Recently, Alisa Schneider MS, RN and Teri Mills MS, RN, ANP, CNE spoke at the Democracy Fest in Burlington, VT on the subject of Health Care Reform. Alisa and Teri both spoke about the need for health care reform. Teri explained the need for an Office of the National Nurse and “quality health care that is affordable and available to everyone.” At the end of her speech, Teri had the honor to introduce Gov. Howard Dean who spoke about President Obama’s plan for health care reform and why we need this kind of reform now. The Center for Media and Democracy has video of these 3 effective speeches on their…
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Link to Pete Dowan’s Tribute to Nurses
You can link to a widget for Pete Dowan’s musical tribute (Ladies in White) to nurses here.
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We Need More of These Camps for Wannabe Health Professionals
There are a few of these camps but many more would be a terrific idea to encourage high school students to consider careers in health care. Here’s one in Baltimore.
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The Real Moon Walk 40 Years Later…
Where were you 40 years ago today? I remember we were glued to the television set as we watched Buzz Aldrin step down at Tranquility Base on the moon, and say his famous words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” President Kennedy had said in his inaugural speech in 1961 that we would do it in that decade and we did. It was a thrilling time. I had the opportunity to visit Cape Canaveral several years ago. My children were not impressed and could not understand what I thought was so fascinating. Then when they saw the movie Apollo 13 they understood, and I realized they…
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The Nursing Shortage is Not Over
I’ll admit that I love to people watch. However, it has been a frightening thing lately because I have overheard far too many conversations with young people talking about wanting to become nurses, but there are no jobs. The recession may have slowed the nursing shortage a bit, because so many older nurses have come out of retirement or semi retirement, but the nursing shortage is poised to be an even bigger problem as a result if all those nurse decide to make a mass exodus once the economy recovers. New grads may have difficulty finding jobs right now in some markets, but if they expand their options, there are…