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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 7, No 12
June 16, 2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Article: Night Shift And Cancer
2. Latest Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. Article: Is There Really a Nursing Shortage?
4. Active Nursing Discussions
5. Survey: Do you plan on furthering your nursing education?
6. Monkeypox - What You Should Know About it - CDC
7. Advertising To Nurses online!
8. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"
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1. ARTICLE: Night Shift And Cancer

Nurses who work regular night shifts have a higher risk of colon cancer, a study found, suggesting a relationship between the amount of sunlight exposure and the cancer. You can find the nurses discussion and link to this story at:

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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:

- Fisk, VU team to offer Rx for shortage of nurses
- SARS Takes Toll on Nurses
- Visiting nurses trying high-tech house calls
- Future looks bright for hospice nurses
- Lack of senior nurses blamed for ambulance diversions - Canada
- Nurses hailed in China's anti-SARS efforts - China
- SARS masks not tested as promised, say nurses - Toronto
- Nursing shortage threatens patient care - Michigan
- Nurses press for a public inquiry
- Patient Bites Nurse's Fingertip Off
- NY Nurses Brace for SARS

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3. ARTICLE: Is There Really a Nursing Shortage?

For the past 20 years, hospitals across the United States have struggled to attract and retain an adequate workforce of registered nurses. Recently, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson warned that the country is facing "a severe nursing shortage."1
The failure to recruit new nurses, coupled with a rapidly aging population, has led to the shortage. Just as the baby boom generation enters its own retirement years, tens of thousands of nurses will retire, creating a massive increase in demand for nursing care.2 The collision between increased demand and decreased supply of nurses portends a shortage of crisis proportions.

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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 376 new members
o 911 new threads
o 12,403 new posts

Below is a brief list of some recent active discussions:

"Patient Bites Nurse's Fingertip Off"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38169

"Night Shift And Cancer"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=37956

"Polycystic Ovaries"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=17730

"Patient Assessment - Deep trouble"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38207

"Clairol pulls commercial"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38492

"LPN with Battery Charge on Criminal Record-Help"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=37767

"do you write on yourself?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38346

"The public says no to low-level anesthesia providers"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38006

"LTC Drug Addicts"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38218

"What RNs REALLY earn $$"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=37784

"Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?"
o http://allnurses.com/forums/showthre...threadid=38162

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5. SURVEY SAYS… DO YOU PLAN FURTHER YOUR NURSING EDUCATION?

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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 use a paper or computer based charting? Visit:

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6. Monkeypox - What You Should Know About it - CDC
An extensive multidisciplinary investigation in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana has identified cases of febrile rash illness in persons who had direct or close contact with recently purchased ill prairie dogs. Scientists at the Marshfield clinic in Marshfield, Wisconsin, recovered viral isolates from a patient and a prairie dog and demonstrated a virus morphologically consistent with a poxvirus by electron microscopy.
In the current U.S. outbreak, cases have been reported among residents of Wisconsin (17), northern Illinois (1), and northwestern Indiana (1). Onset of illness among patients began in early May. Patients typically experienced a prodrome consisting of fever, headaches, myalgias, chills, and drenching sweats. Roughly one-third of patients had nonproductive cough.
For more information on Monkeypox, and a nursing discussion on this topic, visit:

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