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holidays and health

On Health and the Holidays

I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought it was…
Junk food

A betrayal of patients’ trust

Let’s call him Tim. With a sour face, Tim arrives at the nurse’s office in the elementary school and silently walks to the cabinet…
Placebo or nocebo

Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its current usage,…
generative AI

A Quest to Human-centered AI

Generative AI is a hot topic in healthcare right now. There are a lot of questions about its use and how we can most…
Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1954. She celebrated her 90th birthday this year.

Mrs. Bunge or The Curious Nurse

If not for Mrs. Bunge I would not be a nurse today. Patricia Bunge graduated from Toledo Hospital School of Nursing in 1954.
Health literacy varies by patient

Being Sharp in Health Literacy

In 2008, I was working as a per diem staff nurse in a medical-surgical unit at what was then called New York Downtown Hospital.…
A benevolent Nurse comforting another nurse

On leaving and loving nursing

The nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence Nightingale and…
good morning

Good Morning!

Have you ever found yourself startled when someone says “Good morning” as you pass in a hallway or on a sidewalk? After the deer-in-headlights…
holidays and health

On Health and the Holidays

I first learned about Christmas disease while preparing for a presentation on lab values many years ago. At first glance, I thought…
Junk food

A betrayal of patients’ trust

Let’s call him Tim. With a sour face, Tim arrives at the nurse’s office in the elementary school and silently walks to…
Placebo or nocebo

Placebo, nocebo, and nursing care

The term “placebo” entered the English medical lexicon from the Latin word “placeo,” which means “I please” or “I shall please.” Its…
A benevolent Nurse comforting another nurse

On leaving and loving nursing

The nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence…
good morning

Good Morning!

Have you ever found yourself startled when someone says “Good morning” as you pass in a hallway or on a sidewalk? After…

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When used for laboring patients, nitrous oxide (N2O) provides the same pain relief as an epidural.

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