This is part ten of the Nursing Research Challenge. The Article: Tanga, H. (2011). Nurse drug diversion and nursing leaders’ responsibilities: Legal, regulatory, ethical, humanistic, and practical considerations. JONA’s Healthcare Law, Ethics, and Regulation, 13(1): 13-16. Big Idea: As with... Read More
Skip the surprise party and the Cheese of the Month Club, the World Health Organization (WHO) only wants one thing for it’s 63rd year of impacting global health – action against the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotics were heralded as... Read More
Today is National Start! Walking Day. It is a great day to make a commitment to increasing your physical activity through walking 30 minutes each day by getting up today – wherever you are – and walking. The American Heart... Read More
Heart disease, cancer, asthma – they all impact people worldwide. Yet, when thinking about global health, we often think of communicable diseases – AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, co-founder of Partners in Health talks more about reframing... Read More
Thank you to everyone who blogged, commented, tweeted, etc. in support of the Break Cancer record on Sunday! Including my two Sunday posts (with 3 participant comments), there were three additional blog posts from SusanEller62’s Blog, Dr. Dean at The... Read More
Brother, aunt, father, niece, son, friend. Eighteen people will die today waiting for an organ or tissue match. According to Donate Life America, more than 100,000 people are currently waiting for an organ, eye, or tissue match which may mean... Read More
Today marks the beginning of National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week. Young adults? Cancer? Absolutely. It happens all the time, and we’re not doing enough to help the nearly 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYA), those ages 15 to 39,... Read More
It is time. The clock starts now. Consider this post WordPress event number one. In honor of the start of National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week, let’s WordPress cancer! I know of several WordPress bloggers participating, and if you have... Read More
Art therapy is routinely used to help patients cope with illness. Jeff Nachtigall shares thoughts about “template creativity” and his experiences empowering artists in long-term healthcare.... Read More
This is part eight of the Nursing Research Challenge. (C’mon, join in the nursing research reading and sharing!) This is the “Nursing” Research Challenge, so I am keen on using articles from only nurse scientists, but I couldn’t resist this... Read More