Posts Tagged ‘health and wellness’
Use Technology to Find a Work-Life Balance
As a startup entrepreneur, you might be overwhelmed with the numerous tasks set before you each day. 24 hours is not enough to get things done. Just going from one task to another leaves you drained and this results to you neglecting your family and your own health. Try to take it one day at…
Read MoreCombining Health Care & Social Media
Facebook and Twitter have infiltrated nearly every aspect of our lives. Why should we be surprised to learn that social media is now influencing the health care system too? The connection between health organizations and patients is quickly evolving into a technical relationship. Join While they may have been reluctant at first, hospitals have since…
Read MoreRead Back and Verified: Nurse Helps save kids after pool accident, Non-profit Hospital CEOs salary, the myth of compassion fatigue, and more
Here’s another read back and verified at Innovative Nurse to quench your thirst for all of that great content out there. Welcome to our latest editions this week. We want you to stay well informed whether you seek information on business, technology, education, career advice, or various other resources to help with your nursing practice.…
Read MoreYou talkin’ to me?
I’m sure we’ve all had those Robert De Niro moments where life, the system, the “whatever” has brought us to a breaking point where we just feel like pushing back a bit, although my disclaimer here is that I’m in no way advising anyone to step off the deep end and have the “Taxi Driver”…
Read MoreGive patients more control over diabetes with mobile apps
By Genevieve Coates As the daughter of a diabetes nurse, I hear this all the time: I forgot to take my insulin… I don’t record my blood sugar numbers because I don’t have the time… I don’t count carbs because I don’t have the information. The list goes on. As a Type 1 diabetic myself,…
Read MoreSix Degrees of Kevin Ross
My wife brought to my attention an article in Parents® Magazine about choice careers that our kids will be vying for in the near future. I may be biased here, but the predictions that healthcare will remain in the top ten fastest areas for job growth seems like a pretty safe bet. So as per…
Read MoreRevolutionizing medical practice through technology
Will healthcare providers be able to diagnose without physically examining a patient? This question may have sounded ridiculous a few years ago, however, today many of them are depending more on technology to fine tune their profession. It appears that technology is emerging as the only recourse to be exact, especially in the field of medicine where human…
Read MoreThe Impact of Work Related Pain Disorders
As healthcare professionals we’re often telling our patients to use proper body mechanics and to continuously evaluate their surroundings to avoid injury or some other catastrophic event both personally and professionally. What practices are we implementing as clinicians? What safeguards to we have in place to insure our safety at work. When I was in the clinical…
Read MoreHaute couture just helps you feel better.
Let me first start this post by thanking all of you who follow the community here at Innovative Nurse. To those who reach out via all of the platforms I frequent, I do pay attention. One new follower(s) on Twitter, @annieandisabel really got my attention this past week. I’m often intrigued by what other nurse entrepreneurs are doing…
Read More5 Reasons Healthcare Might Improve Under Obamacare
Ever since Obamacare was passed as federal law, there has been a bit of controversy brewing everywhere from Facebook to Forbes Magazine. Some people feel outraged in the way that the bill was passed while others are perfectly content with the enactment of the new provisions. For the person who is a bit skeptical about…
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