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	<title>Stressed Out Nurses &#187; Stress Relief</title>
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	<description>Who said nursing can't be fun?</description>
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		<title>Scholarship week: A candid chat with our winner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People enter professions for different reasons. Some do it for money. Some do it because of a natural skill or talent. Some do it because they can&#8217;t think of anything better. But sometimes, people enter professions because they seem destined. Erin Nestor, our $500 scholarship winner at StressedOutNurses.com, is one of those people. After a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Professor&#8217;s Perspective: Take care of you for a change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Freedberg, RN, MSN, MPA
Can we take a quick inventory of your life? Let&#8217;s see, you might be just starting nursing school, in the thick of it, or just out of it. Since college is expensive, you may be working in addition to attending class. Then, there is the family and friend situation, those [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nursing new bonds: Program pairs first-time mothers with visiting nurses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bond between a mother and a child is like no other. Sometimes it takes a nurse to strengthen it.
&#34;[Nurses] can actually improve the lives of the children, the mothers, and our communities,&#34; says Brenda Graves, RN, BSN, CLC, supervisor of the Fort Collins, CO-based wing of the nurse-run non-profit Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program.
The NFP [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Last Semester: My first job!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Last Semester columnist, Chelsea, is no longer in her last semester. She&#8217;s no longer looking for a job, either. After passing the NCLEX a couple of weeks ago, Chelsea is quickly moving on to the next phase of her life. Here&#8217;s a look inside her first REAL nursing gig:
Not only am I a real [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Professor&#8217;s Perspective: Give health advice? Me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Richard Freedberg, RN, MSN, MPA
My family is already asking me for advice! What should I do? Hmmm, only part of the way through nursing school and you are already being hit up for free healthcare advice. Anyone else out there running into this type of situation? Absolutely! This is a common circumstance.
Think about your [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Take time to understand your manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s note: Author Kathleen Bartholomew will be speaking at the 26th annual NSNA MidYear Conference in November in Reno, NV. Until then, we&#8217;ll occasionally be featuring excerpts from some of Bartholomew&#8217;s captivating and influential publications. Here&#8217;s one from Stressed Out About Communication Skills:
Of all the professions on the planet, those of us in nursing have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rounding dims call lights at Kentucky hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six months after the telemetry unit at Sts. Mary &#38; Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, KY, implemented hourly nurse rounding, the number of patient falls decreased, patient satisfaction increased, and call light use dropped by more than 3,000 per month.
&#34;The managers round on all of the patients every day,&#34; says Amy Robinson, RN, a nurse manager [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>A different kind of patient care model</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL, always put the patient care experience first, but they wanted to do more. They wanted to spend more time, pay more attention, and have time for more care. At Loyola, they call this &#34;magis.&#34;
Magis is a Latin term meaning &#34;to do more,&#34; which is a perfect [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Handle stress with these three skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working in healthcare is dangerous for your health, says Daniel Johnson, PhD, a clinical psychologist in Macon, GA. The profession is dangerous because of the enormity of the daily challenges staff face (e.g., the responsibility of caring for seriously ill people, lack of support, shift conflicts, resource constraints). These daily challenges can build up and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Put patient education high on your list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Briddon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Deanna R. Miller, RN, MSN/Ed, HCE, manager of inpatient units at University Hospitals Geneva (OH) Medical Center
My experiences as a hospital patient&#8212;in relation to nursing care&#8212;have never been negative. I received my medications on time, and the nurse came in each shift and assessed me. But what was lacking with my care was complete [...]]]></description>
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