Nurse Talk Gift Giving Guide. What the Frack? Oy Vey in a Manger.
A great show this week. Shayne shares his softer side when he tells Casey he has already been thinking about a holiday gift for her.
Shayne to Casey: “O.K Casey — its sort of a personal thing so I hope you won’t be mad — but I researched some exercise options for you and want to gift you a membership to whichever one of these resonates with you.”
Casey responds, “O.K. if you must — it’s better than having to do the research myself — what ya got?”
Shayne: “O.K.: 1) Weighted Hula Hooping…”
Says Lisa M. Wolfe of Demand Media about this hot new fitness option, “If you have an addictive personality, use caution when beginning a weighted hula hoop workout. Hooping may take priority above your other daily activities…
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Nurse Short: A Move in the Right Direction for the Veterans Administration and Break Down Those Barriers to Exercise
Recently V.A. System RNs won a NATIONAL CONTRACT that they say will ensure vets the level of QUALITY CARE they deserve. At issue for a long time has been the lack of sufficient staffing among other safety concerns. V.A. RN Irma Westmoreland is with us […]
Coming Up
O.K. let’s see a show of hands from all of you who MAY have overindulged on Thanksgiving. I, for one, did and then swore I would eat sensibly from that day forward. O.K. — starting January 1st — I am on a DIET — no […]
Brian Goldman: Doctors Make Mistakes. Can We Talk About That?
We found this recently on Dr. Frank Lipman’s health & wellness web site. Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine’s culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories […]
Redux: Fall Flu Fashion Show and Dr. Francine Shapiro on Getting Past Your Past
A Best of Nurse Talk for you this week while Casey and Shayne sleep off their tryptophan comas. We know you all have healthy happy relationships with your families and only fond memories of holidays past, but here’s a show for some of your friends […]
Healthcare Post Election, Horizontal Violence, Science Says Laughter is Good For You
This week we’re sharing a vintage clip of one our favorite funny ladies, Ellen Degeneres in her first appearance on the Johnny Carson to start you off with some chuckles. And Casey offers scientific evidence that “laughter is the best medicine.” What happens when we […]
Laughter. Blood Pressure. Jean & Karen. Horizontal.
This week we’re sharing a vintage clip of one our favorite funny ladies, Ellen Degeneres in her first appearance on the Johnny Carson to start you off with some chuckles.
And Casey offers scientific evidence that “laughter is the best medicine.” What happens when we laugh? We change physiologically when we laugh. We stretch muscles throughout our face and body, our pulse and blood pressure go up, and we breathe faster, sending more oxygen to our tissues. In the last few decades, researchers have studied laughter’s effects on the body and turned up some potentially interesting information on how it affects us:
- Blood Flow
- Immune Response
- Blood Sugar Levels
- Relaxation and Sleep
Just to test the affects on blood flow and blood pressure, Casey and Shayne conduct a very dangerous “on air” experiment. You won’t want to miss it.
Plus RNs Jean Ross and Karen Higgins on why you should be involved in patient advocacy beyond the bedside and Dr. Christina Purpora discusses horizontal violence among nurses. A message for new grads: It’s systemic. It’s NOT you. Read more…
Holistic Nursing and the Surgical Patient
A category 2 abdominal pain patient was brought into room 5 from the waiting room of my ER. She was an early 20-something who happened to be 17 weeks pregnant. She was complaining of diffuse belly pain, fever and nausea that had escalated over 48 […]
Miss Sylvia. Will I Ever Wear A Bikini Again? State Of Wealth-Being.Tribute To RNs on the Front Lines.
Welcome once again to Nurse Talk where laughter is the best medicine. Who is Miss Sylvia? Well, for those of you who were fans of Mad TV, (and we are if you haven’t already guessed) Aunt Sylvia was sometimes the school nurse, and sometimes the “fragile” absent minded pharmacist. Here she gives a class lesson on a rather private topic:
AND so goes another episode of Nurse Talk. BUT of course there’s more to us than that! Comedian, writer, storyteller, sitcom star Marilyn Kentz chats with Casey and Shayne about her new one woman show Will I Ever Wear A Bikini Again? Some of you may remember Marilyn and her friend and neighbor (from Petaluma, Calif.), Caryl Christensen from their 1990’s hit sitcom “The Mommies.” Marilyn talks about the value of humor in her life as well as the joys of aging without grace!
A tribute to our nurses from National Nurses United and all nurses around the world. Read more…