Archive for the ‘Nursing’ Category

The way to a nurse’s heart is through chocolate. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Next Halloween drop your excess bags of candy off at the nearest nurses’ station and see what happens. You’ll probably be reminded of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. And we’re not particular. Three pounds of M & M’s is just [...]

During a recent IM chat with HL7 Standards blogger and registered nurse Jennifer Thew, I sarcastically asked, “Why do nurses get a full week in their honor? Seems like overkill to me.” While I would love to share with you her reply, I’d rather not offend those who try to avoid offensive language or the [...]

May 22 marks the one-year anniversary of the tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo. Last year was the United States’ fourth deadliest year for tornadoes on record, according to Accuweather.com. And 2012 is likely to be an active for twisters as well. Mighty storms have already hit Alabama, Dallas and Harrisburg, Ill. Natural disasters, like tornadoes, [...]

“Chicago has two seasons–winter and construction.” It’s an old joke, but it holds a grain of truth. Here in the Chicago-area we’re subject to frigid temperatures made worse by the “wind chill” and perpetual traffic snarls made worse by orange cones and backhoes. When you’re creeping along at 20 MPH on an expressway where the [...]

“The Internet is scary.” An acquaintance of mine recently came to this conclusion when her daughter found a lump in her breast. After being told by a physician it could be cancer or it could just an infection, the pair went online to try to get more information on symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of both [...]

Forgot your password? I probably answer yes to this question about once a week. I have multiple email and voicemail accounts and various profiles at sites like Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Facebook–all requiring different passwords. At work, I’ve been instructed to keep passwords secret, not to write them down and to create ones that are [...]

Those of you attending HIMSS12 this week – beware! There are TIGERs on the loose. Not to be confused with the fercious felines or cereal mascot, these TIGERS support the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initative aka TIGER. The mission of this collaborative is to prepare nurses and healthcare professionals to use technology and informatics to improve patient care. [...]