allnurses.com - "Nurse-zine" Vol. 8, No 22

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"nurse-zine" vol. 8, no 22

november 17, 2004

"nurse-zine" is the bi-weekly nursing newsletter via e-mail brought to you compliments of https://allnurses.com - the internet's nursing resource since 1996.

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table of contents

1. nursing discussions - hot topics from last 2 weeks

2. nursing news from around the globe

3. recent nursing jobs

4. lifeline:the nursing diaries on discovery

5. survey: has your nursing license ever been in jeopardy?

6. media kit: reach nurses online with your marketing

7. subscription tools

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1. nursing discussions - hot topics from last 2 weeks

allnurses.com has the most active discussion areas for nurses online with over 1100 new posts a day and 300 nursing topics discussed every 24 hours. it is a great place to get answers to your nursing questions, or just chat with other nurses, or just read, visit:

https://allnurses.com/forums

bulletin board statistics for last two weeks

o 1,041 new members

o 1,402 new threads

o 16,931 new posts

nursing forums main page: https://allnurses.com/forums

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2. nursing news from around the globe

for the latest nursing news

visit: https://allnurses.com/

below is a brief list of the recent nursing news headlines:

secretaries step in to fill nurses' shoes

nurses recently laid off fear jobs going to nurses from overseas

labor board finds for nurses

nurses: hospital managers hiding a&e crisis - ireland

nurses think 'minnesota nice' brings leftovers of flu vaccine

strike by nurses at northern michigan hospital continues 2 years ...

patient pulls a gun on nurses - uk

sparrow nurses union votes to strike

ca governor scuttles nurse ratio plan

inmates trained to assist prison nurses in new state program

ui nurses begin bargaining for new contracts

patients banned from smoking at home - uk

nurses specializing in sexual assault

tide of new nurses rises but shortages still loom large

nurses' exodus costs $3.6m - fiji

for these stories and more, visit:

https://allnurses.com/news

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3. recent nursing jobs on allnurses.com

below are a few of the most recent nursing jobs posted on allnurses.com. every day, recruiters are searching our nursing resumes, if you have not posted your resume yet, you may want to do so now, post resume

patient services manager - new york, ny, us - res

emergency room rn's up to $45.00/hr - elkton, md, us - emergistaff

director of nursing medical surgical services - vt, us - executive intorduction

concurrent review coordinator - pittsburgh, pa, us - healthamerica

assistant director of nursing - hcr manor care - libertyville, il, us

nursing faculty: advanced practice gerontological nursing program - college of st. scholastica- duluth, mn, us

clinical nurse manager medical surgical (pacific campus) - california pacific medical center - san francisco, ca, us

nursing faculty - aims community college - greeley, co, us

pacu - a.h. employees co - multiple locations in illinois

nurses links:

view all nursing jobs

create an online career profile

post anonymous resume

create personal job alert

employer/recruiter links:

view nursing resumes

job posting products/pricing

create employer account

your "my recruiting" account

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4. lifeline:the nursing diaries on discovery
a three-part series, which premiered on nov. 7 on the discovery channel, takes viewers on a journey from the point when a nurse receives a new patient and makes life-and-death decisions to the point where the nurse provides the best possible care for the patient.

the episodes are filmed at massachusetts general hospital in boston, massachusetts, and new york presbyterian hospital in new york city.

for air times of "lifelines: nursing diaries," check your local listings or visit the discovery health channel web site at

https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83959

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5. survey: has your nursing license ever been in jeopardy?

have you ever been put in a situation in which you think your license could be in jeopardy?

visit: https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83746

for the results and lively comments from our last survey:

bush, kerry or nader? vote here:

https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82175

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we would like your suggestions for survey ideas. if we use your survey suggestion, we'll send you an allnurses.com t-shirt. please e-mail your suggestions for survey questions to [email protected]

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6. media kit: reach nurses online with your marketing

allnurses.com gets near 4 million page views a month by nurses online. if you are interested in reaching nurses online with your marketing message, for more information, visit: https://allnurses.com/advertising or call brian short @ 612-816-8773

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