There’s an interesting commentary in the latest New England Journal of Medicine on how the future of health care will revolve around home care for a variety of reasons. Ask any home care nurse for an opinion, and you may be surprised to know that we’ve been spouting this gospel for YEARS now. Nice to know that the medical community is beginning to catch on! You can find the link on my Housecalls-Online.com blog. Read more about home health care nursing.
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Help New Grads Find Jobs
Helping new grads find jobs is a very important issue. The nursing shortage may have been temporarily stalled because of the downturn of the economy, but as the economy gets healthy again, and health care reform is implemented the nursing shortage has the potential to grow very rapidly. Helping new grads find work also encourages students to choose nursing and not run scared because new grads can’t find jobs. Post your tips and job information on The Nursing Site page on Facebook.
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Nurses Health Study III Needs More Nurses to Participate
The Nurses Health Study III is looking for more nurses to join in the study which began in 1976. If you are female, born in the U.S., and between 22 and 45 years of age (born after January 1, 1965), please consider joining this long running study. The questionnaires are available online. The first one can take about 30 minutes to complete, but the information derived from this study has been a tremendous help. I have been a member since 1976 and it takes a few minutes to fill out the forms, but it’s very worthwhile in understanding and promoting health for women. “The Nurses’ Health Studies are among the…
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New Change of Shift Posted
Kim has posted the latest version of CHANGE OF SHIFT. Check it out. There’s always a lot of nursing news and information. Thanks Kim for a great job as always!!!!
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About the Blog Roll
You’ll note that the Blog Roll is no longer in the right hand sidebar. I have moved it to it’s own page. See the TAB at the top of this page. It’s next to HOME, under the logo. If you would like to be listed, please see the instructions at the top of the Blog Roll page. If you would like to Advertise on The Nursing Site Blog or The Nursing Site, please email me for rates. Thanks, Kathy