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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 5, No 15
November 1, 2001

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Free Video - "Anthrax: What Every Clinician Should Know" Part I & II
2. Latest Nursing News from around the Globe
3. New Immunization Website for Nurses
4. Hot Nursing Discussions
5. Survey: Do you feel your hospital is prepared to handle a major disaster?
6. Advertise to Nurses online via allnurses.com
7. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"
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1. FREE VIDEO - "ANTHRAX: WHAT EVERY CLINICIAN SHOULD KNOW"

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2. LATEST NURSING NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

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Night Shift Linked to Breast Cancer
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Nurses union calls for Premier to address health sector problems - Australia
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Why it pays nurses to leave NHS - London
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Bioterrorism changes how health care works System now plays role as detective
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Nurses aide charged in patient's drowning
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Two Toronto nurses were formally charged with criminal negligence (Canada)
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Medical experts don't really know how deadly anthrax is, scientists say
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4. HOT NURSING DISCUSSIONS

allnurses.com has one of the most active Bulletin Boards (BB) for nurses. It is a great place to get answers to your nursing questions, or just chat with other nurses. Below is a brief list of some active discussions at allnurses.com:

What’s new on the BB in the last two weeks?
o 302 new members
o 365 new threads
o 2,741 new posts

Title: "Mandated time over you status! What can I Do?"
o 61 replies, 1209 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11081

Title: "What Is This??"
o 52 replies, 1173 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11181

Title: "Help I am loosing my mind"
o 51 replies, 1248 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11132

Title: "What color was your student uniform?"
o 49 replies, 600 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=10989

Title: "see-through white pants? Hate it!!!"
o 36 replies, 972 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11197

Title: "A Nurse's Story"
o 37 replies, 1327 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=10767

Title: "Gender biasing by MD's"
o 35 replies, 692 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11191

Title: "HELP my dry hands!!!!"
o 28 replies, 370 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11316

Title: "death"
o 27 replies, 842 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=10520

Title: "To everyone here...."
o 27 replies, 775 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...&threadid=9912

Title: (Funny) "In the mind of the elderly"
o 1256 views, 24 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=10219

Title: "Something WEIRD is going on..."
o 671 views, 10 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=11133

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