Memorial Medical Center, performed CPR and applied a defibrillator until the man began

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University of Michigan School of Nursing Incorporates Mannequin Training

Faculty from the School of Nursing at the University of Michigan know the value of students making mistakes while treating patients, but when the patients aren’t real it’s a better scenario for everyone involved. This led to the building of

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New Virtual Reality Technology Being Implemented in School of Nursing at Boise State University

Boise State University (BSU) believes that their virtual reality technology is giving them an inside look at the future of nursing. Nursing students at BSU also learn patient care using high-fidelity mannequins in the simulation center, but faculty members think

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How to Talk to Doctors

Talking to physicians can be one of the scariest parts of the job for a new nurse. For the rookie RN, a 3 a.m. call to the doctor can be fraught with terror that they’ll say something stupid, get yelled

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Three Thousand Nurses from Stanford Hospitals Vote to Strike

The nurse’s union in Stanford began discussions with Stanford hospitals in February, with the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) seeking increased wages, more flexible hours, and a 12-hour weekly cap on on-call times. On April 13, out of

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Addressing the Work-Life Balance Issue

You hear a lot about ‘balance’ these days and if you look it up in the dictionary, it is about things being equal. The use of a scale is mentioned in most definitions. Work-life balance is a concept of particular

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Tell Your Story in a Job Interview

No matter how new or how experienced you are as a nurse, keeping your skills current and transferable is one of the best ways to stay relevant in today’s job market. But what exactly does it mean to have skills

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