13 May 2007
Baby Boomers are turning sixty this year. Of the 3.4 million babies born between 1946 and 1964, 2.8 are still very much alive and projected to live another twenty years – at least. Baby Boomers currently make up over 26% of the total United States population, and their aging is already making significant impacts throughout [...]
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13 May 2007
by Jean Feingold People who want higher education but who don't live near a college or university offering courses they want used to be out of luck. No more. Now it is possible to study almost any subject online. It may require more self-discipline to pursue a degree this way. However, students at online [...]
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13 May 2007
by Shaan Randow If you have the self-determination and drive to listen well and study harder then you can learn in a live university or an online school. But some people seem better suited than others for distance learning programs. Researchers have found that one of the factors that contributes to an effective distance learner in [...]
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13 May 2007
"Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient [...]
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13 May 2007
by Rita Henry According to the Occupational Outlook guide, the nursing profession is among the fastest growing of all career paths. Within nursing, the single specialty expected to grow by leaps and bounds is gerontology. The aging of the baby boomers has increased the average age of the typical patient. According to one survey, patients [...]
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13 May 2007
by Vickie Milazzo RN, MSN, JD When an attorney takes on a medical-related lawsuit, the attorney is confronted with enormous volumes of medical records crammed with esoteric terminology, inexplicable shorthand and indecipherable handwriting. Yet his client's (plaintiff or defense) future depends on the attorney understanding those records and using them to support the case effectively. That's [...]
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13 May 2007
by Gary P Bryant It looks exciting. The jet-powered helicopter screams across the sky, heading towards Harborview Medical Center with another critically-ill patient on board. Friends and family will probably say later that "he's lucky to be alive". The reality is that the person is alive because of the skills and talents of emergency flight nurses [...]
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13 May 2007
Global Health concerns us all, and Community Health Nursing has risen from humble beginnings to the forefront of shaping worldwide health policy and administration. Community Health has been practiced in one form or another throughout the ages in various manners ranging from the edicts of a village shaman to "wise women" and midwives who would [...]
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13 May 2007
With the global nursing shortage showing no signs of ending and the U.S. Department of Labor predicting a need for 1.7 million more nurses by the year 2020, nursing remains one of the hottest career fields. Applications to nursing schools are rising, but as severe as the nursing shortage is, there's an even worse shortage [...]
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13 May 2007
by Donna Cardillo, RN, BS: Cardillo & Associates How many times have you said “I’m just a nurse” or “I’m only an RN / LPN.” When I hear someone say this I’m always tempted to say, “As opposed to what? Someone with a better job, better profession, better skills?” Nurses are multitalented individuals. We have unique skills, [...]
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