1 in every 150 children?!

February 10th, 2007

Have you heard the report on Autism in America?

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention study found out that 1 in every 150 children in America suffers from the dreaded disease.

The story grabbed my attention because I have known quiet a few autistic children and their parents in my life and I’m aware of the kind of problem it is, mildly put. It is the sort of thing that really takes whole families hostage emotionally and also in a monetary/material sense. And it does not go away once the kids grow up either.

Anyway… I’m thinking “why?” How come such a high percentage of kids Amerika suffer from Autism?

I used to help a group of folks down in Carolina who believed it was due to this shot that the government recommended children get while they were very young. But since then I’ve also read other reports that counter that argument with some degree of plausibility.

I hope one day the scientists will figure out the conditions that trigger this totally debilitating disease.

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New Nursing Undergraduate Program in Ohio

February 9th, 2007

<meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070209;20240500" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>The nurse shortage in the United States is expected to reach a whopping 2.8 million by the year 2020. Bad for the patients, of course, But obviously, the same statistic spells “job security” for those who choose nursing as a future career.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Colleges around the nation are reading the writing on the wall. <strong>Muskingum College of New Concord, Ohio</strong> has joined the ranks of higher learning institutions offering a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing (B.S.N.) starting Fall 2008.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“The program, which expands the number of degree choices for students at Muskingum, will be offered to both traditional undergraduate students in either a residential or commuter setting, and also as part of the <strong>Muskingum Adult Program (MAP)</strong> to persons currently holding the R.N. licensure,” a university official said.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The program will combine Muskingum’s liberal arts and sciences classes with a structured nursing curriculum to build a comprehensive B.S.N. experience.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The clinical component is designed to exceed the required standards, and Muskingum College officials have reportedly begun discussions with both the <strong>Genesis Health Care System in Zanesville</strong> and the <strong>Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge</strong> to provide clinical opportunities for the students.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=80#respond" title="Comment on New Nursing Undergraduate Program in Ohio">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-79"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=79" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Physician and Nurse Supply Council Calls for Immediate Increase in Physician and Nurse Education">Physician and Nurse Supply Council Calls for Immediate Increase in Physician and Nurse Education</a></h2> <small>February 8th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070208;83800" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style><strong>The Council on Physician and Nurse Supply</strong> concluded its first meeting in Philadelphia affirming that shortages of physicians already exist in certain geographic areas and that nursing shortages are widespread.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“At current levels of training, these shortages will deepen and there will be too few physicians and nurses to meet the future needs of the nation,” said a press release issued by the Council. The Council called for immediate efforts to expand medical and nursing education.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Members of the Council, which is based at the University of Pennsylvania expressed concern that persistent shortages of nurses and physicians could have a number of adverse consequences, including the following:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* inadequate access to care, particularly in rural and inner city locations.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* lack of the necessary capacity for emergency preparedness.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* decreased ability to accomplish planned expansions of health care services, with attendant negative effects on local and national economies.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* increased dependence on foreign nurses and physicians.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=79#respond" title="Comment on Physician and Nurse Supply Council Calls for Immediate Increase in Physician and Nurse Education">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-78"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=78" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to National League for Nursing Concerned with Nursing Workforce Development program funding">National League for Nursing Concerned with Nursing Workforce Development program funding</a></h2> <small>February 6th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070206;341900" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style><strong>The National League for Nursing</strong> reacted with grave concern to the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget presented by President Bush.</p> <p>The NLN expressed its dissatisfaction with the<strong> $44 million (or 29 percent) decrease</strong> for the Nursing Workforce Development programs authorized by Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“As the nursing community has pointed out before,” said NLN CEO <strong>Dr. Beverly Malone</strong>, “More than three decades ago during another less serious nursing shortage, Congress appropriated $153 million for nurse education programs, worth more than $592 million in today’s dollars. And despite the critical need we face today, the Bush administration is proposing to spend only one fourth of what the federal government spent in 1974.