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Nursing News –

Hospitals ease ER crowding

Finding a cure for the nursing shortage

American Nephrology Nurses’ Association Hosts Successful Meeting

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Tip of the Week — Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urinary tract infection - chronic

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urinary tract infection

Female Urinary Tract Infection Patient/Family Resources

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I was very pleased to see that the Nursing Show podcast was featured on the Nursing Assistant Central blog as one of the top 100 blog and podcast resources on the web.  As a podcast and blog for nurses, nursing students and educators, as well as any interested in nursing careers, this is an honor.

Nursing Assistant Central Top 100 Pediatric Blogs list

Check out the link for yourself and see some of the other excellent resources listed there!  Included are some of the podcasts I talk about here on the show.  I’ve included that list below.

• PediaCast. Listen to weekly podcasts touching on a wide variety of pediatric health, wellness, and safety issues.
• Harvard Medical Labcast. Listen to podcasts from experts at Harvard Medical School as they offer a glimpse into the groundbreaking work going on in the field of medicine.
• Medcast. From the Stanford School of Medicine, these podcasts offer a sampling of lectures from renowned experts. some podcasts include stem cell research, childhood obesity, and women and heart disease.
• Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts. Presented by a professor of medicine and the director of electronic media, this podcast brings weekly looks at all the top news from the medical world.
• University of Michigan’s Your Child Podcast. Get updates on child development and behavior from the experts at University of Michigan.
• New England Journal of Medicine. This medical journal offers two different podcasts. Listen to Audio Interviews or select NEJM This Week for a recap of all the articles in the journal.
• The University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics Podcasts. From interviewing adolescents to herbs for use in pediatrics, listen to the latest from this medical school.
• Pediatrics: The Nursing Show Podcast. From autism to pediatric pain management, listen to these podcasts from the nurse’s perspective.
• Children’s Health Podcasts. From the Medical University of South Carolina, listen to the many topics available ranging from asthma to breastfeeding to sickle cell disease.
• Pediatric Physical Therapy. Select from the available podcasts on Science Audio to find out about the latest in physical therapy for children.

These are just a few of the excellent resources available online for nurses and others interested in learning more about pediatric medical issues.  Do you have another to share?

Share Your Pediatric and Medical Information links

Email us at Comments@NursingShow.com and send us your favorite health and nursing links!

In a recent article posted over at Medical News Today, information from the October 2008 issue of Urologic Nursing was presented looking at urinary tract infections.

Author David D. Rahn reports that studies show that up to 22% of women have recurrent UTIs requiring repeated treatments with antibiotics.  Rahn says that anything that limits or inhibits the emptying of the bladder causes an increased risk for urinary tract infections.

Some of the common risk factors for UTI:

• decreased bladder function
• cardiovascular accidents
• fecal incontinence
• sexual intercourse

Signs and symptoms of UTIs to watch for include:

• painful urination
• frequent and urgent urination
• mild urinary incontinence
• fever
• chills
• nausea
• abdominal pain

Nurses can educate their female patients of all ages about proper hygiene, signs and symptoms, and risk factors.

A recent article at WebMD reviews the reported success of the Rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq.  Rotavirus is a GI virus that causes diarrhea and is responsible for serious complications, hospitalizations, and death in infants throughout the world.

A recent joint meeting of the American Society for Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Society of America presented the findings of several studies that pointed to a significant reduction in the number of infant deaths related to the Rotavirus since the vaccine became available for regular use.

Reported reductions in deaths and major complications range from 66% to 100%.  Prior to the production of the vaccine the studies reported some of the following statistics on the the effects of the Rotavirus:

• No. 1 cause of diarrhea-related hospitalizations and deaths in babies and young children
• Responsible for about 400,000 physician visits, more than 200,000 emergency room visits, up to 70,000 hospital admissions, and 60 deaths every year in the U.S. alone
• Causes 2 million hospitalizations worldwide annually
• Blamed for nearly half a million deaths annually in children under 5 years.

If you are involved in infant or pediatric care, review the availability of this vaccine and be prepared to educate parents and caregivers about the benefits of protecting their children from serious child illnesses.

The New York Times recently reviewed a book entitled Reflections on Doctors: Nurses’ Stories About Physicians and Surgeons. I decided I had to check it out for myself.

In this book the editor, Terry Ratner, has gathered a collection of stories and anectdotes about the working relationship between physicians and nurses.  The editor poses the question:

Has the working relationship between doctors and nurses really changed from the older patriarchal tone of the classic television shows depicting sovreign rulership and sexual escapades between all knowing physicians and their hospital servants in their neatly pressed white uniforms?

The book contains 19 short essays written nurses on the front lines, depicting their encounters with physicians both positive and negative.  Featuring stories from as far afield as public health, home birth, and missions of mercy in Kosovo, the book represents a view into the inherent differences in the clinical approaches to patient care between two very different medical professions.

This book represents an excellent resource of insight and entertainment for nurses and those in nursing schools. There are many more stories than just the 19 stories mentioned here.

What are your stories?  Share them with me here at the Nursing Show.  You can comment on them using the comments link below or you can contact me by email and send them along to Comments@NursingShow.com

Welcome to Episode 51

The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

Right Click to download (Macs Option Click)

Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free)

RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url to Juice, Zune Marketplace, or your favorite podcatcher)

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A podcast for Nurses, Nursing Students, and others interested in what it takes to be a Nurse

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Sponsors

Lexi-Comp Nursing Solutions:

Visit www.Lexi.com/nursingshow to see how you can save on the Lexi-Comp Nursing Suite

Lexi-NURSING SUITE includes five Lexi-Comp databases, providing information on medications, interactions, I.V. compatibility, lab/diagnostic tests, and medical calculations - the perfect package for your PDA!

and

Lydia’s Uniforms- The place to shop for designer medical uniforms, affordable nursing scrubs at prices as low as $4.49, and more.

