"Nurse-zine" Vol. 9, No 04
Feb 22, 2005
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Table of Contents
1. Nursing Discussions – Hot topics from last 2 weeks
2. Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. New! Male Nurses Forums
4. Nurse Safety: Have We Addressed the Risks?
5. Survey: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?
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
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Discussion Forum Statistics for last two weeks
o 2,131 New Members
o 2,181 New Threads
o 22,010 New posts
Shocked and angry. Need new job
ethics lecture rant (sensitive topic)"
Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?"
Number of Philippine Nurses Emigrating Skyrockets
Nurses Will Eat Anything
CPR after rigor mortis
Nurscee's Freaking Out!
where are the nursing shortages?
Husband appaled when I chose to do nothing
Nurses struggling with mental illness
Lexapro (share your expirences with it)
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2. Nursing News from Around the Globe
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Below is a brief list of the recent nursing news headlines:
Africa: Nurses tell all in shock report
California Nurses Association Steps Up Challenge to Gov.
Woman refuses discharge for one year
Nurses Neglecting Mobile I.T.
Roots Of The Nursing Shortage
Woman drops off newborn at hospital
Can the Immigration process on track by April or May
Hopes rise for Pinoy nurses seeking employment in US
Number of Philippine Nurses Emigrating Skyrockets
UK: Foreign nurses are here to stay
Canadian Nurses angry over cutbacks
Doctors, nurses back needle swap
Nursing students' careers on hold
Africa: Frustrated Nurses Resign in Droves
Nurses Outraged at Proposed Cuts in Nursing Staff...
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3. New! Male Nurses Forums
We just created two new forums, one for male nurses and one for male nursing students. The objective of these forums is to allow males in nursing a place to discuss topics that are specific to males. Please keep the forums on topic, professional, clean, and non-sexist in nature. Let's all post with respect to others and make this forum a success!
Links to the new forums:
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Male Nursing Student Forum
Please feel free to start posting new threads to kick off the new forums.
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Workplace safety is a topic of major concern and discussion for individuals in a variety of occupations and workplace settings. In nursing, there has been an emphasis on providing safe nursing care to enhance patient safety. However, intertwined in the promotion of safe patient care is the critical issue of nurse safety. How safe are nurses in the work setting? Have the risks of nurse safety been addressed?
This is a collection of six articles from
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing on the following topics:
- Caring for Those Who Care: A Tribute to Nurses and Their Safety
- Handle with Care: The American Nurses Association’s Campaign to Address Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Evidence-Based Practices for Safe Patient Handling and Movement
- Needlestick and Sharps Injury Prevention
- Safe Handling of Hazardous Drug
- Violence Toward Health Care Workers: Recognized but not Regulated Workplace Violence From Patients
For links to all articles, visit:
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5. Survey: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?
Please take a minute to participate in our one question nursing survey, and feel free to discuss this topic.
Visit:
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For the results and comments from our last survey, Do you refer patients to websites for helpful information?
Visit:
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