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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Nursing Discussions – Current Hot Topics
2. Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. Did your employer recognize "Nurse's Day"?
4. Article: Knowing What Nurses Want
5. Survey: Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortage?
6. Reach hundreds of thousands of online nurses with your marketing.

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1. NURSING DISCUSSIONS – CURRENT HOT TOPICS

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Bulletin Board Statistics for last two weeks

o 844 New Members
o 1,580 New Threads
o 18,188 New Posts

Why is it MEN seem to get along better in this field than WOMEN??!!!
Professional in scrubs?
A Nurse's Lifestyle
Does your employer recognize "Nurse's Day"?
MD, DO, NP, DC, OD -- Who deserves the title PCP?
Male L&D nurses
Eat Before You Get Here (ER)!
Nurses attack 'shameful' training
Real ER vs TV ER
My take on nursing
How soon post op do you turn your total hip replacement pattients?
Dress or scrubs? Females ONLY!!!!
I wish I'd have known....B4 nursing school
Dealing with grumpy MD's
Sick nurses
Swan Ganz Cath Question
Feelings about double rooms

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2. LATEST NURSING NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

For the latest Nursing News, visit: http://allnurses.com/

Below is a brief list of the recent nursing news headlines:

California Nurse Law Fails To Cause Emergency

St. John's Mercy refuses to fire 55 nurses in dispute with union

Hospitals claim natural births following C-sections too ri$ky

Young doctor to challenge fasting record

Black care ban nurse wins payout

Doctor tells of race abuse

Police: Doctor suspect had encounter with man at LA hospital

'nurse's Actions Hastened Deaths'

Real life in the ER

Patients are told to ask nurses: have you washed?

Abiomed Heart Patient Taken Off Life Support, Dies

Dutch make online 'house calls'

Set a minimum patient-nurse ratio

Hectic world of a nurse and mother

Nurse dolls show how the profession has evolved

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3. Did your employer recognize "Nurse's Day"?

This discussion comes up every year, and it's always interesting to see what employers do for their nurses. There are already 100 comments already on this discussion topic. Visit:

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4. Article: Knowing What Nurses Want

A recent study of nurse satisfaction indicators may help sort out what nurses want and how hospital leaders can give it to them. The report focused on two key questions

1. How satisfied are nurses with the various dimensions of their current employment situation?
2. What can executives within the industry do to boost nurse satisfaction in the future?

Find out what nurses said, and see if you would agree with the findings, for the link to article, visit: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67102

5. SURVEY SAYS… Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortage?

Please take a minute to take our quick survey and read or post comments on the topic at: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67122

For the results and lively comments from our last survey:

Do you leave work at your scheduled time on a regular basis?

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