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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 6, No 15
August 5, 2002

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Ways to Tell if someone is a Nurse
2. Latest Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. Article: Joint Commission Announces National Patient Safety Goals
4. Active Nursing Discussions
5. Survey: When you are the patient or family member, do you identify yourself as a nurse?
6. Advertise to Nurses online via allnurses.com
7. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"
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1. WAYS TO TELL IF SOMEONE IS A NURSE

Here is another humorous discussion in our nursing humor forum. Here is a small list of some of the responses:

Ways to tell if someone is a nurse
- They look at you intensely (esp. at the arms) for veins.
- A nurse washes their hands BEFORE they go to the toilet!
- NOTHING short of cardiac arrest, is a true emergency.
- Discussing dismemberment over a meal seems perfectly normal
- When watching ER or some other medical drama you find yourself yelling out diagnoses or treatments?

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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:

- Bill to encourage training of nurses signed by Bush
- At camp, nursing isn't for dummies
- HIMSS Weighs In On Benefits Of IT For Nurses
- AACN Applauds Swift Passage of the Nurse Reinvestment Act
- Nurse shortage must be addressed
- Hospital Chain Recruits Nurses in Spain
- Number of male nurses on the rise
- Nurses sue hospital over missed work breaks
- Hospitals scramble to hire, keep staff - Maine
- Nurse shortage nearing crisis - Oklahoma
- Deer Interrupts Lunch At Nursing Home
- Nursing Staff To Face HIV Tests - UK
- Senate Addresses Nursing Shortage
- Nurse-anesthetists win more rights in assisting office surgeries
- Orlando nursing crisis eases, but still on critical list
- Columbus Man Sentenced For Impersonating A Nurse

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3. JOINT COMMISSION ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOALS

Confusion in identifying patients, miscommunication among caregivers, wrong-site surgery, infusion pumps, medication mix-ups and clinical alarm systems will be the focus of the National Patient Safety Goals for 2003 set by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). To read the entire press release, visit:

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4. ACTIVE NURSING DISCUSSIONS

allnurses.com has one of the most active discussion areas for nurses online with an average of 750 postings a day. It is a great place to get answers to your nursing questions, or just chat with other nurses, or just read. Below is a brief list of some active discussions at allnurses.com:

What's new on the BB in the last two weeks?
o 375 new members
o 958 new threads
o 16,360 new posts

Title: "Your favorite "extra" thing to do for patients"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19990

Title: "But she's not a nurse!"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=20019

Title: "Why so closed minded? WHY?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19819

Title: "LPNs in ICU"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19908

Title: "Are you ashamed of being a nurse?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...&threadid=7415

Title: "Insane visitors!"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19290

Title: "Does working as a cna before becoming an rn make you a better rn?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=20039

Title: "No more visitors EVER!"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19844

Title: "Surgeon halts operation over foreign nurses' poor English"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19619

Title: "OK, maybe I've been reading the wrong Threads...."
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19553

Title: "Can anyone tell me why there is a nurse shortage???"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19923

Title: "Some questions for all the nurses"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19423

Title: "LPN IV Push"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=19410

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5. SURVEY SAYS… When you are the patient or family member, do you identify yourself as a nurse?

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After voting, please post your comments and/or opinions on our nursing bulletin board, visit: http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=20237

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For the results and lively comments from our last survey:
Q: Have you ever encouraged anyone to go into nursing?
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