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Users on Facebook, the ultra successful social networking site, virtually given birth to a new user-generated genre: the “Ten Reasons Why You Should Date an XYZ (name of your profession goes here) List.” [widget:448] Lists have been published on the site for Why You Should Date a Single Mom, a Geek, a Wrestler and hundreds of other categories. Not to be ...

A cool job…what’s that? The best answer is that it’s a job that lets you do things you love – at work – and get paid well for it. You could also add great growth potential as a criteria, too. Today nursing’s outer limits are expanding hugely, with all kinds of creative, exciting possibilities. From mind-body medicine to leading the hospital ...

Finley Crampton really shouldn't be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn't take the risk. After all, their first son had died of the condition and the second was born with serious kidney damage. So when Finley's mother, Jodie Percival, became pregnant while on the ...

Barack Obama has been a consistent champion of America’s nurses. As an Illinois state senator, Barack Obama chaired the Senate Committee on Public Health and helped lead efforts to protect Illinois nurses and improve the quality of health care throughout Illinois. As a U.S. senator, Obama serves on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee where he has continued ...

While your work isn’t everything in life, it is the place where you invest the biggest chunk of waking hours. If you want to work at a place that is truly satisfying - with the best salaries, benefits and professional standards – then you’ll want to know what the Hottest Health Employers are for nurses. NursingLink has created this list of ...

Pregnant American man Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl. After going into labour early on Sunday, the former sex-swap patient had his daughter by Caesarean section at a hospital in Bend, Oregon, according to a U.S. television network. 'She's really cute, really pretty,' a source told ABC news. A hospital source said: 'The baby girl is healthy and ...

CHICAGO, Ill. - An Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center nurse has filed a civil lawsuit against a Chicago police officer and the city of Chicago, claiming the officer arrested her for wanting to consult with a supervisor before collecting a blood sample from a suspected drunken driver. Lisa Hofstra was the nurse in charge of the emergency room at Illinois Masonic ...

The American Nurses Association (ANA) announces its endorsement of Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) in the 2008 Presidential Election. The ANA represents the interests of the nation's 2.9 million registered nurses. "As President, Barack Obama will bring real change to our health care system," said ANA President Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR. "Nurses are consistently voted the most trusted profession by ...

LUFKIN, Texas — A former nurse accused of intentionally injecting bleach into two patients at a dialysis center was arrested Friday, police said. Two witnesses said they saw Kimberly Clark Saenz, 34, draw bleach into syringes and inject it into two patients' dialysis lines at the DaVita Dialysis Center on April 28, Lufkin police said in a statement. Both patients survived, ...

NEPTUNE, N.J. — A nurse was charged with first-degree murder Monday for allegedly killing a terminally ill heart patient with a paralyzing drug last year. But her lawyer says Lorie Hentges "is guilty of nothing other than holding the hand of a dying man while his regular nurse ate lunch." A grand jury indicted Hentges, 39, in connection with the April ...

"I feel fantastic," he said. "I cannot wait to see my baby's face." In a tender and intimate moment, Thomas shares a cuddle with wife Nancy—before telling the News of the World of his secret hopes for the future. With four weeks to go, he sensationally reveals the couple are ready to have more babies after the birth of their daughter. ...

WASHINGTON - The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) applauds President Obama and our Nursing Champions on Capitol Hill for securing additional funding for nursing education in the newly enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1). Of the $500 million allocated for health professions training in the final stimulus package, $300 million will be awarded to the National Health ...

NursingLink created the Would You Pass the NCLEX Quiz, Part II to test how much you know about eating right. We listened to your feedback and are providing the answers so you can learn from the quiz. h4. Don't cheat! If you haven't taken the Would You Pass the NCLEX Quiz, Part II yet, go take it first. See answers on ...

Before she underwent breast augmentation surgery last summer, Melissa Wohl said she felt self-conscious about her body - especially at the beach. "I wasn't as developed as some of my friends, who were filling out their bathing suits," said Wohl, 19, of Wantagh, who now attends Binghamton University. "I guess I felt like I didn't fit in." Wohl is among an ...

CARBONEAR, Newfoundland, Jan. 8 - A Newfoundland woman who went to a hospital complaining of kidney pain was shocked when she gave birth to a healthy baby boy soon after. Juanita Stead, 36, was at a New Year's Eve party when the pain started and escalated to the point where her husband, Terry, took her to the hospital in the eastern ...

Doctors in Oxford, England, say they kept a woman's body alive for two days after her death to allow her to give birth. The Daily Mail said Monday despite the fact professional ice skater Jayne Soliman was declared brain dead last week, doctors were able to keep her body alive long enough to deliver her unborn child via Cesarean section. David ...

How eager are Memphis-area hospitals to find nurses? A $5,000 signing bonus awaits people who qualify for some specialized nursing jobs at Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, said Marilyn Kerkhoff, the hospital's interim chief nurse. And to keep up with local competitors, the government bumped up pay earlier this year for all Memphis VA nurses. Now, a nurse with a two-year ...

The woman expecting to become Britain's oldest mother tried to have a child through IVF around five years ago, a friend said yesterday. Elizabeth Adeney, 66, was left 'emotionally exhausted' by the process and considered giving up. But she persevered after seeking advice and is now expecting her child - understood to be a son - weeks before her 67th birthday. ...

Most canker sores are round or oval with a white or yellow center and a red border. They form inside your mouth - on or under your tongue (soft palate), inside your cheeks or lips, and at the base of your gums. You might notice a tingling or burning sensation a day or two before the sores actually appear. There are ...

Joy O'Shea Woomer, a licensed practical nurse, will stand trial on a charge that she administered a lethal dose of morphine to an 11-year-old East Hempfield Township boy more than six years ago. But no one knows how much morphine was in the boy's body or whether other drugs found in the body also may have been at toxic levels. The ...