Infection Detection
By Janet Anderson When staff at Howard County General Hospital noted a steady increase in the number of patients with Methicillin-resistant...
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Summer 2008
Solving the Shortage
Give nurses a voice and provide opportunities for growth By Stephanie Shapiro Illustrations by Jon Krause On those rare occasions at The...
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And the Winners Are…
At this May’s Annual Nursing Awards Program, four awards were presented to nurses at The Johns Hopkins Hospital by Karen Haller, PhD,...
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Men of the Cardiac SICU
By Mary Ellen Miller An astonishing 20 percent of the nurses on Hopkins’ Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) are male-more...
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Living With Cancer: Mind Does Matter
By Teddi Fine The connection between mind and body is not lost on researcher and Director of the Office for Teaching Excellence Anne...
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The Next Research Generation: Managing Uncertainty, Improving the Quality of Life
By Teddi Fine Nursing research has helped extend the lives of people diagnosed with cancer by promoting adoption of a team approach to...
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Family History of Colorectal Cancer May Make African Americans Less Likely to get Screened
Adapted from CANCER press release Regular colorectal cancer screening is one of the most powerful weapons in preventing colorectal cancer....
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Sticks, Stones, Cancer Treatments and Bones
By Teddi Fine Each year, as many as 2,000 children become long-term cancer survivors thanks to a powerful treatment tool: bone marrow...
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