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Best In Nurse Blogs: Disaster In Japan Edition!

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Best Nurse Blogs

Every two weeks, I publish this Best In Nurse Blogs to highlight great writing and information for nurses.  This version is dedicated to the people of Japan.

The earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan is obviously a humanitarian crisis.  There are many ways to help.

Relief organizations are gearing up and I am sure you will be seeing giving opportunities show up in the next few weeks.

The Red Cross is accepting text donations: Text REDCROSS to 90999 for a $10 donation or go to their website.

Tsunami In Japan

The Salvation Army is also accepting text donations. Text the word Japan to 80888 to make a $10 donation to support its relief efforts.

And Charity Navigator gives great advice regarding charity giving during the immediate aftermath of a disaster.

If you want to make sure your donation is tax deductible, go to the IRS’s website and do a search!

Take a few minutes this week, and find your own way to help.  That’s what we do!

Nurse Blogs This Week

Nursetopia explains Infographs, with an infograph…

HIMSS Blog has a survey showing Nurse Informatics salaries are up and scope of work is growing!

Sean, who writes for everyone, even himself- had this post about male nurses and getting along with female colleagues!

50 Resources for nurses-a great list of places to go and see!

At Those Emergency Blues, a short amusing video, if you like toilet humor.  (and who doesn’t)

At Emergiblog, Kim writes about ERs and appointments.

At #RNchat, this weeks #RNchat transcript.  The topic was online communication and it’s clinical use.

Marcy has a post about “Laundry” at AJN. My take on stains is here!

Bonnie RN writes about the science of nursing.

Keith at Digital Doorway is feeling compassion, Every Day!

Kat, a student Nurse, has a guest post at Nurse Power asking “What Would Florence Nightingale Do?”

ER Nurse Joy has a picture (and commentary) that will make you laugh! Go laugh!

Jo at Head Nurse has FAQ’s. Another funny post, in her usual snarky way!

Phil at Health is Social has 6 considerations  for adopting new technologies.

Andy at Imagine an Image thinks he is the world’s worst hospital patient. He is sadly mistaken, but I get his drift…the only worse patients than nurses are docs…IMHO

jParadisiRN has a beautiful poem about Issac!

The Nerdy Nurse needs a break! Yo Dawg, I’m with ya! (How ya like my Randy Jackson imitation?)

Thanks for dropping by.  If you know of other good ways to support the Japanese people in this time of need, please let me know in the comments, and I will publicize it!

Visit Nurse Blogs

Please visit the blogs above and the many others on my blogroll, take a minute to comment.  Bloggers love to know when what they write has elicited an emotional response.

Anger, laughter, sadness, are all reasonable responses.  Just keep your comments non-personal.  Save the attacks for Angry Birds.

And if you have a nursing related blog, and aren’t on my blogroll, leave a comment and I will add you!

(photo credit: DVIDSHUB c.c.)

And remember, the RSS feed is at the top right, follow me on twitter @DrDeanBurke and the links for friending, liking, and other options are on your right.  Please use them freely!

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Best In Nurse Blogs: Winter Has Hit Edition

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

Registered Nurse Blog Articles

In this twice monthly post, I try to focus on the best in Nurse Blogs for the last couple of weeks!

Winter Weather Will Wound and Wow this week-20 degree temps in South Georgia is not the usual this early in December.   We will endeavor to persevere…(see video below!)

Will have to find my heavy coat!

Nurse Blogs

Toronto Emerg has found a great video worth watching-LOL funny, and I am not usually a LOL kinda guy!

Nursetopia reminds us of the continuing problem of HIV and it’s devastating affects on society.

What A Nurse talks about the good, bad, and ugly of running out of gas....

At AJN, an article about medical errors and their consequences.

At Correctional Nurse, Lorry has a video on intake assessment in corrections.

The Nurse Practitioner Business Blog urges Nurse Practioners to get in touch with their Congressional reps to support changes in Home Health Care Planning.

More from the Nurse Blog world:

The Muse RN gives a remarkably brief moment of self-analysis-we  all  need to remember her epiphany!

Emergiblog is participating in an online presentation about the safety of plastics-check  out the details and listen in!

Bonnie RN is writing about the Toys For Tots campaign.  Great program!

Codeblog interviews a developmental disability nurse specialist, (her mom!) to share different career choices for nurses.

Keith at Digital Doorway tells a Thanksgiving story! Cielo….

