Monthly Archives: October 2008

Pennsylvania Passes Nurse Overtime Limits

In a recent session of the Pennsylvania state legislature, both the Senate and the House passed a bill limiting the way hospitals and other healthcare facilities deal with overtime for their nurses and other healthcare workers. Nursing Overtime Bill Passes … Continue reading

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APGAR Score for Nurses and Episode 49 of the Nursing Show

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Welcome to Episode 49 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url … Continue reading

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MotherRisk.org Site for Mothers, Nurses, and Students

Nurses and nursing students are always looking for good resources for themselves and their patients about medication safety and risks.  Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center has this resource for us. —————- MotherRisk.org info for pregnancy and breastfeeding The … Continue reading

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Antidotes and Episode 48

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Welcome to Episode 48 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url … Continue reading

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Follow Jamie Davis, the Podmedic on Twitter.com for Nursing Show Updates

I’ve picked up on another way to keep the listeners and site visitors up to date on what’s going on around MedicCast Productions Central as well as in my general travels.  Get the updates by following me over at twitter.com. … Continue reading

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Autism Concerns About Vaccines Still Exist – 5 Tips to Address Concerns

The Florida Institute of Technology conducted a survey of 1,000 randomly selected adults to find out their attitudes towards autism and to the safety of vaccines for child illnesses.  The study found that nearly 1 in 4 (24%) of the … Continue reading

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Lexi-Comp Offers Medication Advice on the Nursing Show

Medication errors are one of the horrors that can haunt a nurse’s career. Many nurses believe it’s not a case of if you will make a medication error but when will you make a medication error. Tools from the content … Continue reading

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Medication Errors and Toxicology for Nurses

Our friend, Lisa Booze over at Maryland poison center (mdpoison.com), recently released this toxicology update surrounding medication errors using Acetylcysteine, the antidote for acetaminophen overdoses.  Check out what she has to say below: Maryland Poison Center Toxtidbit -Acetylcysteine Medication Errors … Continue reading

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Digoxin Medication Review and Episode 47

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Welcome to Episode 47 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url … Continue reading

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