Advice from Cirrus about How to Negotiate Your Travel Nurse Assignments
Friday, July 3rd, 2009 | News and Society
The VP of Cirrus Medical Staffing shares her advice on the best ways to negotiate when it comes to accepting a travel nursing assignment: "In the past, travel nurses have been able to find their next travel assignment or Travel Nursing Jobs with great ease. Due to the current economic situation, however, nurses are having more difficulty securing that 'perfect' assignment. It's sad to say, but all the perfect jobs are gone. But don't worry; there are still numerous good nursing jobs out there! C...› Continue reading
All the Different Kinds and Types of Nursing Jobs
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | News and Society
Let's take a look at the various nursing jobs and positions that are out there. The nursing jobs that are typically available are classified as registered nursing (RN), or licensed practical nursing or licensed vocational nurses (LPN/LVN), and a nursing assistant. RN's (registered nurses) are the cream of the crop as far as nurses go. They oversee the tasks that are done by the LPNs, and nursing assistants. The LPN and the LVN nurses services are to provide the basic care under the guidance of a...› Continue reading
That Golden Submarine of Health
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | Health
------------ Publishing Guidelines: You have permission to publish this article as long as the resource box is included. Please let me know of its publication by sending either a website link or a courtesy copy of your publication to mailto:Stephanie@allen-nichols.com Thank you very much. ---------------------------------------- "Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." Thomas Jefferson WE ...› Continue reading
Nursing Interventions In The Diagnosis Of Bipolar Disorder
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 | Health
Diagnosis Bipolar Disorder: "Bipolar disorder is a severe biologic illness characterized by recurrent fluctuations in mood. Typically, patients experience alternating episodes in which mood is abnormally elevated or abnormally depressed-separated by periods in which mood is relatively normal." (Lehne, 2004, p. 321) The following is a short synopsis according to the DSM-IV-TR, "Criteria for Bipolar Disorder" includes a distinct period of abnormality and persistently elevated, expansive, or irrita...› Continue reading
Cholesterol And Your Body's Health
Monday, June 29th, 2009 | Health
Just what is this matter we call cholesterol, anyway? Webster's College Dictionary, 1995 edition, states: "a sterol, abundant in animal fats, brain and nerve tissue, meat and eggs, that functions in the body as a membrane constituent and as a precursor of steroid hormones and bile acids: high levels in the blood are associated with arteriosclerosis and gallstones." That's a mouthful. But without cholesterol the body cannot make the sex hormones, adrenal hormones, and vitamin D. Excess choleste...› Continue reading
A Tale from A Travel Nurse
Sunday, June 28th, 2009 | News and Society
One of our Traveling Nurses from Cirrus Medical Staffing recently shared a story with us about one of her many adventures on the road as a traveling nurse. "After working in the Emergency Department at various locations throughout the country, you start to think you have seen it all! I thought so until I spent a night working in a region of the United States that is considered 'cowboy country'. On this particular night, a group of cowboys brought in a friend with whom they had been playing poke...› Continue reading
Dress To Impress! Find Your Sexy Halloween Costume And Shake
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 | News and Society
Everyone loves to look and feel good, right? Well, why don't you shake what your mamma gave you, and find a sexy Halloween costume that will knock the socks off of everybody! Halloween is all about letting loose and having fun, so let your wild side show this year! Go ahead and buy that Playboy bunny costume, or that tight Spiderman bodysuit! The possibilities are endless'and they're all here for you to explore! When you hear the word 'sexy' you may feel a little uneasy, but you owe it to yours...› Continue reading
FSHC is one of the leading independent nursing home providers in the UK.
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | Health
Providing health care services independently, FSHC is now one of the largest health care providers across the UK. FSHC owns over 440 health care centres and nursing homes where more than 21000 people are working satisfactorily. At Four Seasons Healthcare, you can get the services which you need and also the location about our health care or nursing home centres in the UK. FSHC consistently offers high standard services uniquely of care homes and nursing homes for the people across the UK. FSHC h...› Continue reading
One Solution to the Nursing Crisis- Help LPN's Become RN's
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Health
/p> The drastic shortage of nurses for the next decade is well documented. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that an additional 450,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) will be needed to fill the present demand through 2008. By the end of the decade, 1.7 million nurses will be needed, while less than 635,000 will be available. What to do to solve this supply and demand problem is the $1,000,000 question for the healthcare industry. How can the industry retain and replace an aging national nu...› Continue reading
Was I Dating An Alien?
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | News and Society
I'm a fairly ordinary guy, but after two weeks of dating Triffy, things just didn't seem very ordinary anymore. I had taken a girl named Barbra to a drive in movie. Not sure if they still have drive in movies anymore today, but back in the 70's they still had a few drive in movies left in California along with the left over Chariots. Barbra asked, 'would you get me some buttered pop corn and a Coke?' With a smile, I said,'sure.' I headed over to the pop corn stand and it was lust at first si...› Continue reading