From Google Eradicating Cancer to the Ultimate End-of-Life Plan: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 15]
Here’s some of what I’ve been putting into my brain this week: Intensive care treatment is often futile and costly, study finds by the Los Angeles Times When the Shift Hits the Fan via ONS Connect The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan via The Wall... Read More
Palliative Care and the Human Connection: Ten Steps for What to Say and Do [Video]
I saw this video for the first time two weeks ago via TheONC. The video is absolutely worth another mention as it sheds light (quickly) on a daunting topic – delivering difficult news. What do you think? Will you (or... Read More
Happy First Day
Each day is a new, first day. Some first days are more significant than others to each of us for very different reasons. Some people are beginning nursing school. Some people are starting their first nursing jobs. Some people are... Read More
Crisp, Comfortable, Stylish: Dansko Shoes Fall Collection [Giveaway]
The seasons are changing, and you know what that means, don’t you? Fall shoes and boots! Dansko just launched its fall shoe collection. Oh, you didn’t know Dankso makes more than fabulous Professional clogs for work? Uh, yeah, they do!... Read More
Remembrance
I remember. I remember. 09.11.2001. 09.11.2001 Four planes. Four planes. 2,977 victims. 2,977 victims. I remember. I remember.... Read More
Giddy Up; Submit Your Abstract to the Cowtown Oncology Symposium
Yeehaaaw! It’s time for the 4th Annual Cowtown Oncology Symposium in Fort Worth, Texas. I am a Texan – born and bred. Contrary to popular belief and pervasive stereotypes, I don’t routinely say yeehaaaw, still, the Cowtown Oncology Symposium is so fun and... Read More
From A New Designer Drug Alert to the Lasting Scars of Socioeconomic Stress: A Nursetopia Reading and Education Mashup [Part 14]
Here are some of the highlights of my reading (and viewing) this week: Does anyone in healthcare want to be understood? via TEDMED [Video of the first nurse at TEDMED.] CDC Issues Alert on Deadly New Designer Drug, Acetyl Fentanyl via Forbes... Read More
I Heart Algorithms
I’m not sure when it happened, but it seems like algorithms and “pathways” have overtaken healthcare. I’m not complaining; I love it. I’m a visual person, so when people explain processes to me, I tend to draw them as I’m... Read More
Many Americans Uninformed about Affordable Care Act; Doctors and Nurses Most Trusted Sources of Information on the Topic
An August 2013 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll revealed “more than four-in-ten Americans think the new health care law has been repealed, overturned in court or are just unsure whether it remains the law.” The same amount of people surveyed stated... Read More