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Why Rudolph’s nose is red: observational study from the Netherlands

Researchers from the Netherlands and Norway published an observational study in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) explaining the morphology behind Rudolph’s famous red nose. They hypothesized that the extreme redness was caused by “the presence of a highly dense and rich nasal microcirculation”. In other words, Rudolph’s nose has an abundant supply of red blood cells flowing through a vast number of tiny blood vessels. Results of the study show that the hypothesis was proven. After a careful comparison with...

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Uncategorized , Updated: December 15, 2014

Pictures of Nursing: An NLM Online Exhibition

The National Library of Medicine’s, (NLM) History of Medicine Division is featuring an  online exhibit entitled “Pictures of Nursing“. Pictures of Nursing is an archival collection of 2,588 postcards acquired from Micheal Zwerdling, an American nurse and collector.  “The full collection consists of postcards with images of nurses and the nursing profession from around the world, produced between 1893 and 2011.” NLM has divided the collection into several categories: the art of nursing; nursing and respectability; picturing the gender of...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: November 19, 2014

Ebola Resources … and a book recommendation

  I had decided that I wasn’t going to blog about Ebola because frankly, I feel the media coverage has been over the top and created an unnecessary public panic. But just this morning, I received a text from my son informing me that his university had created an Ebola Task Force. Wow, ok. So, here’s me … succumbing to peer pressure. As health professionals, I am confident that you are aware of how the Ebola virus is transmitted …...

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Uncategorized , Updated: November 3, 2014

The State of Obesity

  The State of Obesity is a report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It provides annual stats on the obesity epidemic in America. When the project commenced 11 years ago, it highlighted prevention and reversal strategies. According to the latest numbers that were publicized in September 2014: 34.9% of Americans are considered obese. 68.5% are overweight or obese.   Here are a few fast facts from the 2013 report: the 10 states with...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: October 20, 2014

CINAHL Personalized Accounts

    Have you set up a personalized account in CINAHL? If not, here is a list of 5 reasons why you should: personalized accounts let you…   1. Organize you research into online folders 2. Share your folders with other group members 3. Save your searches, so you don’t need to re-construct them 4. Create email alerts for newly published articles on your research topic 5. Reach your saved references from other computers   Plus setting up an account...

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Uncategorized , , Updated: September 30, 2014

Office(less) hours @ CHP Resume

Welcome Back! I will be resuming CHP hours this term beginning Monday September 8th.  I will be holding “office” hours in the student lounge (or perhaps Rm 129, if it is not in use) on Mondays from 2:30- 4:30pm. I plan to be available at CHP most Mondays throughout the Fall and Winter terms. I will still be available on Wednesdays over at the McNichols library or by appointment during the rest of the week. Have a great term! Jill...

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Uncategorized Updated: August 28, 2014

Nursing Web Resources

The Nursing, Health Systems Management and Health Information Management library guides have a tab at the top of the page labelled Web Resources. This tab contains a variety of resources that you may find useful when completing some assignments. The resources are arranged alphabetically by topic. Under each topic is a list of recommended websites. The topics were chosen by me, based on questions I have received from students in the past. Do you need to find medical images for...

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Uncategorized , Updated: August 6, 2014

Safety of Vaccines used for Routine Immunization of US Children: Systematic Review

There has been a big controversy in the realm of primary care for the last several years after a British study linked childhood vaccines with autism. The study has since been retracted and a resulting investigation found that the study author, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, perpetrated an “elaborate fraud” and falsified data. Still parents continue to voice concerns regarding the safety of childhood immunizations and many continue to decline to vaccinate their children resulting in a resurgence of these diseases. On...

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Uncategorized Updated: July 17, 2014

Medical Mobile Apps: Lippincott’s Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN

Preparing for your NCLEX exam? Pass the time by studying while you stand in line at Starbucks or Cedar Point! Lippincott has an app for your mobile device that will create personalized NCLEX practice quizzes from approximately 1,000 exam-style questions covering 40 nursing content areas. The app allows users to bookmark questions for future study. Users can enable “reference mode” to display correct answers immediately. And, stats tracking provides feedback so users can distinguish which content areas will require more...

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Uncategorized Updated: July 2, 2014
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