Visit Lydia’s Uniforms today and save $10 off any $60 order.

Use the coupon code “PODCAST” when you check out.

Offer expires on November 13, 2008

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Nursing News –

Doctors Often Overestimate Patients’ Health Literacy

Food allergies increasing in US kids

What’s the Difference Between the Candidates’ Health Care Plans?

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Tip of the Week — Penicillin Antibiotics

Medicine Net on Penicillin

WebMD on Penicillin Allergies

Nursing Pharmacology Book Recommendation:

Saunders Nursing Survival Guide: Pharmacology (Saunders Nursing Survival Guide)
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Stay informed as a nurse:

Subscribe to American Journal of Nursing via Amazon.com here

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Comment or share ideas here on the comment link below or by email:

Comment@NursingShow.com

Other Podcasts from Jamie Davis:

• The MedicCast (for EMTs, Paramedics, EMS field work)
• MedicCast News (Weekly short medical news program)
• MedicCast Live (Monthly live call-in show with a single EMS topic)
  
• Headliner News Roundup (Weekly single new item with facts and commentary)
  

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Los Lonely Boys- Heaven (Live)

Los Lonely Boys
“Heaven” (mp3)
from “Live At Blue Cat Blues - Dallas Texas”
(Blue Cat Blues Records)

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“Infant mortality rates . . . an embarrassment to the United States.”

The CDC released 2006 infant mortality statistics this past week and the numbers are promising although they still show there is room for improvement.  The report states that overall infant mortality rates in the U.S. declined by 2%.  The report also shows that despite more spending on health care overall, including infant and prenatal care, the U.S. still lags behind many other industrialized countries.

The U.S. ranks 29th in the world on infant mortality rates despite spending more than any other country on health care.  The article at Medical News Today suggests “that Americans pay more for medical services than other nations but receive lower quality care. . .”

One memorable quote stated, “Infant mortality rates and our comparison with the rest of the world continue to be an embarrassment to the United States.”

Nurses Can Help Reduce the Risks of Infant Death

What can we, as nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators do to help improve infant mortality rates in our communities?  There are many disparities between socio-economic and racial divides in the report.  These divides point out opportunities for outreach to at-risk families, young mothers, and community groups. Increasing prenatal care options and reducing risk factors that cause low birth weight babies and premature births.

Plan to talk with your local civic organization, church groups, teen centers, schools, and others about safe and healthy pregnancies.  Talk to your facilities about getting trained to provide essential education to at-risk groups.  While the policy makers decide how they are going to push policy one way or another and throw more money at the problem before they come up with a real solution, we can be doing something concrete about the issue using sound nursing skills and interventions like patient education.

I saw this article at CNN.com and couldn’t resist sharing it with you.  The next time you take your CPR refresher, don’t forget to bring your mirror ball and platform shoes.  Nurses who use their 70’s disco cred could end up saving more lives with more effective compressions.

(c’mon, you know you remember disco)

The song “Staying Alive” from the disco era classic “Saturday Night Fever” is apparently the perfect beat to learn CPR compressions.  At 103 beats per minute, the catchy tune gives CPR students something they can remember to get up to speed when performing compressions.

This is a great idea and I love articles that point out clever instructors thinking outside of the box about class motivation and learning.  We’ll all get a chuckle but, more importantly, we’ll all remember the proper pacing and rhythm and that’s what it is all about.  Bring along your music players to the next community CPR class and let them all boogie to the beat!

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Find and buy the Bee Gees “Stayin Alive” at iTunes and have some fun at your next CPR Class!

Deciphering the two presidential candidates’ health care reform plans is a daunting task.  Both sides play with numbers in ways that would make Enron’s accountants jealous.  The only fact that remains true for both sides is that the current system, while maybe not broken completely, has some serious cracks.

Nurses and other medical caregivers on the front lines of the health care system know that something needs to change.  People without insurance use emergency departments as their primary care doctors. Aging populations and shortages of medical professionals at all levels are causing holes in the continuum of care.  Patient safety issues are in the forefront of the Joint Commission’s goals and yet the current system is set up for patient safety disasters.

Nurses Care About Health Care

This article from the Atlanta Journal Constitution focuses on the two competing health care plans proposed by the candidates and looks at how they relate to the current system in their region.  It doesn’t matter on which side of the issue you fall, as a nurse, you need to educate yourself about the differences.  The final plan will ultimately be a compromise of some sort and will incorporate aspects of both options.

Welcome to Episode 50

The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network.

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Interview with Brian Short of AllNurses.com

Visit AllNurses.com

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Stay informed as a nurse:

Subscribe to American Journal of Nursing via Amazon.com here

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Don’t miss an episode! Get the Nursing Show Newsletter by email. Fill out the email form in the right hand column of the site. Get it now!

Comment or share ideas here on the comment link below or by email:

Comment@NursingShow.com

Other Podcasts from Jamie Davis:

• The MedicCast (for EMTs, Paramedics, EMS field work)
• MedicCast News (Weekly short medical news program)
• MedicCast Live (Monthly live call-in show with a single EMS topic)
  
• Headliner News Roundup (Weekly single new item with facts and commentary)
  

Contact Me!

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