Personal Training & Exercise
Jimmy Fucello, a personal trainer and running back, shares with us some of the benefits of exercise: it protects bone health, muscle mass, and helps prevent diseases and reduces stress. Jimmy takes us through some simple exercises (both compound and isolation exercises), and explains the benefits of […]
911 Homework. Hospital Corps & the ACA. Lynn Ruth Miller: “Get a Horse.”
Help! A few weeks ago we had some fun with a 911 call from a woman who was having trouble getting her hamburger cooked the way she wanted it and was circling her neighborhood fast food restaurant in a panic. Well, this week we couldn’t […]
In My Day…We Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ated the Positive | Lynn Ruth Miller
In my day we didn’t spend a lot of money on medications to cure depression. We didn’t have Zoloft or Paxil. If we complained my mom pushed us outside and told us to get back on the horse. What she meant was, get over it. […]
Global Day of Action by Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries
Big Actions Across World Highlight Global Day of Action by Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries United in Call for End to Austerity, Healthcare Cuts, and a Robin Hood Tax Major nurse and healthcare union organizations marched, rallied, and held other actions in 13 countries […]
What Would Florence Think? $11.2 Billion Surprise. Mental Health Coverage. Ms.Swan Holding Up the Line.
So we begin another edition of Nurse Talk with RNs Casey Hobbs and Shayne Mason…this weeks’ laughter comes courtesy of one of our favorites, Mad TV’s Ms. Swan. Nursing Without Borders This week we take on a controversial issue, and in doing so we […]
The Most Perfect Gifts are the Ones You Think You Don’t Want
You’ve probably heard it said that happy people do not make good writers. It’s true, the kinds of things happy people have to write about sound either unbelievable, braggy, or just plain boring. I suppose this is why I haven’t written in a while. Life […]
In My Day… Mother Said Baking Soda Did Everything! – Lynn Ruth Miller
In my day my mother said baking soda did everything. She sprinkled it all over the bathroom because she said it absorbed odors. I guess it worked because our toilet seat was so gritty I always went next door. Whenever I took a bath, I […]
Rewind…Fast Food 911. Nurses Take it to the People. A Cultural Arsonist? Ginkgo Biloba.
Fast Food…or Maybe Not Fast Enough? Casey and Shayne are beside themselves (as I am sure every 911 operator in the country is) listening to this 911 call from a woman in southern California that can’t get a fast food joint to cook her burger […]
The Wisdom of Reflection
He sat on his mother’s lap clinging to her for dear life as he screamed in fear. The hospital bed seemed to hug them as they sat in the center of it, leaning against the head of the bed that was at a 75 degree angle. […]