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Concerned about your health?

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I’ve just visited a fairly new site that contains a number of Health Articles that you might be interested in reading.

The site covers a number of common and not so common diseases such as Adult onset Diabetes and Heartburn. There are also categories which contain information on injuries, abuse, skin care treatments as well as one called Finance which has an article about health insurance plans in it.

I took the time to read a number of articles and I must say, that as nurse, the information is accurate and concise. You’ll find that the site is easy to navigate and the articles are worded in such a way as to make they easy to read and understand.

If you are concerned about your health or a particular ailment that you might be suffering from it certainly couldn’t hurt to stop by this page and learn more about what ails you.





Learn more about careers in Nursing

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I wonder how many people who read my page are nurses, or have thought of becoming a nurse as a career? Even though I haven’t been able to work for a while due to my Crohns, I can tell you that I love my career choice. If you’ve been reading this page for a while you probably also know that becoming a nurse wasn’t my first career choice. It took me a while to come around to nursing. I was a make up artist first, then a Jeweller to the trade, and only when the Jewelry trade went into recession did I decide that I wanted to make a career out of helping others.

As a nurse, I can tell you that you will never come home from your shift feeling glamorous, but you will come home from your shift most of the time feeling like you’ve made a difference in someones life. Whether that feeling of accomplishment comes from making someone who’s in pain feel just a little bit better, making someone laugh, or from saving a life – you’ll know you made a difference.

If you’ve been thinking of becoming a nurse or going back to school to take some specialty courses in nursing you should take a look at the Nursing Degree Guide. You’ll find information on the site about the various types of nurses/ nursing careers from LVN/LPN, RN, specialties and advanced practice Nursing.

The Nursing Degree guide also has information regarding the various types of Nursing Degrees that are available Online and in Universities, such as Associates Degree, Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree courses. If you are interested in getting a Degree you can read up on what’s involved in the course and the specialties that you can branch out into when you achieve your degree.

I really enjoyed reading this site and getting more information on the courses available to me. I was also pleased to find that if I wanted to take more courses that there is a way for me to take them online through the University of Phoenix, Kaplan Nursing and six other Colleges and Universities that offer Online courses.

I hope that if any of my readers have ever thought of a career in nursing that they will take a look at the Nursing Degree Guide for an explanation of the types of nursing careers that are available today. There are nursing shortages all over North America. We need more nurses to join us in our work. It’s demanding, but it’s also satisfying work.

I can tell you that one of the reasons why there are long waiting times in the ER and for surgeries is because of the nursing shortage. I work in one of the busiest ER’s in Canada and while we are likely one of the best staffed units in our hospital, most days we could easily double our staff and still have people waiting to be seen.

Helping a relative find a nursing home

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I spent some time on the phone earlier today talking with one of my aunts She’s living in Texas and while she’s originally from Canada she’s been living in Texas for at least 30 years or so. Her husband is older than she is by about 15 years and he hasn’t been doing well lately.

Caring for him has started to take it’s toll on her, and together she and her husband have decide that he’ll likely be moving into a nursing home or perhaps as a couple they might move into a retirement home with on site nursing care. It’s a tough decision to have to make for your spouse, or loved one or I presume even for yourself as you get older and can’t do all the things you used to do in the past.

I told my aunt that I’d try to look up some retirement and or nursing homes in her area for her. She doesn’t have a computer and I can certainly find things fast for her. Well I found a site called the Dallas hospice. There’s a lot of information on the site, and easy guides to help you find the type of care or facility that you’re looking for. I was impressed with the site and the amount of information on it.

I wrote down all of the information that I think will work for my aunt and her husband I’m going to be calling her later today. I feel kind of sad that they are going through this and have to make some tough decisions but proud that she came to me asking for some help and that I was able to help her.

Have you gone through this with your relatives? Finding nursing care or nursing homes? It’s hard isn’t it?

My blog could be a resume

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I have a feeling that if something happens to my current job in the ER – considering that I haven’t been there for almost a year due to my Crohns – I might be able to submit my blog, or at least a select few posts in my nursing interviews. The more I talk about nursing on this blog the more I realize that I have an awful lot of great experiences behind me.

I’ve told you how I worked for a Plastic surgeon a few years ago right? I also mentioned how I set up his office from the beginning from putting together chairs, desks, setting up the computer systems and inventory systems, the safety controls, surgical equiptment, surgical supplies and even the website for the clinic.

Back then I was doing a lot of work on websites for different companies – I’d done web work for the pain clinic I’d worked in prior to my simultaneous jobs at the Plastic surgery clinic and the ER. I guess you could say I was specializing in Internet marketing for doctors. Yes, I seem to do a little bit of everything.

Heck, between the nursing jobs that I’ve had over the years, and the computer work that I’ve done creating, promoting and marketing websites for doctors, clinics, rock bands and private individuals on my days off, evenings and weekends, I suppose I could claim that I’ve had two careers running side by side all along. Which means that if I do end up looking for a new job I’ll be able to search in two very different fields won’t I? Muhahahaha

Cosmetic Nurse specialists performing proceedures

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I was just browsing through my saved links from my days as a Cosmetic surgery nurse and I visited the Albany Plastic Surgery site and I was reading that, in their satellite facility in Saratoga Springs, they have Cosmetic Nurse specialists performing some of the minimally invasive facial rejuvenation procedures such as Botox injections, Restylane, Radiesse, physician strength facial peels, laser treatments and skin rejuvenation programs.

All of the treatments that I’ve listed above were ones that the Plastic surgeon, whom I used to work for, was going to teach me.

He had even gone so far as to partner with a female doctor that did laser hair removal and laser skin treatments to handle some of his business while the clinic was still in it’s early days, and he was going to eventually get laser equipment in his facility and I would have learned how to operate it.

I keep looking back and wondering at all of the great experience I would have gained if I’d worked there just for a little while longer. *sigh*

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