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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 6, No 08
April 16, 2002

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Article: Nursing Education: A New Beginning
2. Latest Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. New: Health Information Library
4. Hot Nursing Discussions
5. Survey: Do "Nurses eat their young"?
6. Advertise to Nurses online via allnurses.com
7. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"
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1. ARTICLE: NURSING EDUCATION: A NEW BEGINNING

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2. LATEST NURSING NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

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Below is a brief list of the recent nursing news headlines:

- Nurses fear lives may be lost - over crowding - NZ
- ER nurses handle chaos, confusion
- Psychiatric nurses to strike over assault compensation
- Occupational Health Hazards Posed by Exposure to Latex
- Support for nurses' call to use defibrillators - Australia
- Study: Nurses should make more decisions
- Suspect arrested in deaths of two nursing home residents
- Butler nurses have new contract - Pittsburgh, PA
- Nurses Look Abroad For Work - UK
- Nurse found dead at hospital
- MedWatch - milk based powdered infant formulas...
- Bryan to expand its nursing school
- Financing new nurses' deal will be a challenge
- A Nurse's Viewpoint: A new beginning
- Nursing Profession - Strategic Plan to Ensure Safe Patient Care

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3. NEW: Health Information Library – videos, articles, and more

AllNurses.com and Healthology, the leading syndicator of health information on the web, have partnered to bring you medical information direct from health professionals. Our library includes both general information as well as a resource area created exclusively for health professionals. Feel free to browse or search this extensive database of nearly 2000 text articles and webcasts on topics from elder care and Asthma to Breast Cancer treatments and Osteoporosis information.

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4. HOT NURSING DISCUSSIONS

allnurses.com has one of the most active discussion areas for nurses online. 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 368 new members
o 489 new threads
o 4,890 new posts

Title: "Nursing Encouragement"
o 11 replies, 230 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15864

Title: "Celebrity Patients - Who would you want?"
o 57 replies, 1126 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15683

Title: "Pot Smoking and Nursing"
o 47 replies, 1042 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15909

Title: "Little Doctor, Holy Terror"
o 1086 views, 40 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15621

Title: "Just Go Pee!"
o 990 views, 36 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15871

Title: "pillow therapy"
o 737 views, 29 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15573

Title: "The Patient you will NEVER forget..."
o 682 views, 21 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15650

Title: "Question about Paxil???"
o 678 views, 36 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15808

Title: "Best Death"
o 647 views, 29 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15536

Title: "Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?"
o 599 views, 26 replies
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15747

NURSING HUMOR
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Title: "Patients say the darndest things"
o 10 replies, 779 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15520

Title: "Just a thought..."
o 9 replies, 262 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15915

Title: "I shouldn’t have laughed"
o 9 replies, 500 views
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=15715

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5. SURVEY SAYS… DO "NURSES EAT THEIR YOUNG"?

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