Sarasota Herald-Tribune 05/30/2013, Page A08 HEALTH / SCIENCE Study may lead to aggressive tack on hospital germs By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO — Infections in U.S. hospitals kill tens of thousands of people each year, and many institutions fight back by screening new patients…

While Rounding in the hospital this evening an ‘older’ nurse brought up an interesting point that I had not thought about, she stated that a lot of the newer nurses we have on staff, perhaps have never charted on paper their whole Nursing career, strange…

The Top Ten File: The Top 10 Things You Need To Know To Be A Nurse . Posted by kbuxman on February 2, 2012 10. If it’s wet, make it dry. 9. If it’s dry, make it wet. 8. Always ask for on-call pay before agreeing to overtime. 7….

5 Ways the Nursing Field Is Changing By Jill Elaine Hughes| March 7, 2013 Phoenix Forward: Perspectives Nurses a generation ago often had different goals than those in the profession today. “Back when I first started out in 1980, there were a lot of ‘refrigerator nurses,’ housewives…

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More hospitals try voice recognition to improve health records – USATODAY.com. If your doctor is talking to an iPad the next time you see her, she may actually be flipping through your file.

Linux Rocks! Do you have an older PC that runs slower and slower as time goes by? Or maybe Windows has crashed and is no longer working. This is the case for so many people, and too often they stop using older PCs because they…

Sarasota Memorial Hospital deploys devices for time-saving messaging, bed tracking and more… http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Regional-Articles/Features/Nurses-Use-Smartphones.aspx This is a great example of how technology can be used for improvement of patient care initiatives. I am proud to work at Sarsota Memorial Hospital and we were the first one…

Honey as a Dressing for Wounds, Burns, and Ulcers: A Brief Review of Clinical Reports and Experimental Studies I am a Back-Yard Beekeeper and am amazed at what Honey can do and thought this article really amazing.

Most Advanced Robot Ever? – Fox News Video.