This is not necessarily a news article but I think an important item related to an ongoing discussion in the news and current events for nursing. There was a recent post by my good friend Kim McAllister over at the Emergiblog; you can find that at emergiblog.com. Kim was sending an open letter to the ANA, the American Nurses Association, asking them why they weren’t supporting the naming of the senior nurse in the health and human services department as the National Nurse for the United States, creating a position that really already exists according to Kim’s argument.
You know, we don’t have a national nurse in this country, other places do, Australia does, and there should be someone who is recognized as the senior nurse leader in our country. We have a senior nurse or a high level nurse that is the highest nurse in the health and human services department, the US public health service but what about the National Nurse? A real person, an office and a title associated with that. Kim has a great article on this, all the link in the shownotes. I urge you to check it out. Kim really draws some interesting points and just to let you know, she talks about the ANA definition of nursing and I’ve covered this here on the show before “Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, etc”. She points out that these are the very foundation of the National Nurse Act that is being brought up in congress and she wonders why the ANA is standing against this particular piece of legislation. I kind of like to know myself, what is it they have against the naming of a national nurse? I think I need to look in more carefully at this legislation but you can find the links to both legislation and to some interesting information from the ANA over at Kim’s site emergiblog.com.
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This article has been featured in the news segment of the Nursing Show podcast episode Patient Communication and Episode 142
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My friend, Kim over at the Emergiblog wrote this post on her response as a nurse to the recent healthcare reform legislation. While she and I don’t always see eye to eye politically, I still think she voices some good concerns about what this reform package doesn’t provide.
I left a few comments of my own to her article. Check out both her article and my comments and then leave a few comments of your own. This law is sure to be adjusted and changed as the effects are reviewed in coming years.
It is important to remain involved in this discussion, indeed as nurses, we are responsible to be involved in any adjustments at the local, state, and federal level.
You’ll find more good comments here on this week’s Nursing Show podcast as part of the news segment this Friday.
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Kim McAllister’s Emergiblog has this week’s change of shift offering. Lot’s of great entries over the last two weeks in the Nursing Blog community.
Check out the Change of Shift article here at the Emergiblog
RN Communication Lapses
Included in the articles she has posted links to there is an article on the importance of good communication skills in nursing care. Check out the article that interviews 5 nurses about lapses in communication and affect on their nursing practice.
Advice for Student Nurses and New RNs
Student nurses and new RNs will be especially interested in an article entitled “Becoming a Nurse – Five Things I Wish I Had Known” which shares the musings of an RN looking back at her first days as a nurse.
Kim’s blog in itself is always a great place to visit on your tours around the web. She has a long experience in nursing to share and she does a great job keeping in touch with the nursing and health care bloggers around the community.
She is also one of the key organizers of the MedBlogger meetup occuring at the Blogworld and New Media Expo this coming October. I’m looking forward to meeting her in person finally.
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Kim over at the Emergiblog has pulled together this week’s change of shift. As always, Kim does an excellent job of gathering the best Nursing blog posts from the week and puts them in one place for us to read or links to.
Included this week:
- Concerns about upcoming television shows and their portrayal of psychological disorders.
- One nurse’s review of the book, “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly”
- Information on living wills
- A look at patient staffing ratios
- Changes in the nursing professions
- Nursing specialization
Take the time during your day to read The Emergiblog and Kim’s insights into our profession. Thanks Kim!
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Kim from the Emergiblog always has great comments on the state of nursing both in her perspective as an RN in the ER and on nursing in general. One of her recent posts paid tribute to a job I used to have back in the day – ER tech.
ER Techs Unite!
She called the ER techs the unsung heroes of the ER and I have to agree with her (even though I might be a little bit biased). If made me wonder who else we overlook in our jobs. There are a lot of people who make our lives easier, safer, and a little bit more bearable on those difficult days.
From the aforementioned ER Techs to our unit clerks, housekeeping staff, transportation volunteers, and security and safety staff who make our walk back to the car at night a little less stressful, these co-workers in the hospitals and facilities in which we work are also a key part of the team that provides care to our patients.
Don’t forget these unsung heroes. Remember them during your work week and when you’re making something to bring in on a food day. As quality improvement becomes the watchword of the health care industry, a team approach to patient care is going to be vital to making sure of the best care for everyone. There are more members of that team than many give credit to. Don’t forget!
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This is the first in a new video series called, simply enough, Nursing Show TV. I’ll be posting these videos periodically here on the site and you can check here or go directly to NursingShow.TV to see all of the segments as they are put on the web.
Emergiblog Site Tour and Episode 1
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This first episode features a tour of Kim McAllister’s Emergiblog site.
I interviewed Kim for the Nursing Show audio program recently and her site is a great candidate for the first show in this series. Check out the video for yourself!
Jamie Davis, the Podmedic
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