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		<title>Nursing image shapes up on the big screen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Real-world nurses bring competency, professionalism, and passion to the hospital everyday. But according to a new study, it wasn&#8217;t until recently that onscreen nurses exhibited these qualities.
David Stanley, MSc, RN, RM, lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Curtin University of Technology, in Perth, Australia, studied 280 films featuring nurses produced throughout the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Try this trick to learn drug names</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drugs are sorted into classes or related groups, such as beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, benzodiazepines, etc. One of the cool things about pharmacology is, generally speaking, members of drug classifications behavior in a similar fashion. Let&#8217;s consider this list:

Pindolol
Propranolol
Sotalol
Timolol
Metoprolol

We would note a certain similarity in the last syllable of each and suspect they belong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comic relief: See who won our caption contest!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Who cares about a lunar eclipse?!?&#8221;
And the winner is &#8230; (drum roll, please) &#8230; Suzanne Conway!
Congratulations, Suzanne! Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption. They were all hilarious!
And, we&#8217;ll be back next week with a brand new cartoon! Will YOU be the next winner?
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		<title>In the news: Online resource gives educators and students a lift to safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NCLEX]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nursing shortage places a heavy emphasis on the education and development of competent nurses to provide the safest patient care. A Web site is now offering nursing school educators and students some assistance outside the classroom.
Liko North America, a supplier of patient lift and transfer products and resources, recently launched a &#8220;Nursing Schools&#8221; section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the know: Learn to give feedback to your peers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The reality is that we have operated for years in an environment where people were punished or looked down upon for making errors. Such negative energy around mistakes has decreased our sense of self-esteem. Therefore, many nurses find it hard to receive feedback and even harder to give feedback directly to the person involved. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the mix: The Professor&#8217;s Perspective: Am I sure I want to be a nurse?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Freedberg, RN, MSN, MPA
I&#8217;m not sure I still want to be a nurse. Has this thought ever crossed your mind? Whether you have heard fellow students or new graduates openly disclose it, it&#8217;s fairly safe to assume many share the same doubts and apprehensions. Here&#8217;s what we all need to agree on: It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the know: Learn to give feedback to your peers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<title>In the news: Nursing researcher explores writing and stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can writing really reduce stress? A nursing researcher from the University of Iowa is hoping to find out.
Howard Butcher, an associate professor of nursing at the school, is conducting a study to see if adults over the age of 55 can use writing to manage stress. The study, which will take a close look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the news: Nursing researcher explores writing and stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can writing really reduce stress? A nursing researcher from the University of Iowa is hoping to find out.
Howard Butcher, an associate professor of nursing at the school, is conducting a study to see if adults over the age of 55 can use writing to manage stress. The study, which will take a close look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the mix: The Professor&#8217;s Perspective: Am I sure I want to be a nurse?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Freedberg, RN, MSN, MPA
I&#8217;m not sure I still want to be a nurse. Has this thought ever crossed your mind? Whether you have heard fellow students or new graduates openly disclose it, it&#8217;s fairly safe to assume many share the same doubts and apprehensions. Here&#8217;s what we all need to agree on: It [...]]]></description>
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