Monthly Archives: February 2015

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  Nursing in Crisis or Conflict: From Nightingale to Today

  The professionalism and dedication of nursing began in times of war.  Florence Nightingale and her team of 35 nurses confronted a 42% mortality rate in the Crimea in the 1800s. 

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  Encore Post: 5 Steps to Optimize the Patient Experience

  Note: My energies are focused on the Middle Eastern Nurses Conference this week, so here’s an encore post that was first published in March 2014. It’s time that we move from hypothesizing

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  Should Hospice Care Be More Regulated?

  According to a recent report in the Huffington Post, regulation of hospice care in the U.S. is spotty at best, And, the risks common to hospices are not different than those in acute

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