…And now shall we have CLASS war in the USA? George Santayana said, “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” And perhaps for those who live in a nation, the majority of whose citizens are not
June’s guest, Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, looks at the trend of consistent uniform colors for nurses.In case you haven’t heard, there is a national movement underway to have hospital nurses wear a “uniform” scrub color unique to that facility. This
Yogi Berra said it. Let’s hope he’s right!
Yesterday, I received one of those chain e-mails that seem to touch on the truth and strike the funny bone
Curmudgeons’ reputation for malevolence is undeserved. They’re neither warped nor evil at heart. They don’t hate mankind—just mankind’s absurdities. What follows is a curmudgeon’s response to the various absurdities currently circulating about healthcare reform circa 2009.
Progressives are bent out of shape because the newest version of healthcare reform from the House, unveiled on Thursday, doesn’t go far enough because the public option has been watered down.
Seems like women are not really interested in whether there is a male menopause
The entire team at American Nurse Today, the official journal of the American Nurses Association, is honored to again be recognized by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE) with the receipt of three awards—gold, silver, and bronze. In
American Nurse Today, the
official journal of the American Nurses Association (ANA), today
announced that its June 2009 cover, Autism
Today, has been named “Best Cover”
by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE).
Stating that the hours residents work is “an abuse of patient
trust,” patient safety expert Lucian Leape has attacked the new limits
on first-year residents’ shifts set by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
I am sure each of us has our own opinion about insurance coverage for contraception and abortion. And as health professionals, many of us undoubtedly will be dealing on several levels with patients and the public on this issue. So perhaps, a reprise of the basic issue is in order
The Senate made history Saturday evening at 8 PM, November 21, 2009. It voted to open debate on H.R. 3590, its $848 billion healthcare reform bill.
12-hour shifts have become the norm in hospitals and most nurses love them. One can work 3 days and have 4 days off, there is one less major shift change to contend with, and patients have fewer names and faces to get acclimated to in a 24-hour period.
You’re probably aware that many hospitals (and other healthcare
facilities) across the country are not hiring new graduate nurses or are
hiring very few.
The current tragic situation regarding contaminated compounded steroid injections causing stroke and death should alert women to the danger of using mass produced compounded bioidentical hormones as a menopause therapy.
A recent New York Times article begged the question, “How old is too old for doctors to continue practicing medicine?”
Albert Einstein once said, “The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”
The inability to conceive after menopause is considered to be a major benefit to most women.
Women are either lucky or unlucky when it comes to the hallmark symptom of the menopause
Before I write another word.
June’s guest, Donna Cardillo, MA, RN looks at higher
education and whether it lures nurses away from the bedside. There is a widespread belief among nurses that once a nurse has a BSN or MSN, he or she will no longer want to work at the bedside. In other words, the degreed nurse will not want to “dirty” his
It is said that the famous English statesman Benjamin Disraeli countered his opponents’ claim that “Figures do not lie” with, “There are three kinds of lies lies, damned lies, and statistics”.
Okay, so you are angry about the shameless slicing and dicing of healthcare reform legislation–angry about the inane so-called debate and the blatant lies and fear mongering; angry about the dithering of corrupt senators and the waffling of the Obama administration; angry about the death of the public option and the inordinate influence of a few either ignorant or corrupt neo-Democratic senators and the whole Republican minority who care more for ideology than the welfare of the American people.
Not long ago I traveled a few blocks to visit my daughter. It was a warm day, the windows were open. I knocked a few times but no one answered. I opened the door to look in. There was my
This weekend radically changed the great health reform debate of 2009. With President Obama abandoning the “public plan” option, many on the left think that all that will come out of this “sound and fury” is a little more (okay,
Donna Cardillo, MA, RN writes about communication.
A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll (taken September 29 through October 1, 2009) found a majority of Americans prefer that Congress pass a Democrat-only health care bill that includes a public option over a bipartisan bill that does not.
As healthcare
providers (including physicians and advanced
practice nurses [APNs]) evaluate healthcare reform’s various payment
options,
they need to assess the impact these changes will make on who
gets paid, how they
get paid, and how much they get paid
for doing which things.
Folks, the silence is deafening. Over the last year I have covered multiple topics concerning the healthcare of women
Few things make people grouchier than change, which may well explain why so many people working in healthcare delivery today are so crabby. Just ask any patient. Change has come so fast and so furiously it literally came in one
Hegel once said,
“The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history.”
A FDA Advisory Committee voted 10 to 4 against recommending approval of paroxetine mesylate as a treatment for hot flashes.
Nancy Brent discusses the problems of poor nursing care.
Is it one of life’s little tricks that ultimately places you at the table with a beloved parent who is barely touching – or consuming – their food?
