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May 7th, 2013 
John Buck
National Nurses Week is May 6 -12, with the 6th being celebrated as “National Nurses Day,” the birthday of Florence Nightingale who is considered to be the founder of modern nursing. The American Nurses Association leads the recognition week and this year’s theme is “Delivering Quality and Innovation in Patient Care.” Below is repost of [...]
May 6th, 2013 John Buck
For more than 60 years, Mental Health America and its affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. This year’s theme is Pathways to Wellness. Key Messages Wellness – it’s essential to living a full and productive [...]
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2 Comments » May 1st, 2013 John Buck
May is Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month, and the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) has launched the Faces of Huntington’s Disease campaign to present a different story of courage and perseverance every day of the month to raise awareness of this genetic neurodegenerative disease. More than 30,000 Americans live with Huntington’s disease, a rare [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Associations & Groups, Community Health, Family/General Practice, Featured, Home Care, Lab, Mental Health, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Respiratory, Speech/Language/Hearing, Women's Health No Comments » April 24th, 2013 John Buck
When she is not busy with clinicals and exams, nursing student Lauren Zaworski can be found on the softball field as a junior member of Loyola University Chicago women’s team. “Student athletes are rare in nursing, because of the demanding time constraints of clinicals and class work,” said Nancy S. Hogan, PhD, RN, FAAN, distinguished [...]
Posted in Colleagues, Featured, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Specialties, Women's Health Tags: Lauren Zaworski, Loyola, Nursing, Softball, Student No Comments » April 24th, 2013 John Buck
“Given recent firearm-related fatalities combined with declining gun research funding, it is important to monitor firearm injuries in youths. Injury death rates are available but provide an incomplete picture of these potentially preventable injuries,” writes Angela Sauaia, MD, PhD, of the University of Colorado School of Public Health, Denver and colleagues. As reported in a Research [...]
Posted in Acute/Ambulatory, Colleagues, Community Health, Emergency/Urgent Care, Family/General Practice, Featured, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing, Ortho/Rehab, Pediatrics, Physician Assistant, Radiology, Speech/Language/Hearing Tags: Adolescents, Children, Death, Firearms, Guns, Injury, Teens No Comments »
