CDC Guidance on Pregnant Women and H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu)

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted guidance on managing pregnant women with “confirmed, probable, or suspected” H1N1 influenza A or who have come into close contact with those who might have it. A recent MMWR report documents the course of the illness in three of the 15 cases in pregnant women that were confirmed as of May 12 and notes that, historically, pregnant women seem to be more susceptible to influenza.

 

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And this just in: “WHO Chief Warns Against False Security About Flu”

2016-11-21T13:28:38-05:00May 15th, 2009|Nursing|0 Comments
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Nurses Arrested at Senate Hearing on Health Care Reform

Photo courtesy of California Nurses Association. Photo courtesy of California Nurses Association.

Some nurse activists, along with like-minded physicians, celebrated National Nurses Week by getting arrested at a Senate Finance Committee meeting on health care reform. They were protesting the meeting’s lack of representation for those who support a single-payer health care system.

Why does this matter? We’re hearing a lot lately about related issues like the intensifying debate over cutting health care costs,  but most Americans, including nurses, simply don’t have time to follow the intricacies of health care reform—even if they’re well aware that over 45 million Americans don’t have guaranteed life insurance and even if (as nurses and as patients) they agree that something needs to be done about this ever-worsening problem. […]

2017-07-25T19:10:10-04:00May 14th, 2009|health care policy, nursing perspective|7 Comments
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The Psychology of Burn Pain: What Nurses Need to Know

The June issue of AJN includes the second part of a two-part article on burn pain (here’s the first part; for the best versions of both parts, click on “article as PDF”). Addressing the psychological component of this pain is key to the patient’s recovery. Below are some tips from Frank Costello, a clinical nurse specialist on a burn unit at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, who spoke with editor-in-chief Diana Mason. (A podcast of the full interview with Costello can be found here.)

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2016-11-21T13:28:57-05:00May 13th, 2009|Nursing|0 Comments
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Give Us A Whirl: Submit Poems and Visual Art to AJN’s Art of Nursing

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First off, here’s some (perhaps) startling news: the work you’ll find in our Art of Nursing department might not be by a nurse or even about nursing, although of course it often is. It will somehow pertain to health or health care, and it will—we heartily believe—be worth the reader’s while. So, whether you’re a nurse or not, if you’re thinking about sending us a poem or visual art, why not give it a whirl? (We’ll also consider very short fiction—950 words or less.) As long as your work makes a connection to health or health care, is previously unpublished, and is well made, we’ll consider it happily. […]

2016-11-21T13:29:01-05:00May 13th, 2009|nursing perspective|6 Comments
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School Nurses Do a Whole Lot More Than Applying Ice and BandAids

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Recently, school nurses have been given a lot of recognition from the media, including AJN (here’s the most recent post, which contains links to several others). I was really happy to see them finally getting the credit they deserve. I was a school nurse for a while and I know firsthand how often they are taken for granted.

The first year, I worked for the New York City Department of Health as a per diem nurse, going to a different school almost every day to fill in for nurses that were out for the day. The following year I worked full-time at a school for the NYC Department of Education. (Department of Health nurses take care of mainstream students and Department of Education nurses are placed in schools to care for children with special needs.) I couldn’t believe how poorly I was treated by administration, students, and teaching staff. I quickly realized that school nurses were considered to be either glorified Band-Aid distributors or the place where children went to avoid classes they didn’t enjoy.  […]

2016-11-21T13:29:32-05:00May 12th, 2009|career, nursing perspective|4 Comments
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