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The blog posts below are all tagged in Technorati as being about Nursing, Health & Social Work. They may be 'lighter' reading than you're used to, or they may be surprisingly academic and in-depth - it all depends on the individual blogger (or the individual blog post). We hope you find them interesting, informative, and engaging.

We also hope that they'll help you discover some blogs that you'll bookmark to read regularly, whether they're for your education, your continual professional development or for leisure & recreation.

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Unique Nursing Services

posted on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:41:56 -0700

Unique Nursing Services is a company which provides specialised nursing services such as home care nurses for the terminally ill. Unique Nursing Services include the following services: national care management, occupational health, national pathology, disease prevention/management, step-down facilities, client frail care, and medical operation staff placements. Searching for unique nursing services? Then contact Unique Nursing today. Postal Address: P.O Box 1093, Strubens Valley, 1735 Telep

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What are the Differences between an SSW, MSW, CSW, and LCSW

posted on Mon, 12 May 2008 01:14:00 -0700

Types of Social Work Degrees: Social workers can earn three types of degrees, as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW): “A bachelor’s degree in social work (BSW) degree is the most common minimum requirement to qualify for a job as a social worker; however, majors in psychology, sociology, and related fields may qualify for some entry-level jobs, especially in small community agencies. Although a bachelor’s degree is suffic

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confessions of a confused nursing student

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 23:59:05 -0700

Two years ago, our highschool guidance counselor (back in Ateneo de Iloilo), called my attention. She told me to come in her office for a quick discussion about something. I arrived. She asked me to sit and then she began to talk. She briefed me about college, and the life that I am about to experience after graduating highschool. At some point, she asked me what course will I take. I said, I am planning to take up either Political Science (for my pre law) in UP, or Business Economics in Uni

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Celebrating Nurses Day

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 23:18:19 -0700

In the UK we don’t tend to have a whole week celebrating nurses and nursing, but rather just the day. That day is today the birthday of Florence Nightingale, and let us just say this is pretty low key. Professions go through different patches in terms of popularity and whether those who are part of it are worthy. My assessment would be that nursing is going through a rocky time right now as it attempts to find its place. Traditionally nursing has been seen to be about caring, about providing a

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Scholarship Program for Nurses

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:17 -0700

High school graduates who are thinking of taking up a course in nursing would have an opportunity to have their four years of college education subsidized. This is possible through the initiative of the Development Bank of the Philippines Endowment for Education Program (DEEP). The DBP launched this program to guarantee that the Philippines would have sufficient number of competent professional workers that will have opportunities in both local and global employment arena. Press Secretary Ign

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Celebrating National Nursing Week

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 21:50:16 -0700

Nursing has been my passion for 24 years. I cannot imagine any other life or profession. Nurses are improving clinical care, leading advocacy work and advancing technological innovation in all practice settings. Every day, we offer solutions to the challenges facing health care in Canada. Celebrate with us. Take a closer look at what we do. Did you know? National Nursing Week is celebrated around the world in conjunction with Florence Nightingale’s birthday May 12th. Florence Nightingale is c

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Stayed Here Recently - Review Of Hurst House By Nonnie_139

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 20:14:00 -0700

I’ve heard mixed responses and I am not sure if this is the best route to prepare for my NCLEX exam. I do use all the ATI information I have available however, the Hurst review committee spoke to our nursing class and made it sound almost necessary in order to pass the exam. It’s pretty spendy to register so I was wondering if anyone had any feedback regarding the review. Thank you very much. My University pushed the Kaplan review on us, and it was very costly as well. Sources: www.nursingv

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Maryland Poison Control Covers Dextromethorphan OD

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 19:48:42 -0700

This week’s Nursing Show episode 24 features a ToxTidbit segment from the Maryland Poison Control Center and Lisa Booze, their spokesperson. She talks about the history of this common cough and cold medication and how it began to be used as a drug of abuse. Lisa also addresses common presentations of this particular drug when abused and treatments both in the field by EMS personnel and in the hospital or facility setting. Nursing Show episode 24 with Dextromethorphan The Nursing Show is host

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Travel nursing checklist item #10

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 18:16:50 -0700

Sorry it has taken me awhile to get back to this, but things have been pretty hectic the last couple of months. OK, so you have all your paperwork lined up and organized. You have done your research and spent time online looking at all the different companies. You’ve compared what they offer to what you want out of a travel nursing job. The next step then is to actually apply online for the travel nursing job you want. You can also call the company right off the bat, but I will cover that late

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Progression policies

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 17:46:10 -0700

I continue to be contacted by students, lawyers, and (rarely) faculty members about progression policies. I am actually quite happy when students call because that tells me these folks are critically thinking. Most of them tell me they have found my articles in research databases and want to talk about the results. I am very happy that students, when they have questions, are going to the literature to look for answers. This is a great change from what we see reported in the literature that nurs

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My Nursing Graduation

posted on Sun, 11 May 2008 17:30:28 -0700

Last Thursday, May 8, 2008 was our graduation ceremony. It was supposed to start at 2:00 pm but they had us wait outside for more than 2 hours before they started the march. But I didn't really wait that long. I took a couple of pictures outside with Marge and my mom and quietly lined up. I came inside half past 3 because I couldn't take it anymore. I had my hair and makeup done and it was so hot outside that it was all ruined by that time. When it was almost 4, my dad, mom and brother wanted t

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