Dana Rutledge Phd, RN receives ONS "Ellyn Bushkin Friend of the Foundation Award"

Our very own Dana Rutledge, PhD, RN, Nursing Research Facilitator at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, recently received the prestigious "Ellyn Bushkin Friend of the Foundation Award" from the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation. The ONS Foundation reports that the purpose of the award is to recognize individuals who have provided continuous support to the mission of the ONS Foundation. Nominations are not accepted for this award; rather, the ONS Foundation Board selects the recipient. "The nominee must have demonstrated support of the ONS Foundation by making major financial contributions, coordinating significant fund-raising events, or promoting/enhancing the image of the ONS Foundation". The award is named in the memory of Ellyn Bushkin, an oncology nurse and a past president of the ONS Foundation.

Congratulations Dana!! You are so modest that we had to hear of this award second hand. Hope you don't mind our public congratulations!!

It's coming! Nurses Week 2007

The theme for "Nurses Week 2007" has been announced by the American Nurses Association: "Nursing: a Profession and a Passion". Nurses Week is going to be celebrated from May 6 (Nurses Day) through May 12 (Florence Nightingale's birth). You can see all the details here.

Julie's picks from the Nursing Literature Feb 2007

These recent articles in the nursing literature made my list of "picks" as being especially interesting from an EBN point of view. Articles with an ** should be available at Burlew Medical Library, either electronically or in print.

1. Tannery, Nancy Hrinya, Wessel, Charles B, Epstein, Barbara A, Gadd, Cynthia S. Hospital nurses' use of knowledge-based information resources. Nursing Outlook 2007 55:15-19 2007 Jan-Feb **

2. Barron, J, Petrilli F, Strath, L, McCaffrey R. Sucessful interventions for smoking cessation in pregnancy. MCN:The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 32(1):42-9 2007 Jan-Feb **

3. Hook, ML, Winchel S. Fall-related injuries in acute care: reducing the risk of harm MEDSURG Nursing 2006 Dec 15(6):370-7, 381 **

4. Mathieson, C, Tavianini, HD, Palladino K. Best practices in stroke rapid response: a case study. MEDSURG Nursing 2006 Dec 15(6):364-9 **

5. Gaskamp C, Sutter, R, Meraviglia M. Evidence-based guideline: promoting spirituality in the older adult. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 2006 Nov; 32)11):8-13 **

6. Goldhill DR, Imhoff M, McLean B, Waldmann C. Rotational bed therapy to prevent and treat respiratory complications: a review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Critical Care 2007 Jan 16(1):50-62 **

7. Cason, CL, Tyner, T, Saunders, S, Broome, L. Nurses' implementation of guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. American Journal of Critical Care 2007 Jan 16(1):28-38 **

8. Tolentino-Delosreyes AF, Ruppert, SD, Shiao SPK. Evidence-based practice: use of the ventilator bundle to to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. American Journal of Critical Care 2007 Jan 16(1):20-7 **

9. Hermans, MH. Wound wise. Silver-containing dressings and the need for evidence: before choosing a specific dressing, take a look at the literature. American Journal of Nursing 2006 Dec 106(12):60-9 **

10. Low, LK, Miller, J. A clinical evaluation of evidence-based maternity care using the Optimality Index JOGNN 2006 Nov Dec 35(6):786-93 **

11. Murphy PA, Fullerton, JT. Development of the Optimality Index as a new approach to evaluating outcomes of maternity care JOGNN 2006 Nov-Dec 35(6):770-8 **

12. Mercer, RT, Walker, LO. A review of nursing interventions to foster becoming a mother. JOGNN 2006 Sep-Oct 35(5):568-82 **

13. Ahlqvist M, Bogren A, Hagman S, Nazar I, Nilsson K, Nordin K, Valfridsson BS, Soderlund M, Nordstrom G. Handling of peripheral intravenous cannulae: effects of evidence-based clinical guidelines. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2006 Nov 15(11):1354-61 **

14. Kleinpell, RM, Graves BT, Ackerman MH. Incidence, pathogenesis, and management of sepsis: an overview. AACN Advanced Critical Care 2006 Oct-Dec 17(4):385-93 **

