Nursing - News May 21, 2012

Nurses Out To Save The Country (Science Library Pad)
When the country is suffering under relentless onslaught from Wall Street, when even the mighty and the mavericks have cowered down to the forces of the banksters, words of hope are coping from an unlikely sourse - the nurses' union.

Hotel Dieu nurses hunt for old photos (The Beaumont Enterprise)
Alma Hebert, left, and Mercedes Pierson, hold a painting of Hotel Dieu, Beaumont's first hospital and where they both attended its nursing school.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Advance)
In 1891, an Italian physician by the name of Enrique Morselli first identified "dysmorphophobia" as "the fear of having a deformity, a subjective feeling of ugliness or of a physical defect."1 Today, "dysmorphophobia" is called Body Dysmorphic Disorder , and it is defined as a somatoform disorder "characterized by extreme dissatisfaction and ... (more)

Doctors learn about cancer follow-up care (TheBostonChannel)
Doctors need to be better educated about the significant long-term side effects of chemotherapy that may affect their cancer survivor patients, according to new research published Wednesday in advance of the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology .

Doctors learn about cancer follow-up care (KSAT-TV San Antonio)
Doctors need to be better educated about the significant long-term side effects of chemotherapy that may affect their cancer survivor patients, according to new research published Wednesday in advance of the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology .

Nurses have their fingers on pulse (Shields Gazette)
The cardiology experts at South Tyneside District Hospital will be working to raise awareness and promote better understanding of heart disorders during Heart Rhythm Week.

University of Iowa part of new health collaborative (The Gazette)
Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and other hospitals across the country, including the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing project among health systems throughout the U.S. aimed at improving health care and ... (more)

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