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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 8, No 21
November 4, 2004

"Nurse-zine" is the bi-weekly nursing newsletter via e-mail brought to you compliments of http://allnurses.com - The Internet's Nursing Resource since 1996.
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Table of Contents

1. Nursing Discussions – Hot topics from last 2 weeks
2. Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. Recent Nursing Jobs
4. Massage Therapy Popular for Pain Management and Relief
5. Survey: Has your Nursing License ever been in Jeopardy?
6. Media kit: reach nurses online with your marketing
7. Subscription Tools
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1. Nursing Discussions – Hot topics from last 2 weeks

allnurses.com has the most active discussion areas for nurses online with over 1100 new posts a day and 300 nursing topics discussed every 24 hours. It is a great place to get answers to your nursing questions, or just chat with other nurses, or just read, visit:
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Bulletin Board Statistics for last two weeks

o 1,041 New Members
o 1,402 New Threads
o 16,931 New posts

• Nurses, How Old Are You?
• Offended by Prayer
• Are you ashamed of being a nurse?"
• AJN Article Opinions.. "I'm No Angel""
• Nurses Angered By Foreign Recruiting
• Nurses leaving in droves...
• Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides
• Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN?
• Having to work Holidays
• Funny Sign in slips
• Rude and crude RN
• PICC Lines in Radiology
• How do I know if I have MRSA?
• Team nursing is causing many good nurses to leave any suggestions
• Dating CoWorkers?
• Bad drug choice by DR.-scary! long rant

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2. 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:

Nurses demand probe after hospital surgeries diverted to private ...
Nurses may send more students home
Commentary: Nurse, Where Do We Keep the Chicken Wire and Lamp Cor...
School Nurses Lead on Children's Health
Maine nurse recounts Iraq experience
Claim filed against LA County hospital, nurse in patient death
Jury to decide nurse's fate
Nurse Reprimanded For Hugging Inmates
Nursing shortage claims dismissed - UK
Low-dose flu vaccine study
U.S. Trails Others in Health Care Satisfaction
Record number of nurses flock to the States
30,000 nurses quit every year - UK
Nurse Shortage or Nursing Shortage: Have We Missed the Real Probl...
No flu shots for ER staffs

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3. Recent Nursing Jobs on allnurses.com

Below are a few of the most recent Nursing Jobs posted on allnurses.com. Every day, recruiters are searching our nursing resumes, if you have not posted your resume yet, you may want to do so now, Post Resume

• Assistant Director of Nursing - HCR Manor Care - Libertyville, IL, US
• Nurisng Faculty: Advanced Practice Gerontological Nursing program - College of St. Scholastica- Duluth, MN, US
• Clinical Nurse Manager Medical Surgical (Pacific Campus) - California Pacific Medical Center - San Francisco, CA, US
• Nursing Faculty - Aims Community College - Greeley, CO, US
• PACU - A.H. Employees Co - Multiple Locations in Illinois

Nurses Links:
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Create an online Career Profile
Post Anonymous Resume
Create Personal Job Alert

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Your "My Recruiting" Account

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4. Massage Therapy Popular for Pain Management and Relief

A national survey released by the American Massage Therapy Association® (AMTA®) shows that consumers feel massage is second only to medication for pain management and relief.

The survey revealed that 90 percent of consumers believe that massage therapy can be effective in reducing pain.

http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83743



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5. Survey: Has your Nursing License ever been in Jeopardy?

Have you ever been put in a situation in which you think your license could be in jeopardy?
Visit: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83746

For the results and lively comments from our last survey:
Bush, Kerry or Nader? Vote here:
http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82175

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6. Media kit: reach nurses online with your marketing

allnurses.com gets near 4 million page views a month by nurses online. If you are interested in reaching nurses online with your marketing message, for more information, visit: http://allnurses.com/advertising or call Brian Short @ 612-816-8773
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