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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

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

Tap Into Your Inner Pathologist with Virtual Autopsy

Virtual Autopsy is a website created by Ajay Mark Verma at the University of Leicester. It takes users through  …  a virtual autopsy. Users pick one of 18 possible cases (located on the left side of the webpage). Virtual Autopsy then gives the patient’s case history: previous history and history on admission. Users can click on the various systems of an interactive cadaver to see the results of the physical exam. The results are mostly narrative, but there is the...

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Uncategorized Updated: February 20, 2014
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