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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 9, No 01
January 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. Best of 2004! - Most Popular Nursing Discussions
4. Tips: Potassium piggybacks and alleviate burning
5. Survey: Do you refer patients to websites for helpful information?
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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Discussion Forum Statistics for last two weeks

o 1,504 New Members
o 1,632 New Topics (threads)
o 20,213 New Individual Posts

• Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?
• trouble stayng slim when in nursing school
• Night Nurses-Pts think we sleep?
• If you're on a break, are you reading for "fun"
• How much $ do RNs start out at?
• Be-littling CRNA's
• Meet the Fockers
• California Nurses sue governor
• How many nurses here have their license currently suspended?
• Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

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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:

Michigan's nurses deserve better working conditions
Probes clear Good Samaritan Hospital of spying charges
100,000 Iranian nurses to launch a strike
Striking nurses, St. John's will meet Friday
Kansas City nurses, clergy back St. John's strikers on 6th day
Work Permits for Foreign Nurses on Hold
Roots Of The Nursing Shortage
Two Nurses murdered at work
Frequent fast food meals increase weight, diabetes risk
Jail inmates threatened nurse with torture, death
St. John's nurses plan strike
The ultimate gift: 50 years of organ transplants
Obesity is Rising Sharply Among US Preschoolers
Los Angeles health facility MLK fails latest inspection
California Nurses sue governor

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3. Best of 2004! - Most Popular Nursing Discussions

Looking back on 2004, we had some great topics discussed, and amazing growth to our online community of nurses. Below is a list of the top nursing topics that were started in 2004, and some statistics from 2004. Thanks to all our members!


23,751 New Members
27,902 New Nursing Related Topics
250,217 New Nursing Related Posts

Enjoy and please feel free to share these with your nursing colleagues.

• What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?
• Funniest injury you have ever seen...
• Scariest things you've seen
• Your worst mistake
• Foreign objects in body cavities
• Things patients have taught me NOT to do...
• What not to say / do while you are in the ER..."
• Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???
• Ghostly experiences?
• Funny things you have said but wish you didn't
• Most dreaded Dr.'s orders
• old skills that we do not use anymore"
• humor in the ER
• What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?
• Should nurses from other countries be recruited to aid in the nursing shortage
• Youngest labor patient?
• 'Moral values' and organ donation
• AJN Article Opinions.. "I'm No Angel"

Obviously, we could not list all the popular threads, so if we didn't list your favorite thread, feel free to reply and post links to your favorite thread from 2004! Or just leave comments in this thread: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89744

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4. Potassium piggybacks and alleviating burning

Nurses giving Nurses helpful advice! This discussion, many nurses give tips on what they do to alleviate burning while administering Potassium IVPB.
Read the tips or even better, share your tips!

Visit: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89032

Have questions? Post your question in a new thread, and get helpful advice from nurses around the globe!

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5. Survey: Do you refer patients to websites for helpful information?


Please take a minute to participate in our one question nursing survey, and feel free to share what websites you refer your patients to.
Visit: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88422

For the results and comments from our last survey, 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

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