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(TOPEKA) - A nurse at Salina was convicted this past year of stealing morphine from a nursing facility where she worked. Melanie Morrison, 25 years of age, pleaded guilty and admitted that she had previously been fired from another medical center for stealing Percocet. (SOURCE: http://cjonline.com/news/2011-11-28/salina-nurse-pleads-guilty-stealing-morphine)

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The first week of the Diagnostic Champions’ Challenge has now begun on our partner site ConsultantLive –…

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…I have been really struggling with trying to do it all, and do it all well.  And then I read a fantastic article on SparkPeople.com that reminded me that at times in our lives one thing or another may have center stage, but that is ok.  We are not meant to do it all at once, all at the same time.  Phew!…

…I really have been focusing on shopping, preparing, and cooking…

November 11, 2011 (Washington, DC) — Nurse-led chronic disease management clinics, set up in impoverished urban settings, can result in significant improvements in the management of diabetes and hypertension at a fraction of the cost of conventional healthcare, according to research presented here at the American Public Health Association 139th Annual Meeting.

SOURCE: Medscape News

Please visit Medscape for more on this great article -…

From across all the hospitals in the country, nursing station to nursing station, nurses have been checking out this video... what do you think about it?



Whether you think this Friday Friday video is annoying, funny, genius, here it is

Here is a picture of Rebecca Black and a video link below.…

As nurses, we tend to put others needs ahead of our own, often at the expense of our health.  I know,I did for years- working crazy hours/shifts, taking care of my family, and never finding the time for me.  As the years went by, the pounds piled on.  I found myself 25 pounds overweight, tired, cranky, and resigned to being a frumpy nurse and mom.

A dear friend of mine gave me the gift of health-3  years ago, I lost those 25 pounds by learning to eat right, exercise and most…

I got a problem. back in 2006 I decide after getting my CNA I want to keep going with my school in got my LPN, now back in my 19 years of age I got into really bad troubler with the law I got a felony in three misdemeanors mixing with the wrong groups,So I got a lawyer to get my felony seal Thurs the state I tough I was clear in could get a job so I got back into school for my R.N. in now Into my first years of schooling . I got two kids in a husband.I start looking for job with my CNA in…