I got into my car this morning and buckled my seat belt. Why? Well, for starters, if I hadn’t buckled it, my car would have irritated me with continual binging for several minutes.
Here is a promised summary of what really can happen to the body as a result of menopause. This comes from the established scientific literature; so do not shoot the messenger
February’s guest, Donna Cardillo, MA, RN looks into
Nursing as a profession and not just a job. I recently read an article on the web where the nurse author’s stated intent was to “enlighten” future and prospective nurses to the “harsh realities” of the profession. The piece listed things like the physicality of the job, the necessity of doing shift work, and a proclamation that nursing is not a profession but just a job. Holy encephalopathy, Batman! Are we still having this conversation?
At his news conference on Wednesday, President Obama at least gave lip service to bipartisanship and compromise.
Editor’s note: At American Nurse Today, we believe every nurse can be a leader. This article is the first in what will be occasional guest blogs by Rose O. Sherman, founder of the Emerging RN Leader blog (www.emergingrnleader.com). In addition to her guest blogs, Rose will contribute articles on a regular basis to help nurses achieve their leadership potential.
About 5% of women will have their primary emotional and sexual relationship with other women.
Three and a half years ago a tremendous change occurred in my life. While at the shore, I collapsed with a massive brain hemorrhage. I went from enjoying an active life to having serious, life threatening problems. I had to
In the midst of the elections, all the hoopla, and the threats to repeal health reform, I am afraid we’ll miss something really important.
Retirement can be difficult for men and women for a number of reasons. Many believe that their self worth is directly related to their career. Then upon retirement such hobbies as golf, traveling, painting, etc. while helping to fulfill many
The combined number of pill bottles on my parents’ nightstand totaled 28 when laid end to end. That did not include any repeats – but represented the sum of all the heart
If you have ever had occasion to find yourself in the hospital for any length of time, chances are a pharmacist reviewed the medications you were taking at some point during your stay. Of course, you or your family members
What happens to men in middle age? While the Bible described life expectancy as “three score years and ten” and half of 70 years would have meant middle age starts at 35, modern life expectancy for men is longer. Middle age can be more accurately said to start at between 40 and 45
Sex does not end at menopause. Indeed, the end of the fear of pregnancy is liberating for many women.
Often referred to as the “godfather of menopause”, Wulf Utian, a reproductive endocrinologist and gynecologist, started the world’s first center dedicated to menopause research in Cape Town, South Africa, co-founded the International Menopause Society (IMS), and founded both The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS), all multidisciplinary scientific organizations.
January 1 has come and gone, and you know what that means. People are vowing to lose weight, become more organized, exercise more, be more patient, eat better, and ________ (fill in your own resolution).
For the past several month’s I have been working with Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR) and a panel of 18 research scientists, clinicians and leading medical program directors uniquely qualified to provide recommendations in the areas of menopause symptoms, Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and cancer
I recently overheard a nurse bitterly complaining about the staff on her unit being asked by their manager to address patients by name each time they enter the patient’s room and asking them, while there, if they needed anything else.
Quite some time ago, I uploaded a photograph of myself for the Johnson & Johnson’s Campaign for Nursing’s Future Mosiac.
As the world around us changes, the demographics and health care
needs of the population are evolving and costs continue to escalate out
of control. As a result, the healthcare system in the US is reinventing
itself in significant ways to meet the needs of current and future
generations.
Although it was originally proposed by the nonprofit Canadian magazine Adbusters, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is essentially leaderless.
It seems that our lawmakers have become lawbrakers
In Shakespeare’s Henry V (act III, scene I), King Henry, faced with overwhelming force, urges his soldiers forward
Sometimes you have to take charge of your health problem. For example, I was once diagnosed with a rotator cuff problem and the orthopedic surgeon wanted to operate. I decided not to have the operation. Instead, I started a series
Osteoporosis was the first genuine long-term major disease proven to be related to menopause
A few weeks ago I indicated how hormonal changes initiated different responses to menopause between women, for example, some women experience hot flashes but others don’t
Beyond hot flashes and the menopause-transition changes in the sex organs, a lot more can happen to the body
The direct relationship between failing ovarian function and an increase in bone loss and fractures was one of the earliest observations in the history of the science of endocrinology.
At the outset of describing the number one cause of death in aging women, we need to understand the terminology
How frequently do you think eye conditions are discussed during menopause-related consultations
There are a number of links between sleep, mood, and memory. Menopause has a major influence on all
As
the public option faded—and was declared dead by most—the phenomenon of
insurers pricing their policies beyond what consumers can afford took off like
a jet!
