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Tag Archives: research for nurses
Rotavirus Vaccine Helping Nurses Help Pediatric Patients
A recent article at WebMD reviews the reported success of the Rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq. Rotavirus is a GI virus that causes diarrhea and is responsible for serious complications, hospitalizations, and death in infants throughout the world. A recent joint meeting … Continue reading
Nursing Journal Subscriptions
I’m often asked about how I stay current on so many different aspects of the medical fields. Well, the answer is that I do a lot of reading. It’s not that hard, really. There are a number of excellent resources … Continue reading
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Tagged journals, nursing career, nursing news, research for nurses
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Malignant Hyperthermia
A listener to the show from Australia, Jerry Barrett, sent me this article he had written on an ambulance transport patient and the information he discovered following that call. It’s a great look at Malignant Hyperthermia for the readers here. … Continue reading
Eat Chocolate for Medical Science
Would you be willing to step forward and eat a chocolate bar at day for science? I love science. It’s great to learn how things interact with each other and the cause and effect basis of the world around and … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, community health, diabetes, research for nurses
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More on Snakebites and Venom
Our good friend, Tim Pruyn from Australia sent in this information on poisonous snakes in Australia and how they compare to poisonous snakes from around the world. This was a follow-up to Episode 20 with the interview segment with Lisa … Continue reading
No Links Between Vaccines and Autism
The assistant U.S. Surgeon General has released the strongest statement yet about the lack of credible scientific links between Autism and the vaccine preservative, Thimerosal. Read the whole press release here. I have talked about this issue here and over … Continue reading
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More on Stroke Care
More news to come out of the studies presented at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans last week. Yesterday I reported on the reports of some positive effects in aggressively reducing blood pressures in the treatment of Hemorrhagic strokes. … Continue reading
Hemorrhagic Stroke Care Advances
The International Stroke Conference convened its annual meeting this week in New Orleans. They have released some remarkable information based on the studies presented there. One promises a possible treatment for strokes related to brain bleeds. The study authored at … Continue reading
Impact of Nursing Care Specialists
A review of several studies related to breast cancer patients yields very little information on whether cancer care specialist RNs have a significant effect on patient care and comfort. The report comes from this article at Medical News Today. The … Continue reading
Cut the Salt, Cut the Sugar
A study looking at ways to cut childhood obesity and hypertension found that by cutting dietary salt, they could cut down on the amount of sugared soft drinks consumed by children. The study was released in Hypertension: Journal of the … Continue reading
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