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A New Caregiving Role: Elected Official
by Kathy Kleerman
Maryland State Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam was—and is—a practicing RN. Her work in health care opened her eyes not only to individual patient needs, but to larger problems best addressed on a systemic level, rather than case by case. So she decided to help make those laws.
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Nurse, What Are You In It For? Reflections of a Nurse-Teacher
by Fidelindo Lim, M.A., R.N., MinorityNurse.com
When I went to nursing school, I never imagined there would come a time when I would be so privileged to give a "keynote" address.
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Health Care Quality Still Improving Slowly, but Disparities and Gaps in Access to Care Persist
by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (ahrq.gov)
Improvements in health care quality continue to progress at a slow rate - about 2.3 percent a year; however, disparities based on race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status and other factors persist at unacceptably high levels, according to the 2010 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report issued today by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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URI offers doctorate of nursing program
by Associated Press
The University of Rhode Island has launched a doctoral program in nursing.
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Physician assistants training to begin at MC
by ClarionLedger.com
Mississippi College President Lee Royce recalls being treated by a physician assistant when he worked in South Carolina years ago.
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People Coping With Rare Disease Are Internet Power Users
by Nancy Shute, NPR.com
When people go online searching for health information, they're often also looking for someone who's grappling with the same problem. That's especially true if they're dealing with a rare disease.
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UTHealth exec: Med schools need to boost output
by Associated Press
A health care executive says Texas medical and nursing schools need to boost their output significantly because of a growing and aging population.
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Better think positive: Pessimism can block therapy
by Associated Press
Spine surgeon Anders Cohen puts a lot of stock in patients' expectations of pain relief. He prefers to operate only on those who "grab you by the collar and say, `I can't take it anymore.'"
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