For too many years the ovaries have been considered expendable if the uterus was being removed for a medical indication (hysterectomy)
If only everything else in the body was so simple to treat as the vagina. Despite this good news, just too many women remain ignorant about the options and fail to address the subject with their clinicians
Heart disease kills more women than almost all other diseases combined. But the incidence of this killer disease can be reduced
It would appear, judging from the number of hits on my previous 2 blogs on the subject of male menopause, that there is no interest in the subject. True or false?
This is definitely a case of delayed pain—that is, the across-the-board budget cuts that took effect March
Human sexual behavior has come under the eye of medical scientists, and nowadays sex-related problems get diagnosed into specific categories.
<p>At the point, I simply do not know what to say about the budget debate – but this much is certain it’s not about money so much as it is ideology That being said, let’s wade right into the debate
My mother has been in her new home for just over a year. She was among the first residents of a brand new assisted living facility, just a stone’s throw from the “homestead” where she raised her children
About the only thing more obnoxious than politicians playing games with peoples’ lives are politicians who have nothing but contempt for the people who elected them to office
“We don’t need to tell the rest of the world that anytime people in Congress start throwing a tantrum that we’re not going to pay our bills,” Warren Buffett said on TV last week.
Here is a document I did not write. But I was a key participant in this meeting, and the message is so important, I can add little to what was stated in the press release
It was difficult to believe Congress could do more to tarnish its already sad, do-nothing reputation. But the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction
The Supreme Court today upheld key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but there are still many uncertainties for hospital executives. Two key pieces are apparent even now
Last October, I finally faced the fact that my beloved father’s life was ending. He was over 96. He had just suffered several major seizures which hospitalized and seriously incapacitated him. He had advanced malignant tumors in the brain and
The Affordable Care Act isn’t affordable for many
Politics has a way of shifting attention away from important things and focusing it on partisan wrangling
Last week I opened the discussion on menopause by addressing demographics. This week I want us to consider what an aging population means in terms of changes in housing requirements, land use, medical care, recreational facilities, rehabilitation centers, retirement, health
A firestorm in women’s health erupted on July 9th, 2002 when the NIH prematurely terminated one arm of their Women’s Health Initiative Study
In my opening blogs I have hoped that you would accept my observation that the menopause was a critical time in a women’s life cycle
The job market for nurses has shifted permanently.
In my last blog I promised to explain the impact of menopause-related hormonal changes on body organs and tissues by addressing the critical question –“What really are the true effects of menopause?”
Women ignore having their health checked around menopause at their own peril
Hot flashes and night sweats, after menstrual irregularity, are the most common symptoms of menopause, and can be the most disruptive and disabling. I call these vasomotor symptoms the symptom of theories, because despite all our efforts, we simply do
I feel like every time one of my parents is in the hospital, it becomes a training session for my siblings. Let me share our latest experience. I was visiting my mother, an 84 year old stroke victim, in her
Blue Dog Democrats are dragging their paws…And Blue Dog, Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, is leading the pack in its “in your face” opposition to Speaker Pelosi’s determination to move healthcare legislation quickly. The Blue Dogs’ clout arises from the
It is never ever pleasant in the practice of medicine to live to see a health warning you issued become fact.
Thursday
the 25th is an
important day for health reform. The President threw down a gauntlet to Congress:
Stop complaining, stop the pork, and come up with a health plan for the USA.
When someone asked Edward Everett Hale, the first chaplain of the United
States Senate, if he prayed for the Senators, he said, “No sir. I look
at the Senators and pray for the public!
Ten years ago the bottom dropped out of the use of estrogens and progestogens (EPT) for menopausal hot flashes and prevention of chronic disease
While I am anything but happy with the Senate’s healthcare reform bill (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), it certainly is better than the status quo. It would end the insurance practice of rescission, which retroactively cancels your insurance when you get sick.
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first blog from Nancy Brent. As a nurse attorney, Nancy brings a special perspective to the issues facing today’s nurses.
I can’t think of a time when so many people in health care have watched so closely what’s happening on Capital Hill in regard to healthcare services. Here’s a short rundown, with more to follow. Below are the most immediate
An often-neglected area of women’s healthcare is utero-vaginal prolapse and urinary symptoms
In her latest blog, Nancy Brent discusses the challenges of support and collaboration among nurses.
We are all different, so why should the menopause experience be the same in all women
Menopause is not a disease, nor a dramatic event leading to sudden behavioral alteration. It remains one of the most misunderstood phases in a women’s life cycle, especially because so many variants fall under the single word, menopause.
Nine justices are expected to determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in June, but their decision may well push the U.S. whither many conservatives would not go.
Dr. Wolf Utian’s Bio
Menopause is a life-changing event. It is not a disease. Nonetheless, all the available medical research confirms that menopause may be associated with specific symptoms
Quick review – hormonal changes cause a presence or absence of specific menopausal symptoms
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