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The findings of a recent <strong>NLN/Carnegie Foundation National Survey of Nurse Educators</strong> suggest that Compensation, Workload, and Teaching Practices must be viewed as a call to action. In just one example, the study has found that one in five nurse faculty members said they were likely to retire from paid employment in five years or less; and almost one half of all nurse faculty (47.9%) said they were “likely” to retire in six to 10 years.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that nursing would have the greatest job growth of all professions in the United States in the years spanning 2002 to 2012. <strong>During this ten-year period, health care facilities will need to fill more than 1.1 million RN job openings.</strong></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“It is painfully apparent,” said Dr. Malone, “that nurses need to be fearless advocates for increased funding for workforce development if we are to have a chance to meet our health care needs in the coming years.”</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=78#respond" title="Comment on National League for Nursing Concerned with Nursing Workforce Development program funding">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-77"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=77" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nursing Center Announces Best and Worst of Media Coverage of Nurses">Nursing Center Announces Best and Worst of Media Coverage of Nurses</a></h2> <small>February 5th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt">Baltimore, MD, January 10, 2007 — The Center for Nursing Advocacy has announced its fourth “Golden Lamp Awards,” the group’s annual list of the best and worst media portrayals of nurses. The 2006 list includes a range of media from all over the world.</span></font></p> <p>The top three best media coverages are:</p> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070205;12073900" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">1) Celia Dugger, The New York Times, “U.S. Plan to Lure Nurses May Hurt Poor Nations,” May 24.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">2) Ronnie Polaneczky, Philadelphia Daily News, Sept. 12, Sept. 26 and Oct. 5, three columns on a local labor dispute and the nursing shortage.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">3) Katherine Boo, The New Yorker, “Swamp Nurse,” Feb. 2.</p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt">Among the “worst” award recipients were the Nobel Prize-winning Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), Italian political leader Silvio Berlusconi, nurse recruiting campaigner Johnson & Johnson, and hit Hollywood shows including ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and Fox’s “House.” </span></font> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=77#respond" title="Comment on Nursing Center Announces Best and Worst of Media Coverage of Nurses">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-76"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=76" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The American Nurses Association Announces Support for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3)">The American Nurses Association Announces Support for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3)</a></h2> <small>January 12th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070112;21590300" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /><!-- #BeginEditable "release" --> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">The American Nurses Association (ANA) has announced its support </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">for the Stem Cell</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3) which </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">promotes the ethical use of</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">stem cells for research and therapeutic </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">purposes that impact health. ANA</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">endorses the federal funding of stem </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">cell research conducted within strict</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">scientific and ethical guidelines.</font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">In addition, ANA said it will work to advance</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">public policy on stem cell </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">research that considers ethical and health care</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">issues.</font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 expands federally </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">funded</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">embryonic stem cell research, provided the cells meet the following</font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" /></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">donated</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">from in vitro fertilization clinics for the purpose of fertility </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">treatment</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">such treatment;</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">(2) the embryos would never be implanted in a woman </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">and would otherwise be</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">discarded; (3) the individuals seeking fertility </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">treatment donated the</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">embryos with written informed consent and </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">without receiving any financial</font></font> <font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2">or other inducements to make the donation.