Tag Archives: patient education

5 Swine Flu Resources for Nursing Patients

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Jamie Davis

Nurses and nursing students often get put to the test with health related questions from their patients, family members, neighbors and sometimes perfect strangers. With the recent news hype surrounding the swine flu outbreak in Mexico and parts of the … Continue reading →

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5 Things Nurses Need to Know About Swine Flu

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Jamie Davis

The U.S. and world news media outlets are all buzzing with talk about the Swine Flu.  As is usually the case, they have very little to say despite they are talking about it for 5 or 10 minutes every hour. … Continue reading →

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Nurses, Education, and Access to Care

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Jamie Davis

Nursing students hear all of the time about the importance of patient education, simple interventions, and access to care.  The Parkland Memorial Hospital in Texas has released an amazing set of statistics based on their reduction in premature births over … Continue reading →

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FDA Panel on Asthma Drugs Risks

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Jamie Davis

Asthma Drugs Have Risks An FDA panel raised concerns about two Asthma drugs on the market based on their risks for patients including the risk of death.  The two drugs, Serevent and Foradil, have been named as possibly causing increased … Continue reading →

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New Info on HPV and Cancer Risks

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Jamie Davis

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released some corrected data on cancer diagnoses related to the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV).  The virus is most often related to cervical cancer and this is the reason for the push for HPV … Continue reading →

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Healthy Restaurant Fare

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Jamie Davis

A recent article over at Yahoo Health focuses on the best and worst restaurant menus. The authors of the article looked at 43 national chain restaurants and judged their food choices based on the nutritional value of the individual items. … Continue reading →

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Nurse Assessments and Prescription Sharers

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Jamie Davis

I read an interesting article over at WebMD.com on the increase in prescription sharing going on out there.  About 25% of the 700 people interviewed said that they had either loaned another person their prescription medications or had taken someone … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Care and its Health Care Burden

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Jamie Davis

A recent report has listed the increase in Diabetes among the elderly as a pending economic disaster on the nation’s (and world’s IMHO) health care systems.  The report cites the increase by 25% of the number of elderly Americans diagnosed … Continue reading →

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