Tell Me Where it Hurts | Anna Deavere Smith to Perform at 2012 Staff Nurse Assembly
A big highlight of the 2012 Staff Nurse Assembly in Chicago is Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright, and professor. She is currently the artist in residence at the Center for American Progress. Ms. Smith, called by Newsweek “the most exciting individual in American theater” will […]
Partnership in the Journey of Health | Love Your Nursing Life | Bobbi McCarthy
As the music starts pumping through the MP3 player speakers, the whole gym full of women take their positions and ready for the Zumba class to take off. My friend and I give each other a grin and laugh…this is our first class and though […]
Living with Celiac Disease – More Common than You Think
What do The View’s Elizabeth Hasselbeck and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann share, other than television air time? Both have Celiac Disease, an inherited autoimmune disorder that affects an estimated 1 out of 133 people. When those with Celiac Disease eat certain types of proteins called gluten, […]
Awakening Henry | Music and Memory Project
To watch Henry—an elderly man who has spent over ten years in a nursing home, barely able to answer yes or no questions—come alive when listening to music from his past is a reminder of the powerful, inspiring, and affecting power of music. Read more of the […]
Walk or Grow Wings | Team Nurse Talk | Walking for a Cure for MS
Nurse Talk is proud to support the MS Walk for a Cure 2012. We will be walking in Howarth Park, Santa Rosa, California on April 22. Our team, Austyn’s Allstars has joined forces with team Walk or Grow Wings to make one beautiful team. We […]
Auditions. Knees. D.C. Kildare.
Coming Up Casey and crew rotate different co-host finalists through the show. Talk about being thrown into the fire! They were all champions and we thank each and everyone who auditioned or sent in their letter of interest. Next week we will introduce you all to our newly selected co-host.
We do manage to talk to our friend Donna Smith about the recent Supreme Court healthcare hearings, the upcoming May 18th Staff Nurse Assembly in Chicago (get ready to rumble) lets see—dancing in the streets, flash mobs and of course some serious business as well.
A big highlight of the conference is Anna Deavere Smith. Ms. Smith, called by Newsweek “the most exciting individual in American theater” will be performing a new stage monologue (as only she can) called, Tell Me Where It Hurts, Stories from the Front Lines of Nursing.
AND…the KNEES have it! Does anybody out there (not you twenty or thirty-somethings) escape the popular conversation of bad knees? It may be our age (o.k. mine) but everyone around us either has a knee injury, has had a knee surgery or replacement or is thinking about it just for the hell of it! Well, we thought we would call in an expert.
Dr. Lesley Anderson joins us to talk about the number one cause of knee problems, the treatments and how they have advanced and a “fresh blood platelet” treatment that is used very successfully on shoulders and knees. “I’ll have a chef’s salad and some of those “fresh blood platelets.” Check it out.
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Breathe | The Laryngospasms
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Please Write to Me | Dear Anna Olson
“I noticed something caught up in the branches of a tree in the woods near my home. It was a balloon and tied to it was a note that simply read…” –Dean Kalman Lennert Director/Animator, Dear Anna Olson These four simple words are an invitation […]