Here’s a blog written by a group of students using Second Life for their fundamentals of nursing class:
Nursing 211: Second Life Medical Field Trips
Also, here’s a news article about using emergency room simulations in Second Life for nursing students:
Area nursing students work in cyberspace ER
And finally, here’s the link to the Ann Myers Medical Center [...]
As some of my readers may know, my son was conceived through IVF. The reason for our infertility was never diagnosed and so my husband and I wanted to go straight to IVF. Luckily we found a doctor who agreed with this approach, and we were successful on the first try. Here is an excellent [...]
A couple weeks ago I asked if the flu shot can make you sick. This week I am asking if the flu shot can give you Guillian-Barre syndrome (GBS). Here is a scary story about someone who suspects she got Guillian-Barre from a flu shot.
It’s very ominous to me because although the CDC doesn’t [...]
Nursing not a hot career choice today
My favorite quote is, “I’m not burned out. I’m cremated.”
I also like being reminded that on average, an elevator installer makes more money than I do. Although when you really think about it, elevator installers have people lives in their hands as well.
Nurses Claim Company Administers Adult Vaccines To Children
So here’s the story:
Two nurses working in a clinic were given a flu vaccine that was only meant for adults and were instructed by their supervisor to administer it to children. One nurse read the insert and realized that the vaccine wasn’t meant for children, and so refused [...]
If you think being a nurse is all about drawing blood and taking blood pressures, you should read this article from the University of Washington.
Still thinking that nursing isn’t all that exciting? Read ERnursey’s true story about delivering a baby in a truck last weekend.
Hiring One Extra Nurse Might Help Hospitals Save Lives
Whoever that One Extra Nurse is, he or she must be pretty darn efficient.
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Let’s Blame it on the Travel Nurse!
So I’m reading this article about a resident who failed to perform a time-out before performing a bedside neurosurgical procedure on an 82-year old woman. The resident proceeded to make an incision into the wrong side of the patient’s head before it became known that it was in fact, [...]
Become a L&D nurse in Santa Cruz County, CA. According to this article, labor and delivery nurses at Dominican Hospital make $83,000 - $110,000 per year. Of course the median house price in Santa Cruz County is $750,000 so if you actually wanted to be a homeowner there, you might have to consider some serious [...]
Everyone from the drug reps to nursing admin to the docs know that the way to nurses’ hearts is through their stomachs. I wish I could report that this was another one of those nurse-y stereotypes, but I have seen living proof of this. Just drop in on any unit during Nurse’s Appreciation Week and [...]
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