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"Nurse-zine" Vol. 7, No 20
October 17, 2003
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Nurses Thoughts on Flu Shots
2. Latest Nursing News from Around the Globe
3. ARTICLE: Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand
4. Active Nursing Discussions
5. Survey: Do you use the Internet as a resource for patient education materials?
6. Advertise to Nurses online!
7. How to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Nurse-zine"
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1. Nurses Thoughts on Flu Shots

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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:

- Organizations honor nurses from the September 11 terrorist attacks
- Woman takes good care of local nurses
- Panel ponders Wyoming's nursing woes
- Wyoming Lawmakers explore ways to solve nursing shortage
- Fewer seats available for prospective nurses
- Michigan Governor Blames Hospital for Nurses Strike
- Educators respond to demand for more nurses
- Registered Nurse First Assistants - RNFA
- Almost a third of public schools running without school nurses
- Gracedale nurses get OK to join union ranks - Pennsylvania
- Fired nurse gives up license

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3. ARTICLE: WHY A PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL GAVE IN TO A RACIST DEMAND

Supervisors at Abington Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia have explained that they sought only to avoid a confrontation when they told African American employees to stay out of a patient's room after a man ordered that no blacks assist in the delivery of his child.

NAACP wants hospital supervisors punished

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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 811 new members
o 1,313 new threads
o 16,098 new posts

Below is a brief list of some recent active discussions:

Title: "Lotus births."
o http://allnurses.com/t46302.html

Title: "But I have little kids! (working holidays)"
o http://allnurses.com/t46614.html

Title: "How Rude!!! (some opinions of nursing)"
o http://allnurses.com/t45925.html

Title: "14 Nurses Fired and 9 disciplined in Kentucky"
o http://allnurses.com/t46587.html

Title: "Do you take worksheets home from your shift?"
o http://allnurses.com/t46548.html

Title: "Nurses caps!"
o http://allnurses.com/t46166.html

Title: "Medication question"
o http://allnurses.com/t46556.html

Title: "For Fun: Weirdest Thing in Pt. Bed"
o http://allnurses.com/t46502.html

Title: "Retaining senior staff? What a Concept!"
o http://allnurses.com/t46167.html

Title: "Id Badges" (posted 10-06-2003 by tatoome33)
o http://allnurses.com/t46202.html

Title: "Dealing with doctors..... (OB)"
o http://allnurses.com/t46010.html

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5. SURVEY SAYS… DO YOU USE THE INTERNET AS A RESOURCE FOR PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIALS?

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