Nurse Story has 10 gifts that keep on giving! Worth a read!

ER Nurse Joy has one of my favorite Larsen cartoons!

Head Nurse deals with Crisis…

Phil @ Health is Social explains the way Facebook can track users through the “Like” button. Worth a read-of course, Facebook would be bored to death by tracking my internet usage…

Andy in East Anglia @ Imagine an Image , is selling calendars to raise money for St John Ambulance.

Infusion Nurse has a quiz, on IVs-imagine that!

Julie RN has written here at The Millionaire Nurse Blog about 10 traits of successful people!

Accredited Nurse Practitioner Blog has 50 up and coming nursing blogs! Thanks for including me!

Nerdy Nurse talks gives 10 reasons she doesn’t like Change of Shift Admissions.

Sean at My Strong Medicine has the video on a “World Without Nurses!”

Nurse XY is humbled!

Chief Dan George has lost his mojo!

Where The Millionaire Nurse Blog has been featured lately:

The Yakezie Carnival at Money Reasons!

A Personal Finance By The Book Winter Wonderland round-up.

Well Healed, another personal finance blogger, liked my Gratitude with an Attitude!

A Resource for Nurses in Online Schools-50 sites!

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Nurses Who Blog, or Bloggers that are Nurses?

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

A roundup of Nurses who Blog:

Joni, a new nurse blogger, writes at Nursetopia, about a nurse who sailed around the world with her family for seven years! Great story. Visit her blog, and welcome her to the online Nurse Blogger community.

“Change of Shift” is up at Emergiblog-check out Kim’s hard work!

Nurse Keith at Digital Doorway discusses an ER visit.

Head Nurse writes about a single minded cardiologist.  In my specialty, we have a similar problem.  Nobody wants to “check down there” so let’s order a CT scan or US for that minor symptom rather than do a good ole pelvic….

One Nursing Hero

More Nurse Blogs:

Lorry, at Correctional Nurse features the care of prisoners with cancer.  I have been seeing Lorry’s tweets @lorryshoenly  If you are in the correctional field of nursing or, thinking about it-follow her.

See Jane Nurse has Love-IV-bottle that and sell it!

Sean at My Strong Medicine warns about “toning shoes”.  I recently bought a pair, will let you know the results of my study of “one”.

JParidisiRn writes about being comfortable with the squishy.  Interesting…. And thanks for the thank-you post.  I appreciate your being a reader/supporter!

At Your Cervix writes about the C-section rate, continually climbing.  I feel like a mastodon at times.  I stopped doing OB about 5 years ago now.  We actually tried to keep our rate as a department below 25%.  What a change in a short period of time.

Code Blog, discusses changes in perspectives.

Phil Baumann at Health is Social discusses social media, and health-care executives. Social media is here to stay.  The better the dialog, the more likely we can  enjoy the benefits.

Other Nurse Bloggers:

Obviously this is not a complete list of nurses who blog.  Alltop’s nursing list is a start.  Many of the nurse bloggers linked today, have extensive blogrolls.

And if you are a nurse blogger and are not on my nurse blogroll-make a comment, and I will add you.

Post-script:

As most of you know, I am not a nurse, though I did stay at a Holid…… Nah, won’t finish that thought.  I am married to a nurse, who is now in Public Health, having done time in ER, Hospice, and Postpartum.  So, though I do belong to the evil Doctors rank, who are somewhere between dog poo, and a migraine on most nurses scale of respect-I try to treat the nurses in my daily life as I would like to be treated.

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A Shout-Out to St Mary’s ER/6th Floor, in Athens GA & Roundup of Nursing Reads This Week

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Nursing Angels and Police Officers:

One of the reasons you should always need to be nice to nurses, and police officers, is that eventually, you’ll need ‘em.  We all get sick, even the healthiest among us, will age.  And the chances of living your whole life, without being exposed to a crime-or stopped for speeding, is just about zero.

My son-in-law had to be hospitalized at St Mary’s in Athens, GA, with complications after recent back surgery.  I want to give a shout-out to the ER nurses, the ER Doc, and the nurses on the 6th floor for their compassion and care.

And no, they didn’t know a blogger with a national audience was in the ER waiting room-along with the pregnant girls, moaning with ROM, the softball, and work injured, and a few crack-heads, looking after one of their own (just a clinical observation-no facts here).

An ER on Friday night here, is an ER on Friday night-like anywhere in the US.

