How To Use Social Media As A Nurse
Posting, tweeting, liking, sharing, Snapchatting, using Instagram, the list goes on. Social media has become an inherent part of...
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Medicare Readmissions and You
In October, a little more than 2,500 hospitals are going to start getting paid less per patient by Medicare...
Complicated Grief: What to Look For
No, really. An actual condition called complicated grief exists (sometimes it’s called pathologic grief, but that term has fallen...
The Definition of Insanity (In Nursing)
During my spelunking around the Internet for things to check on for this post, I learned that the definition...
HIPAA Is Overrated
Clinicians do not understand HIPAA. We all know that it exists, and we have typically undergone a fair amount...
Nurses Are Eligible Too
Every year I write about how heat can make people sick, change how their prescriptions interact with their bodies,...
What Would You Do if You Were Me?
At some point, every nurse is likely to have a family member or loved one ask regarding a patient,...
Why Death Is Different for Pros
I read How Doctors Die: It’s Not Like the Rest of Us, But It Should Be with great interest...
Yeah, Right, Nurses Don’t Diagnose
I learned today that I can’t diagnose death. Death is a medical condition and therefore can be diagnosed only...
