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  1. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    BTW, the bill was passed and signed by President Obama.

  2. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    country mom posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The American Cancer Society is urging the U.S. Senate to pass The Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act (S. 982), which would give the FDA authority to regulate the production, marketing and sale...

  3. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    country mom replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Dr. Kevorkian does, um, I mean did, you know, before they sent him to

  4. Archetypes in Nursing

    country mom replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    O boy, I got one The Ante-Up For some mysterious reason, knows with absolute certainty the pay scale of every nurse at every facility in a 50-mile radius. Likes to talk about money and how much her...

  5. Archetypes in Nursing

    country mom replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, don't mean to derail the thread, but these are just flat-out funny. Thanks for the laugh. Sorry I can't think of any to add to the list, but the descriptions are right on. Human behavior is such...

  6. New Job and pregnant!! Help

    country mom replied to au3662's topic in General Nursing

    Your (and your baby's) safety and health need to come first. You need to be aware of what drugs you should not handle and what patient assignments you should not take. I found myself in the same...

  7. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This isn't a vote on tobacco taxation, or about the method in which tobacco tax dollars are spent, it's a vote on what agency will regulate the product. Since tobacco is, by all definitions, a drug,...

  8. Press Ganey

    country mom replied to cardiacmadeline's topic in General Nursing

    We have P-G at my place. Our QI person posts all the positive comments that people make, and highlights it when someone is mentioned by name. I like reading the comments, and when people are mentioned...

  9. Patient Education: Acute Care Teaching Success Stories

    country mom replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say that your experience is quite common. As a patient educator, I find my biggest challenges are actually providers themselves, who hand patients a pamphlet or sheet of paper and expect...

  10. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I see nothing hypocritical in the American Cancer Society seeking greater regulation of tobacco, as opposed to an outright ban. Such a measure would never pass through congress successfully, so why...

  11. American Cancer Society supports FDA regulation of tobacco

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The tobacco industry spent $13.11 billion in 2005 on advertising and promotions. In the U.S., tobacco kills more Americans than auto accidents, homicide, AIDS, drugs and fires combined. Since 1987,...

  12. Health Fair

    country mom replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    Check in to your state's department of public health, sometimes they offer stickers, pamphlets (especially regarding infectious disease, like flu), etc. free. Do a search on your states website or...

  13. Support the Diabetes Educator's Bill

    country mom posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    www.diabeteseducator.org/supportcdelegislation [color=#454545]support access to diabetes self-management training and education (dsmt). tell congress to pass the medicare dsmt act as part of...

  14. Support the Diabetes Educator's Bill

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Currently, the American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Diabetes Educators are the two accrediting bodies accepted by CMS to recognize diabetes education programs. A diabetes...

  15. Support the Diabetes Educator's Bill

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Medicaid still covers DSMT (Diabetes Self-Management Training) in some states, but as you have stated, that is not the case everywhere. You're right, it is a shame, especially when the highest-risk...

  16. Round of applause for nurses who dont tolerate negative behavior

    country mom replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the proverbial nail on the head there. It's a matter of workplace culture. A certain level of behavior is expected, encouraged and modeled. And it should be expected anywhere, and...

  17. Round of applause for nurses who dont tolerate negative behavior

    country mom replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    THis type of negative behavior is also shown to be a detriment to patient safety. It simply cannot be tolerated for the sake of patient safety. I'm reading the thread and thinking, "Hmmm, what would...

  18. Opinions on scripting

    country mom posted a topic in General Nursing

    Alot of workplaces are promoting "scripting" now. It really makes me uncomfortable, administration getting a script out of some book and then telling staff what they are supposed to say, and everyone...

  19. Opinions on scripting

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but the companies that "produce" these ideas sure do make a lot of money with the books they sell, the conferences they put on and their consulting fees. I wish I could make millions for telling...

  20. Support the Diabetes Educator's Bill

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Congressional Legislation Improve access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Bill # H.R.2425 Original Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-CO 1st) Cosponsor Total: 5 (last sponsor added 05/14/2009) 3...

  21. Volunteer in Hospitals

    country mom replied to dewberrysquish's topic in Michigan Nursing

    You'll just need to talk to their Volunteer dept. and see what they have available for you. At our place, we treat the volunteers as honored guests and we love them, but they are pretty much all...

  22. Opinions on scripting

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah that. What's wrong with each professional having their own personalized script? Something from the heart- not from some giant public relations scheme-machine churning out mindless babble and...

  23. Opinions on scripting

    country mom replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't see what connection scripting has to better patient care, or even better service for that matter. If you have any amount of social skills at all, it's not that hard to know what to say...

  24. Nursing, the field of medicine or customer service?

    country mom replied to jalvino1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And here's a quote from Florence Nightingale No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this -- 'devoted and obedient.' This definition would do just as...

  25. Home Birth culture in your Area

    country mom replied to mamafeliz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What's the rate of litigation on home births? Is there a higher rate of lawsuits from homebirths as compared to hospital births? Isn't that what scares