And just a warning to those nurses in Athens-my son-in-law is a police officer-so be extra nice.  He may be the smiling face asking for your Drivers License and insurance card, when you are running late for your next shift….. Thanks again!

Now for the Round-up of great nursing reads:

For a discussion on privacy and grief-check out this article by JParadisi RN. Having practiced medicine for 25 years in the same town, I have read far too many obituaries of patients.  The advantage of small towns you can send a card, flowers, or attend a service, and no one has a second thought about HIPAA.  Everyone assumes you know what is going on.

Sean at My Strong Medicine blasts the spot reducing myth.  Dammit, I was trying to get rid of the bags under my eyes…..

Man Nurse Diaries, has a thought provoking article about self-titration of hypertensive (blood pressure) meds.  I think that makes great common sense.  But it does require the patient to be able to, and comply with home blood pressure monitoring, and having a simple sliding scale type treatment plan.  It has worked in diabetes care for years!

Emergiblog has the 5th Anniversary Edition of Change of Shift! Congrats, Kim on your support of nurses in the blogging world!

At Your Cervix, explains why it takes an hour to get Tylenol in a hospital. Couldn’t have said it better!

Nurse XY has a post about the “S” word-and no you will have to go to his site to see what “S” means.

And for another take on privacy in medicine, see Aburdity is the New Reality by A Nurse and Her Camera.

Have a Great Week!

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Great Stories From Nurse Bloggers

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

For a review of what is going on with Nurse Bloggers, check out these sites and articles:

Emergiblog, writes about a blogging crisis of sorts. Since my blog is in it’s infancy, I can’t relate to a mid-blog crisis, but I think all of us who write regularly go through ups and downs in our creativity and energy!  Take two aspirin, and get back at it, is my free medical opinion, Kim! (and you get what you pay for!!!)

jparadisi writes, “It Ain’t No Sin To Be Glad You Are Alive” a well written glimpse into the lives of nurses.  Take a minute and read the post.  You will be glad you did.

At Nurse Zone, check  this post about OR Nurses asking for universal Time Out.  We have been doing Time Out at our facility for a couple of years now.  For you non-medical readers, Time Out is a brief moment before a surgical case is started inn the operating room. The OR is supposed to be silent, and the procedure, equipment, patients full name is announced-similar to a check list before takeoff in aplane.

Impacted Nurse, has this article about disaster response and nurses.  Particularly interested in the mental aspects of responding to disasters and its affect on the medical responders.

Nurse Practioner’s View encourages men to get Prostate Exams. Great advice.  I tell my patients that prostate cancer is God’s revenge on men, for Women’s suffering during childbirth.

At Your Cervix, writes about the dying art of hands on nursing. True in most parts of medicine.

Sean at Male Nurse, writes about falling off the fitness/healthy eating train. Been there/done that!  Great advice-get after it once again!

Laney, at Nursing Student Chronicles discusses the wonders of putting classroom learning together in real-world patients.   Most of those things we do learn for a reason, although that can be hard to fathom while studying at 2AM.

See Jane Nurse writes about Bondage-now get your mind out of the gutter-not that kind of Bondage… well maybe not, you have to go read to find out.

End of Life Care, and conversations with family members involved is the topic of Torontoemerg’s latest post!

Head Nurse discusses blood drawing etiquette.

Male Nurse Action Figure-Photo by gcfairch

Hope you enjoyed reading this collection as much as I did!  Thanks to all the Nurse Bloggers who continue to write about their world!

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Nursing Reads: Not For The Squeamish!

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

I try to review/promote  posts from Nursing Blogs that I feel would be of interest to my nurse readers-and anyone else.

Maybe you want to know what is going on behind the scenes in health care. (Warning-Not for the Squeamish!)-Actually, this week, the stories are pretty tame, (from a blood and guts standpoint)-but you never know……

J. Paradisi has a great post about leadership, and getting heard.

Guerilla Nursing has a story called “Mothers”, it is amazing what folks can deal with-cause they have to!

If you think drinking and driving in a snowmobile, (insert 4 wheeler/boat/car) is fun, read this one called First Trauma, from TorontoEmerg.

RehabRN has a short post about complaints.

GuitarRN had a “Rupture” weekend-been there done that, scary is an understatement!

And last, but certainly not least, this story from a great parenting blog, Better Parenting,  about teens, raising children, and those challenges-not from a nurse, but a great read!!

Let me know what you think!

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