</font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" /></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2"> </font></font></pre> <pre><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="2" /><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-11-2007/0004504911&EDATE="><font size="2"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Click here for more </font></font></a></font></pre> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=76#respond" title="Comment on The American Nurses Association Announces Support for the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 3)">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-75"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=75" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to More Men Embracing Nursing as Career">More Men Embracing Nursing as Career</a></h2> <small>January 12th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070112;21425800" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>Nursing has traditionally been a female occupation. According to the 2005 numbers provided by the National League of Nurses, only 14.1% of registered nursing students in Western USA were males.</p> <p>However, that picture is changing thanks to strong job stability, good pay and benefits, and the chance to work at the forefront of emerging technologies while saving lives.</p> <p>More and more men are coming around to the conclusion that saving lives at a hospital is as good and noble a public service as many other public service jobs that were traditionally dominated by men, including volunteer firefighting and law enforcement.</p> <p>The 3-day 12-hour shifts might not be easy for some. But the rewards certainly justify the sacrifice.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailynews.com/santaclarita/ci_4958822">Here is a good article on male nurses</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=75#respond" title="Comment on More Men Embracing Nursing as Career">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-74"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=74" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Tennessee Hospital unveils new ER">Tennessee Hospital unveils new ER</a></h2> <small>January 9th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070108;23090100" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>Humboldt General’s ER will benefit patients with state-of-the-art equipment</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Humboldt, TN - Call it an emergency makeover.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Humboldt General Hospital on Sunday held its grand opening to showcase a newly designed 8,000 square foot emergency room.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The new look has been a long time coming, said Renate’ Crone, director of the ER.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“It has been 15 years since the ER has been updated,” Crone said. Now, Crone said the new ER is three times the size of the old one. Registered nurse Ruth Ann Slayton can vouch for that.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070108/NEWS01/701080315/1002">Click here for the rest of the story</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=74#respond" title="Comment on Tennessee Hospital unveils new ER">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-73"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=73" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A (Very) Tough Day at Work">A (Very) Tough Day at Work</a></h2> <small>January 7th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070106;21541600" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="20070106;22135600" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">A day at ER sometimes transforms into not only what we are not ready for but also what we’ve never seen before.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Imagine a patient, a cocaine and heroine user, with body already in rigor mortis but you check the monitor – her heart is still beating… Blood glucose zero. Rectal temperature 88.5. Hematocrit only 7%. Blood pH 6.1 !</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">What do you do? How do you save her? Or try to save her? Will you be able to clutch her back from the jaws of the grim reaper or is there still a light flickering at the end of the tunnel?</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://nursewilliam.blogspot.com/2007/01/most-unusual-demise.html">Click here to read the frank story of Nurse William.</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Blog postings like this should be required meeting in all nursing schools.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=73#respond" title="Comment on A (Very) Tough Day at Work">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-71"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=71" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Maine Med Nurse Killed In Crash In Dominican Republic">Maine Med Nurse Killed In Crash In Dominican Republic</a></h2> <small>January 5th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p>Rhonda Erskine WCSH6.com 27-year-old Laura Vogel of Standish was killed when the truck she was riding in rolled over on a muddy road in the Dominican Republic Thursday. She was there with a group of USM students and volunteers on a medical mission.</p> <p>Two USM students have also been hospitalized. One student suffered shoulder injuries, the other internal injuries. Both undergraduate nursing majors are expected to recover.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=49057"><strong>Click here to read rest of the story</strong></a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=71#respond" title="Comment on Maine Med Nurse Killed In Crash In Dominican Republic">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-72"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=72" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A life’s work: Obstetrics nurse sees miracles every day">A life’s work: Obstetrics nurse sees miracles every day</a></h2> <small>January 5th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070105;20230300" name="CREATED" /><meta content="20070105;20225700" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>By Roger McBain</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Courier Press</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong>Susie Ludwig</strong> of Newburgh has been an obstetrics nurse for 26 years. She works at The Women’s Hospital in Deaconess’ Gateway Hospital campus.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">For Susie Ludwig, becoming an obstetrics nurse was never a career choice. From the start, she says, it was a calling.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Twenty-six years and countless deliveries later, Ludwig, a Newburgh grandmother of five, still heeds that call as clinical coordinator for The Women’s Hospital in Warrick County.