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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Antihypertensive Medication Review Part I and Episode 149
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Welcome to Episode 149 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast | Blog —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio … Continue reading
Recession Trend: Tight on budget? Don’t have kids
Finally, a look at birth rates. For the second year in a row, the US birth rate has continued to drop and this is cited as being related to the recession. As money is tighter, people are not as likely … Continue reading
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Tagged birth rates, childbirth, news, nurse, nursing, recession
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Choosing the Right Nursing School Can Help You Keep Your College Funds
This story I found in the news is about nursing students losing funding from scholarship money because their nursing school program ceased to comply with certain guidelines and rules concerning nursing schools. Now, this is something that people ask me … Continue reading
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Tagged funding, news, nurses, nursing, nursing school, nursing student, scholarship, standards
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Issues With Increasing Rates of Birth Via C-Section
This news item looks at an increase in C-section rates. Now, we’ve talked about this before but it seems like every time the CDC is looking at this problem, it continues to go up and experts are scratching their head … Continue reading
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Tagged birth complications, birth rate, births, c secions, news, nurses, nursing
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Antidepressant Overdose Revisited and Episode 148
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Welcome to Episode 148 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast | Blog —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressant, jamie davis, lisa booze, maoi, nurse, nursing, overdose, podcast, podmedic, poison center, SSRI, tricyclics
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16 Newborn Deaths Call for Better Infection Control
This article from Dominican Republic looks at the deaths of 16 newborns at a public hospital. According to investigations done for this incident, some areas of the hospital were unsanitary and that 4 babies had the same strain of bacteria … Continue reading
Nursing Career Interview on Nurse Midwives with Amy Romano and Episode 147
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Welcome to Episode 147 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast | Blog —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video … Continue reading
Hospital Bedbug Infestation Cause Issues
Bedbug infestation is an ongoing issue in many places. There are cities, in metropolitan areas as people travel from overseas and we’re seeing more and more bedbugs cropping up in different areas of the country and this is including hospitals. … Continue reading
More Head Injuries Seen in Young Athletes This Season
This is something I do periodically on all my shows as the seasons progress, changes occur in our annual cycle of cultural awareness. It’s football season again and kids are going back to school and so we have a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged concussions, football, head injuries, news, nurses, seasonal sports, sports
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Con Ed Credits Allegedly Awarded for Rally Attendance
I wanted to pick up with the first story of the news items looking at an interesting occurrence that happened out in California. Of course California has the California Nurses Association which is actually a labor union for nurses. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, California Nurses Association, con-ed, labor union, legislation, news, nurses, rally
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