alan headbloom

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About alan headbloom

Father of a hospital chaplain and a medical student

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  1. Nursing Admissions/Admitting Nurse In Gay Marriage States

    A male's legal partner is his husband. A female's legal partner is her wife. "Spouse" would be simpler for forms if it doesn't matter the gender.
  2. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

    In German, the old term is Krankenschwester (sickness-sister). In modern times, it's been changed to Krankenpfleger (sickness-caregiver), which is akin to the gender neutral "fireman-firefighter" (or "stewardess-flight attendant") switch. In Portugu...
  3. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

    Etymology: Middle English norice, norce, nurse, from Anglo-French nurice, from Late Latin nutricia, from Latin, feminine of nutricius 'nourishing' Language evolves over time. In another generation, the people who say "male nurse" will have passed on...
  4. Cross-Professional Competence: Playing well with other team members

    Thanks for the great feedback. Our team has gotten hold of a set of instructional handouts and DVDs (not cheap!) from the University of Toronto. (The Canadians seem to be leading on a host of cross-/inter- studies/initiatives.) From the half-dozen...
  5. Our interdisciplinary team is putting together materials and exercises to teach health science students Cross-Professional Competence (CPC): concepts of communicating between members of the health care team, awareness of roles of the various team mem...
  6. Absence of Manners

    I think with some minor edits, this can be sent out to: * Dear Abby, Dear Miss Manners, Ask Heloise * the Hospital's monthly newsletter * the Letters to the Editor in your local paper * several nursing journals Points well taken, and the publ...
  7. This is not true. There's not "a ton." There is one. Cmonkey left out one article (a), probably a typo. Just sayin'.
  8. Effective PowerPoint Presentations

    Vicky, I was thinking of using some of this in a workshop on giving PowerPoints. Whom do I credit? You? Others? Thanks, Alan
  9. Nursing Me Black

    Dear NurseThis21, I admire your personal and professional pride, your pluck, and your willingness to address an issue which most Americans--even after the election of an African American President--are reluctant to talk about. However, I must respect...
  10. Be My Friend at the End

    Unfortunately, denial is one coping mechanism that families employ. The woman was lucky to have you in her corner. You did a great service for her. We just said goodbye to my dad this fall after 2 months with hospice. Happily, we were all on the s...
  11. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    When my wife was in med school (in the 80s), they used to practice small procedures on classmates. She did more "personal" exams on her husband (at home), though.
  12. Effective PowerPoint Presentations

    That's why everyone should have an applied linguist in his/her corner! ;-)
  13. Effective PowerPoint Presentations

    Vicky, Good tips. One correction, though: sans serif is harder for non-native speakers to read. If the PowerPoint has large enough fonts and sharp projector focus, the serifs connect letters within words together and make them easier to process. I...
  14. Racist Patients

    While the U.S. population is currently 34% "minority" (non-Anglo), only 10% of U.S. nurses are non-Anglo. Until there is a better representation across the board, there will be lots of racial misunderstandings. And, of course, even after racial/eth...
  15. Advantage for Speaking Spanish?

    Multi, Be careful with self-study materials. You can learn phrases, but without a native-speaking coach, you won't know when to use your handful of expressions. Just because you can parrot a handful of phrases, doesn't guarantee you'll apply them i...