Have you ever experiences a day like this?
Just strolling along and enjoying the day you are walking along with your family.  It is warm outside but comfortable.  The sun is shining and bright.  You are not wearing sunglasses.  The warm breeze hits your face just as you enter the little shopping centers door when suddenly you feel weak; your stomach tightens and begins to have stomach cramps all over your abdomen.  You are unable to really pin point the pain but it is clearly hurting.  You begin to break out into a cold sweat unaware that your body is getting ready to shut down.  You start moving closer to the floor trying to find something to lay your head on but nothing is close so you go to your knees hoping

Whistle blower Research and connecting the dots
Dear Pam, It was good to speak with you earlier today. As promised, please find below a link to the text of the whistleblower protection provision (Sec.153) in the House Health Care Reform, HR. 3200: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:2:./temp/~c111dm5Q9G:e2601233. As discussed over the phone, the whistleblower provision within the Senate Health Care Bill is not as strong as its House counterpart, because it does not currently expand protections to doctors. However, we will continue to advo

Ethical issues when serving the at risk populations in West Virginia
Abstract The rapid political, economic and social changes occurring in West Virginia fundamentally affect female health. The denial of reproductive choice, freedom from violence, economic and educational development for women remains the major underpinning ethical issues in West Virginia women’s health care.  Fact: In West Virginia the women mortality rates are on the rise.  The ability to access health care information and to participate in informed choices continues to be a hot political topic; the separation between, as Senator Byrd says “the two West Virginia’s”, affects the way in which patients are currently being tre

Recieved a wonderful letter from a dear fellow nurse today on the swine flu:
Dear Colleagues, I’ve been reading data for years on the subject of immunization and have personally experienced popular media censorship and control of public documentation on other medical issues in favor of promoting pharmaceutical corporate interests. This is a serious concern that nurses must be independently educated about for the sake of the people we serve.  The recent H1N1 scare provides an urgency to understanding these issues. It is in that interest I share with you these interviews, which are the best summaries of the research I have heard on H1N1, general issues of immunization

In the evening af...
In the evening after school, was a little girl who did not want to do her homework?  She always thought homework was boring. She wanted to run away, climb a tree, or watch the dogs bark out the window. “Stop it is annoying to have to do homework” Ebone the little girl said to her Ms Pam who was trying to help her with her homework. “Why do I have to learn?”  She said.  “I wish I could play all day. “No, I don’t I just want to tear pret