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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 7, No 03
Feb 1, 2003

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

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Article: An Emergency Is? By an ER Nurse
2. Latest Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. Article: Effective Cover Letter for Nurses
4. Active Nursing Discussions
5. Survey: Do you believe the nursing shortage is contributing to medication errors?
6. New Forums for UK and Australian Nurses
7. Advertising with allnurses.com
8. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"
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1. ARTICLE: AN EMERGENCY IS? BY AN ER NURSE

Working in an Emergency Room can leave you mentally, and physically exhausted. Things don’t change from day to day, they change minute to minute, and most of the time without warning. And somewhere in between the stress and calamity every E. R. Nurse deserves a little humor designed just for her/him. Read this funny article written by an ER Nurse, visit:

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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:

- Striking nurses turn attention to board
- Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Nurses On Strike!
- Havre nurses to receive 15 percent pay raise over next two years
- Vermont Nurses Volunteer for Vaccination
- Nurses set to accept pay deal
- Group urges nurses away from vaccine - California
- Union to nurses: Don’t take your shots - Rhode Island
- Nurses authorize strike; vow to remain for talks - Illinois
- Volunteers brace for needle as smallpox vaccinations begin
- Female and Male Nurses Share One Room - Africa
- Minnesota nurses seek slowdown in smallpox program
- Nurses Receive Critical Appraisal - Africa
- School nurses stretched thin - Oregon
- NURSES MAY SOON TREAT MINOR HEART COMPLAINTS - UK
- General RNs vote on final offer today
- Nurses Exodus - Africa
- IRMH nurses OK contract

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3. ARTICLE: EFFECTIVE COVER LETTER FOR NURSES

Nurses, Increase Your Interview Opportunities with an Effective Cover Letter. Job seeker, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a captivating cover letter–one that grabs your future employer by the shirt collar and compels him-or-her to pick up the phone, dial your number, and offer you an interview. To accomplish this mission you will need an attention-grabbing, situation-specific cover letter coupled with a well-written résumé to gain interview opportunities.
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4. ACTIVE 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, or just lurk, visit:

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Bulletin Board Statistics for last two weeks
o 403 new members
o 1,097 new threads
o 21,159 new posts

Below is a brief list of some recent active discussions:

"Is Health Care a Right?"
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"Worst nursing procedure ever...."
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=29495

"nurse-patient ratio"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...&threadid=4559

"am I wrong?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=29957

"How many tries did it take to get your license?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=28800

"Crossing the line of professionalism"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=30101

"HIPAA....the nightmare...."
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=29833

"Double Mastectomy Unnecessary!"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=29611

"O.K. I seriously think I'm burning out..."
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=29828

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5. SURVEY SAYS… DO YOU THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TAKING THE NURSING SHORTAGE SERIOUSLY?

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 lively comments from our last survey:
Do you think the federal government is taking the nursing shortage seriously?
Visit:
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6. New Forums for UK and Australian Nurses

We recently opened two new forums, an Australian and U.K. Nurses Forum, they're quite new, so spread the word to anyone who might be interested so we can get some good discussions going.

For the Australian Forum, visit:
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For the U.K. Forum, visit:
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