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Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA Presidents Council Member, Zenei Cortez about the “CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund” established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of two RNs and three other caregivers in the tragic limousine fire brought deep sadness to everyone. Zenei will talk about the fund and how people can donate. For more information about this topic visit calnurses.org. Read more…

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Sitting in for Shayne is popular Bay Area health and fitness expert Joanie Greggains. Most of you in the San Francisco Bay Area know Joanie as the popular host of The Joanie Greggains Show on KGO Radio for 25 years, the #1 weekend health and fitness show. She is also known for her long-running TV exercise show, Morning Stretch. And now she is under Nurse Talk house arrest and does a weekly feature called “Fit Happens.”

Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA Presidents Council Member, Zenei Cortez about the “CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund” established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of two RNs and three other caregivers in the tragic limousine fire brought deep sadness to everyone. Zenei will talk about the fund and how people can donate. For more information about this topic visit calnurses.org.

And Sherry Blackman is an internationally published writer, award-winning poet, and journalist whose work has taken her to 30 countries and has appeared in dozens of national and international publications. Ms. Blackman has written a new book, Call To Witness: One Woman’s Battle with Disability, Discrimination and a Pharmaceutical Powerhouse. The book tells the true story of Jane Gagliardo who in 2002 challenged Big Pharma in a landmark case that forever changed how corporations treat employees with disabilities when she fought her wrongful dismissal due to the challenge of living with multiple sclerosis. Read more…

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Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA President’s Council member, Zenei Cortez about the CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of two RNs and three other caregivers in the tragic limousine fire brought deep sadness to everyone. Zenei will talk about the fund and how people can donate. For more information about this topic visit calnurses.org. Read more…

If you are a nurse and considering advancing your education you’ll want to listen to this great webinar Shayne did for our educational partners, USF’s (University of San Francisco) MSN Online Program. Everything you ever needed to know is in this presentation and it comes right from someone who has done the program and is reaping the plentiful benefits. Check it out! (Windows Media Player plug-in required.)

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Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent Census Report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better to discuss the topic than Shayne and Casey! Luckily we bring some sanity to the conversation with Boston RN and NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins. Read more…

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Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent census report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better to discuss the topic than Shayne and Casey! Luckily we bring some sanity to the conversation with Boston RN and NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins.

And moving right along, check THIS out: God Helps Me Pee: A Patient Story…

An old man and his daughter go to the nurse practitioner for his monthly checkup. During the examination, the nurse practitioner asks how his nightly incontinence is.

“It’s fine,” says the old man. “I just get up and go to the bathroom, and God turns on the light for me.”

Listen to the show for the rest of the story!

Does your doctor really want to discuss your weight? Dr. Gail Altschuler weighs in (no pun intended)!

The answer may be “no,” but the sobering statistics indicate the strong need for a change in the way doctors talk to their patients about their weight. Approximately 35.7% of adults and 16.9% of children and adolescents in the United States are considered obese, according to the most recent figures. That means more than 90.5 million Americans are at increased risk of serious health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. We’ll visit with Dr. Altschuler about what she thinks needs to be done to reverse this trend. Read more…

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Male Nurses…More Pay??

Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent census report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better to discuss the topic than Shayne and Casey! Luckily we bring some sanity to the conversation with Boston RN and NNU Co-President, Karen Higgins.

Does your doctor really want to discuss your weight? Dr. Gail Altschuler weighs in (no pun intended)!

The answer may be “no,” but the sobering statistics indicate the strong need for a change in the way doctors talk to their patients about their weight. Approximately 35.7% of adults and 16.9% of children and adolescents in the United States are considered obese, according to the most recent figures. That means more than 90.5 million Americans are at increased risk of serious health conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. We’ll visit with Dr. Altschuler about what she thinks needs to be done to reverse this trend. Dr. Altschuler is the founder and medical director of the Altschuler Center for Weight Loss and Wellness here in Marin County, California. Read more…

Nurse Talk urges you to vote for National Nurses United’s executive director, RoseAnn DeMoro, the only advocate for nurses or other working people on a list published annually by Modern Healthcare, a prominent national healthcare industry publication. Modern Healthcare’s annual ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare honors individuals in healthcare who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to be the most influential individuals in the industry, in terms of leadership and impact.

DeMoro, who last year was number 36 on the list of 100, is one of only eight people to be named to the list for each of the 11 years it has been compiled. She is also one of only two women to be named every year on a list that is dominated by figures in government and corporate healthcare institutions.

Please click below to vote:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8KT2LPM

You can vote more than once, via a smart phone, I-pad or other tablet in addition to computer. Thank you for your help, and pass the link on via your social networks. Taking a few seconds to vote we will keep RoseAnn DeMoro on the list and demonstrate the power of nurses. Read more…

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Nurses care for patients everyday that struggle with health crises aggravated by environmental pollution in its many forms. As a society we need to reduce the effects of environmental factors including climate change that are making people sick and endangering the future for our children.

We are joined by California RN Sherri Stoddard, a veteran nurse with 31 years of labor and delivery on her resume. Sherri is passionate about her career and no less passionate about the health of her community and the country. She talks with us about the health and safety effects of the proposed Keystone Pipeline, and why nurses and healthcare professionals are opposed to it. Whether you are for or against the pipeline, the truth is there are short and long term health and environmental effects that all of us should be aware of. Sherri Stoddard also sits on the Board of Directors of the California Nurses Association. Read more…

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A show so important we are playing it again. California RN Sherri Stoddard, a veteran nurse with 31 years of labor and delivery on her resume. Sherri is passionate about her career and no less passionate about the health of her community and the country. She talks with us about the health and safety effects of the proposed Keystone Pipeline, and why nurses and healthcare professionals are opposed to it. Whether you are for or against the pipeline, the truth is there are short and long term health and environmental effects that all of us should be aware of. Sherri Stoddard also sits on the Board of Directors of the California Nurses Association.

And later—Bay Area health and fitness legend, Joanie Greggains will be in studio with us. Joanie will talk about her new segment called “Fit Happens.” The segment is heard only on Nurse Talk. She’ll also be talking about what nurses can do to take care of themselves. You know we caregivers take care of everyone else and if there is anything left over we take care of ourselves. Stick around Joanie is always fun and has great information about health and fitness. Read more…