Blog Entries - May 2008

Change of Shift with Miss-Elaine-ious, RN

nursekeith@gmail.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The newest edition of Change of Shift, the only blog carnival featuring only nurse bloggers, is now up and running at Miss-Elaine-ious RN . Feel free to check it out!

The Office of the National Nurse

nursekeith@gmail.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

I would like to call readers' attention to National Nurse , a website and organization dedicated to the goal of having Congress create an Office of the National Nurse. A companion blog can be found here .

The stated goals of creating an Office of the National Nurse are to:

*Elevate the Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) of the US Public Health Service to full time status within the Office of the Surgeon General to become the National Nurse to enhance prevention efforts in all commu [...]

Welcome to Nurse LinkUp!

admin@nurselinkup.com — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Here at Nurse LinkUp we are creating a place where nurses can network, share, become informed, tell stories, and interact in a community of like-minded professionals and individuals.

We welcome every member who joins to create a blog, participate in the forums, and interact with one another in positive and creative ways. We welcome submissions of articles, suggestions for links to add to our ever-expanding list, and suggestions for how Nurse LinkUp can better serve you and meet your ne [...]

To Those Who Work Weekends and Holidays.......

nursekeith@gmail.com — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

On this Memorial Day, I am thinking of all of the nurses and docs and healthcare workers who spend their nights and weekends and holidays away from their families to care for the sick.

Of course, one realizes that there are stores and gas stations and other services which are open 24 hours a day and on holidays, but somehow it seems easy to forget that hospitals never close. And while a skeleton crew may be in place on certain shifts, there is no arguing with the fact that the wheels o [...]

Atonement

nursekeith@gmail.com — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Watching the movie Atonement recently, why was I so moved during the scenes of WWII-era nurses rushing through a besieged London hospital to triage wounded soldiers being trucked in from the front? Why did watching the terrified and beleaguered nurses dressing the horrific wounds of war move me to tears? What was it about the heroism (and I do see it as heroism) of those nurses that caught me unawares? Is it that one of my aunts served in Patton's Army and saw such horrors first-hand? Was i [...]

Doctor's Offices: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

nursekeith@gmail.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

What is it about doctor’s offices, anyway? Just as doctors vary wildly in quality from one to the other, their offices and waiting rooms vary just as much, if not more, and I wonder why it is that we put up with such aesthetic injustice and creature discomfort.

Just the other day, I went for a follow-up visit with a dental specialist to whom I was referred. Sitting in the cramped waiting room, I took note of my surroundings (since I unfortunately had plenty of time to do just that [...]

The Medical Reserve Corps

nursekeith@gmail.com — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) was brought into being by the federal government following the events of September 11th, 2001 in an effort to create a volunteer network of civilians who could be trained to respond to emergencies, thus supporting and augmenting existing official systems of emergency preparedness and response. While the initial idea may have been born from fears of subsequent terrorist attacks, the national MRC network actually focuses more on natural disasters and public heal [...]

Focus on Blogs: Diabetes Mine

nursekeith@gmail.com — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Today's featured blog is Diabetes Mine , a virtual treasure-trove of information and personal experience written by an award-winning blogger who happens to be diabetic. In the author's words, it is "a gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes". She isn't kidding, and whether you have diabetes or not, Diabetes Mine is well worth frequent visitation.

Change of Shift, Vol. 2, No. 22

nursekeith@gmail.com — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

The May 1st edition of Change of Shift (a "blog carnival " of some of the best nurse bloggers in the blogosphere, is available for your viewing pleasure at the blog, Life in the NHS . Read and enjoy!

Finally, Nurse LinkUp!

nursekeith@gmail.com — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

As a nurse, blogger and writer who has been involved with Nurse LinkUp since the first iteration of the site, I'm very happy to be posting my first blog entry here!

Social networking sites are all the rage, and nurses need places to congregate online, communicate with colleagues, and continue to learn and grow, both as professionals and individuals. I believe that online networking can be a great tool, and I invite my fellow LinkUpians to use the site and build community!

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