Posts tagged with: public health

Coronary Heart Disease Risk Estimation in Asymptomatic Adults

In honor of National Wear Red Day: The Article: Boo, S., Waters, C., & Froelicher, E.S. (2012). Coronary heart disease risk estimation in asymptomatic adults. Nursing Research, 61(1): 66-69. Big Idea: This article discusses how to use the Framingham Risk... Read More

Focusing in on Both Heart and Cancer Awareness

Tomorrow is National Wear Red Day (or Go Red for Women) in the States, which focuses on cardiovascular health for women. Saturday is World Cancer Day, which aims to increase awareness of preventable cancers worldwide. Every year I wonder why... Read More

Cold Turkey One Week Before Thanksgiving

Today is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a day in which tobacco users are encouraged to quit “cold turkey.” Nurses and other healthcare professionals can participate in many ways. Quitting tobacco is one of the best and most... Read More

Coffee + Cervical Cancer Screening = Volunteerism

Looking for a way to give back and see the world at the same time? You need to volunteer for my friends at Grounds for Health, a global nonprofit bringing women’s health to coffee-growing communities in Mexico, Tanzania, and Nicaragua.... Read More

The Next Generation of 911 in the Works

FCC Chairman Genachowski recently announced plans to improve the deployment of Next Generation 911, or NG911, which will allow the answering system to receive emergency-related texts, photos, videos, and geo-location data. It will give more people access to the emergency... Read More

Bevel Up

I had to give TB tests to my team this week. The small task was definitely outside my normal management routine. I have worked in nursing education for the past fours years, so while giving injections is nothing new to... Read More

The Torture of Health Care

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. ~Unknown   This video is one of 50 in an excellent series – Life Before Death. Use the free videos. Use them to educate other healthcare professionals about pain and palliative care. Use them... Read More

Single Jingles: Helping Guys Man Up & Check’Em

I’ve known about Single Jingles: A Testicular Cancer Foundation for about five or six months now, but I really got to know the organization recently as they helped me and my colleagues provide some much needed resources for a patient.... Read More

New Sunscreen Language 12 Years in the Making

The FDA announced plans for sunscreen guidelines in 1978. They published them in 1999 – a full 21 years later. This marks the first revision to those guidelines now 12 years later. Interesting, considering the known public health and economic... Read More

World No Tobacco Day is a Rally Cry for Texans

To say I was disappointed the Texas State Legislature recently removed the Crownover amendment from the spending bill (SB 1811), which would have made Texas a smoke-free state, saving thousands of lives and millions of dollars while joining 29 other U.S. states... Read More