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“I’m really blessed that I can get up in the morning and know I am coming to work here,” she says, glancing around the main nurse’s station in The Women’s Hospital in Deaconess’ Gateway Hospital campus.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“It doesn’t seem like a job to me — it just seems like what I am supposed to do.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/jan/05/lifes-work-obstetrics-nurse-sees-miracles-every-da/"><strong>Click here to read the rest of the story</strong></a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=11" title="View all posts in Profile" rel="category tag">Profile</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=72#respond" title="Comment on A life’s work: Obstetrics nurse sees miracles every day">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-70"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=70" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Honoring School Nurse Judy Klein">Honoring School Nurse Judy Klein</a></h2> <small>January 5th, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070105;20230300" name="CREATED" /><meta content="20070105;20225700" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style><a href="http://www.13wham.com/guides/health/story.aspx?content_id=96633eb8-f557-473a-9764-3c8db11dd7f9"><strong>Click here to read this story</strong></a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=70#respond" title="Comment on Honoring School Nurse Judy Klein">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-69"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=69" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A tough day at work">A tough day at work</a></h2> <small>January 1st, 2007 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070101;15003400" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>You show up for work and the night nurse gives you a hug and tells you that she is giving it to you now since you are going to need it to see you through the day.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Then you start working on a patient who had gone septic from an arthroscopic knee procedure. The patient’s husband went to the ferry to get their son to her bedside — a 2.5 hour drive.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Will the patient make it? Will you end up questioning yourself why, of all the jobs in the world, you have chose the nursing profession?</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://qualicumrn.blogspot.com/2006/12/all-in-days-work.html">Read the rest of the story here</a> and some of the comments provided.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=69#respond" title="Comment on A tough day at work">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-68"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=68" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Returning to work after 2 yrs on worker’s comp">Returning to work after 2 yrs on worker’s comp</a></h2> <small>December 29th, 2006 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p>Nursing has its own hazards and physical injury is one of them.</p> <p>How would you make a come back after you get hurt while trying to help lift a 400 lb patient and have to leave for 2 years on worker’s comp ? The road back to work would not be easy.</p> <p>Here is the story of one nurse who had to go through a lot to regain what she had lost:</p> <blockquote><p><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->“I am an LPN 6 to 8mos from being an RN. I have been a nurse for 7yrs all in LTC for geriatrics or multiply handicapped. My last job I had just started it was in geriatrics and I was 87 days in. I was severly injured assisting to lift a 400+# resident. We only had two lifts in the 100 bed facility both outdated. Anyway I recieved a crush/twist injury and was taken to the ER.”</p> <p>“Of course my PCP wrote me off of work indefinity pending further testing. I was immediatly terminated. They said not fired just not going to keep me since I was still in my 90 days. It ended up being a pretty major injury I have been off on worker comp for 2yrs. In that time I have had two surgeries and will most likely need more. After a long tedious very depressing, dehumanizing court battle I won. I have had the two surgeries and intense physical therapy. While I have been off I continued with my RN classes and am now 4 classes away.”</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://allnurses.com/forums/f8/returning-work-p-2yr-absence-full-anxiety-long-197235.html">Click here for the rest of the story </a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=68#respond" title="Comment on Returning to work after 2 yrs on worker’s comp">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post" id="post-67"> <h2><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=67" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to RN Jan Johnson retires from 44-year medical career">RN Jan Johnson retires from 44-year medical career</a></h2> <small>December 29th, 2006 <!-- by Sage --></small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20061229;16255800" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>When <strong>Jan Johnson, R.N.</strong> began work as the <strong>Missouri Valley</strong> office nurse for the late Dr. A.C. 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Barnes, Sept. 24, 1962, she had no idea she would be retiring long after Bergstrom and Barnes had left the scene.</p> <p>Nevertheless, Jan retired Wednesday after 44 years of service to just three physicians, Bergstrom, Barnes and Dr. Mary Ourda, her final “boss.” She had tried to retire last summer, but was coaxed by Ourda to stay on for awhile at the Logan Alegent Health clinic.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17638355&BRD=326&PAG=461&dept_id=449012&rfi=6">Click here for rest of the story</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=67#respond" title="Comment on RN Jan Johnson retires from 44-year medical career">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/Index.php?paged=3">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/Index.php">Next Entries »</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form> </li> <!-- Author information is disabled per default. 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