Posts filed under: Nursing

Nursing

Teach Me what You’re Learning

Rob Fraser, MN, RN, over at NursingIdeas is fanning the nursing learning-sharing-learning cycle flames through his Nursing Research Challenge. I’m absolutely recommitting my passion for The Challenge. I hope you do the same. I want to learn from you!... Read More

Death by Status Quo

It’s an insidious, torturous death. I’m neither willing to be its victim nor will I allow its chilling fate for those around me.... Read More

Male AYA Cancer Survivor Participants Needed for ‘Family After Cancer’ Study

Researchers at Northwestern University would like to talk with adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors about their experiences with thinking about whether or how to have a family. Cancer survivors eligible include those: Diagnosed after age 16 Who have... Read More

Wear Your ID with Style Thanks to BooJee Beads [Giveaway]

Ah, the ever-present badge reel and lanyard. We wear them every single day in healthcare and business, yet we rarely pay attention to them. They’re often some boldly-branded things we picked up from an exhibit table at a conference four... Read More

Are You Perpetuating Cancer Myths?

Today is the Union for International Cancer Control‘s (IUCC) World Cancer Day. A lot of myths surround cancer. As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to help dispel these myths. Often, though, we are part of the perpetual myth-movement, standing... Read More

Seeing Red: One Woman Dies Every Minute from Heart Disease

Why wear red today? What’s the big deal about women and heart disease? Heart disease causes 1 out of every 3 deaths among women in the U.S. – one death every minute. 1 in 31 American women die from breast... Read More

Nightingale on Success: No Excuses

This poster is yours if you’d like it. Download it here. ... Read More

Throwing Up Hands; Rolling Up Sleeves

I go through cycles of giving up and starting again. Tomorrow might be a different story from today. I exhaust myself in work, and when it doesn’t seem to go right, I push the work off again. A weird thing... Read More

2013 Health Care Crystal-Ball-Gazing

Go ahead – pick up the crystal ball. Take a look at what 2013 holds or may hold for health care. Two organizations have already laid out their thoughts on the next year in healthcare. Medscape’s slideshow is quick and... Read More

Nurses And Social Media: Crowdsourcing a Nursing Student’s Questions

I really enjoy nursing students – at all levels of nursing education. I love helping them formally via precepting them as well as informally helping them through mentoring, etc. Nursetopia has many popular posts among nursing students, and I can... Read More