President Ronald Reagan declared October to be AIDS Awareness Month in 1988. His goal was to educate the public and prevent the spread of this disease.
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Volunteerism - do you do it and if so, what/where/how do you do it? I consider myself extremely fortunate: I have great jobs, friends and family. I have plenty...
Family presence during resuscitation is a hot topic. We are all faced with a better-informed public then ever before. allnurses recently discussed this topic...
NTI 2016 has so many sessions. Hard to chose just a few. So little time. This one on moral decisions though just resonates with so much of what we do....
Okay, so you have decided to start blogging….how do you choose what to write about? Your family, your job, your passions, all of these, none of these? Well...
What’s popular on AN? What makes a topic a “hot topic,” popular and fast-moving? How to access AN members and attract them to your blog? Here’s some...
What makes some people able to survive the unsurvivable and yet other's seem to wilt at the least amount of difficulty?
How do you, as the supervisor deal with gossip in the workplace? Here are some very solid tips provided by a very well-known poster Daytonite. She unfortunately...
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Neonatal Nursing is the specialty of caring for the tiniest of patients and their families. Leading patients and families down an often long and circuitous...
Orthopedic Nursing encompasses the care of those with injuries or diseases of the musculoskeletal system. Patients from all stages of life can require...
Pain Management Nurses attend to those who are in pain whether it is acute, chronic, breakthrough or referred. There are numerous opportunities for Registered...
Oncology nursing has very often been associated with hospice or death and dying. However, with all of the new advances in the care of the cancer patient, life...
Medical-surgical (med-surg) nursing is the basis of all nursing care. We all learn basic med-surg principles in nursing school and then most of us move on to a...
Want to be your own boss, be responsible for your own success or failure? Then become a nurse entrepreneur! The possibilities are endless. Here are some...
The CRNA is a popular advanced practice nursing specialty. It is one of the more, if not the highest paid APRN. Competition is fierce to get into school and...
Endocrinology Nursing is related to diabetes nursing but involves many more disease processes. So, its only fitting that it gets its own article. Many nurses...
Diabetes is rampant in the US and gaining strength every year. This opens the door for nurses to care for and educate these patients. There are many avenues for...
Case Management is the nursing involved with the business of length of stay. Incorporation of InterQual or another ranking system, the CM determines length of...