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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 6, No 04
February 15, 2002

"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. What’s new on allnurses.com
2. Latest Nursing News from around the Globe
3. Fun, Free Cardiac Learning online
4. Hot Nursing Discussions
5. Medical Dictionaries Online
6. Survey: Are patients being released too early?
7. Advertise to Nurses online via allnurses.com
8. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"

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1. WHAT’S NEW ON ALLNURSES.COM

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been busy improving our Discussion area with several new features that we though you would like to know about.

New “Quick reply” feature:
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2. LATEST NURSING NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

For the latest Nursing News
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Below is a brief list of the recent nursing news headlines:

- Hospitals look to hire ex-nurses re-entering field
- Retired nurse comes full circle
- Boy's nurse takes stand in Ford suit
- Governor will decide who can knock you out - Nebraska
- AIDS/HIV services agency has new intervention clinic
- Patients die as hospital staffing crisis grows - UK
- Court strikes down state rate regulations for temporary nursing
- Nursing-shortage crisis seen - Lawmakers want to tackle problem
- Nursing students learn from 'smart dummy'
- How to train more nurses - Australia
- Nursing home residents learn to surf the Net
- As nurses' numbers shrink, their clout grows
- Whistleblower awaits appeal - UK
- Farmland nurse to run for District 32 legislative seat
- Nurses approve contract with OHSU
- Johnson & Johnson launches campaign to attract new people to nursing
- OHSU, nurses reach a deal

For these stories and more, visit:
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3. FUN, FREE CARDIAC LEARNING ONLINE

SkillStat.com - This site offers free online cardiac trivia games, a cardiac rhythm simulator, ACLS tool, cardiac dictionary, cardiac anatomy tools and more. SkillStat.com is very impressive and I strongly recommend this site for nurses, and student nurses. Their slogan is: "Fast, fun and effective" I couldn't agree more, I had fun and I am sure you will too. Have fun and learn a little too!
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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 376 new members
o 399 new threads
o 3,306 new posts

Title: "Nurse Impersonators"
o 196 replies, 6094 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13799

Title: "What is your title and what state/province are you in?"
o 63 replies, 857 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13870

Title: "Have you cried?"
o 38 replies, 841 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13990

Title: "opinion on legalization of marijuana in Canada"
o 36 replies, 420 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=14031

Title: "verbal 'scripts'"
o 36 replies, 317 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...=&threadid=424

Title: "Accept or refuse an assignment"
o 34 replies, 624 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13960

Title: "Employment application: would you sign this?"
o 803 views, 23 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13722

Title: "When did you first feel like a "real" nurse?"
o 654 views, 21 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13750

Title: "Nice nurses don't........"
o 609 views, 11 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13824

Humor Forum Post:
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Title: "Your A Nurse If....."
o 771 views, 6 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13703

Title: "Chocolate is a vegatable..."
o 10 replies, 621 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13378

Title: "When nurses have bad dreams"
o 9 replies, 418 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13898

Title: "A Man's Perspective: My Life With A Nurse"
o 9 replies, 1081 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=13667

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5. MEDICAL DICTIONARIES ONLINE

There are several great medical dictionary/glossary resources online, we’ve created a page with 19 links to some of the best.

Visit: http://allnurses.com/a/t.cgi?dictionary

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6. SURVEY SAYS… Are patients being released too early?

Please take a minute to answer our one question survey at the bottom of our homepage, Visit: http://allnurses.com

After voting, please post your comments and/or opinions on our nursing bulletin board, visit:

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For the results and comments from our last survey:

Q: Do you carry medical malpractice insurance?

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