Gruesome Depression: Did I or Didn’t I? Do I or Don’t I? | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
[Editor’s note: This article is part of the series, The Tales of a Stroke Patient. You can access the other articles here.] The 27-year-old analysis, including 28 studies of more than 300,000 people, determined there were 8,478 strokes. Depressed people were 45% more likely to experience […]
ER Nurses Rap | “Have no fear, we’re savin’ lives up in here”
The UAB ER rap was concepted and created by ER nurses for a National Nurses’ Week contest and celebration. UAB nurses and other staff members are featured in the video.
How American Healthcare Killed My Father | Where’s the Accountability?
David Goldhill, a media and technology executive is the author of the Atlantic article, “How American Health Care Killed My Father.” Listen to his story. He asks, “Aren’t we also likely to get worse care in any system where providers are more accountable to insurance […]
Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter’s Memoir | Donate, Get Pie!
Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter’s Memoir, is a book by Martha Stettinius of Syracuse, NY, an editor with a master’s in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, she love’s language and she plans to self-publish this important memoir and call to action. She needs financial […]
RN Calls for Boycott on the State of Arizona
RN Greg Mercer of Arlington, MA has called for a boycott on the State of Arizona in response to the Amanda Trujillo case. He is collecting signatures on change.org, here is the what they say: BOYCOTT ARIZONA FOR NURSES AND PATIENTS After multiple invitations to a […]
A Beautiful Song. Facts about Alzheimer’s. The Island of Bursitis. Really?
Kelly Cassidy pictured with her 3 sons. WHO IS KELLY CASSIDY? She gets this weeks Golden Bed Pan Award. So what charitable act or cause has she engaged in? Hmmm. Who is Kelly Cassidy? Find out.
Welcome to Nurse Talk, where laughter is the best medicine. Dan is on the Island of Bursitis this week so our resident funny lady Lynn Ruth Miller sits in for him. Given our discussion about some pretty serious topics, Lynn Ruth finds a way to bring her compassion and humor to the table.
AND she’s back. Our friend and D.C. correspondent Donna Smith is with us. No one can articulate the D.C. health care news like Donna. She makes sense where there is no sense to be had. Ever wonder when you might hear about single payer health care again—good , bad or indifferent? How about Social Security and Medicare? Education? Listen this week for an update.
Later we talk with Canadian Musician Singer/Songwriter Brian Asselin. When a family member of Brian’s was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s—Brian wanted to make a contribution to help others going through the same thing. He did what he knows best—wrote a song to pay tribute. Listen to I Will Remind You.
And we have with us Bill Fisher. Mr. Fisher is the Chief Executive Officer of the Alzheimer’s Association of Northern California and Northern Nevada, since 1987. Like many involved with the Alzheimer’s Association, Mr. Fisher has a personal involvement with dementia, having lost both his grandmother and mother-in-law to Alzheimer’s.
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Seeing Clearly | Alzheimer’s in the First Person | Barbara Taylor Vaughan
Well, GOD has been answering lots of my prayers lately. You know that saying, “Be careful for what you pray for?” Missy took me back to the doctor this morning, they told her I am blind in one eye, and it can not be corrected. […]
I Will Survive…Nursing School
We agree with Friend A Nurse: These nursing students have a great sense of humor about the stress of nursing school. That will serve them well once they’re in the workforce — a good sense of humor is invaluable! Starring student nurses: Carol Madru, Emma […]
NNU Asks How the Economic Crisis Is Affecting You
Last spring, NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro asked RNs across the nation to share stories about how the economic crisis was affecting their patients and their families. Since then, we have seen the healthcare crisis continue to deepen for millions of American patients and families, […]