15. Harrington L, Hoffman E, Allard PM, Adams BJ, Hamilton P, Wright K, Cargo V. Nursing research dashboard: a tool for managing your nursing research program Nurse Leader 2006 Oct 4(5):54-7

16. Zitella LJ, Friese CR, Hauser J, Gobel BH, Woolery M, O'Leary C, Andrews FA. Putting evidence into practice: prevention of infection. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing 2006 De4c 10(6):739-50, 781-3 **

17. Numata Y, Schulzer M, Van der Wal R, Globerman H, Semenluk P, Balka E, FitzGerald JM. Nurse staffing levels and hospital mortality in critical care settings: literature review and meta-analysis Journal of Advanced Nursing 2006 Aug 55(4):435-48

18. Funfgeld-Connett D. Meta-analysis of presence in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2006 Sep 55(6):708-14

Americus, Georgia: Another Tornado Disaster

The devastation is incredible. My husband went to Americus, Georgia with a group from our church today. For those of you who don't already know, Americus was devastated by the same system of tornadoes that hit Enterprise, Alabama. Around 17 tornadoes hit Americus and wiped out the hospital, several large businesses and hundreds of homes.

I have heard that as many as 8 people were killed in Americus, but I don't know for sure.

The crew said the pictures just don't do the magnitude of the destruction justice. The first picture is a picture of the first house my husband and his group worked on. The owners of the home were elderly. One of the problems with their situation is that they were told insurance will not pay for their yard to be cleaned. Not even if trees are completely blocking the entrance.

The man in the picture below is 74 years old. My husband said he worked harder than anyone and didn't slow up all day.

Below is a picture of my brother-in-law chainsawing away. He loves to use his chainsaw and I am told he is really good at it.

The crew at the end of the day. My husband is the one at the end on the right.

This is the first house after the crew had finished.

These elderly ladies live in the first house the crew cleaned. Smiling faces after the clean-up.

My husband said when they first rolled into town there were Army helicopters flying all over the place. He found out later that most of the helicopters were securing the air for President Bush and other dignitaries to view the destruction from the air. Later that day he was crossing one of the major streets on foot when he overheard one of the police radios say President Bush would soon be coming down the street. He asked the officer if he could stay there to take a picture of the entourage when it came by. The officer okayed it with the Secret Service, so the pictures of the black SUV's are of President Bush's entourage.

While the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play

I agreed to work the night shift Friday night leaving my husband, two sons and two daughters to fend for themselves. Not something I particularly enjoy doing, but the hospital was short staffed and I am a sucker for hard luck situations. So what did my family do while I was working all night? They went camping. At least the boys did.

Friday afternoon could not have been more perfect. Warm enough for shorts and a t-shirt, but too cold for the gnats and mosquitos to make being outdoors unpleasant. While I was getting into the car to go to work, my husband was packing up the tent and sleeping bags to take the boys to a lake just south of Tallahassee with some friends. Can you say jealous? On my way out I told them to "have fun" but secretly hoped it would pour down raining on them. Just kidding boys. They did have fun.

Check out some of the pictures from their trip. Apparently someone brought one of those paddle boats with them. The boys are crashing into one of our friend's boats in this picture. They ended up soaked.

The only solace I have since I missed the camping trip is that we are planning a trip to St. George Island, Florida in the next few weeks. The island sits off the panhandle of Florida and is accessed by a long bridge. Fishing, laying out, swimming. It should be great. I love the beach. Yeah!!!

3 main reasons to choose travel nursing

1- If you are a nurse and you like to travel and try different things, you may want to consider travel nursing as an excellent opportunity to see new exiting places and meet new people.

2- The traveling nurses make anywhere between 10-15% more than the staff nurse with bonuses and incentives added to their benefits.

3- Many travel nursing jobs agencies offer positions that last thirteen weeks or less depending on the case. If you don't like the job, you just have to work there for 3 months or, if it is too bad, you just need to request a replacement.

Nursing Job On The Net

You now, at this time is not easy to find the Job especially for a Nurse. So many company and other agency are offer to you to help to find job as your qualifications.

Event like that, still they need more nursing skill and hospital experience from your self who has basic as a Nurse, also some of them looking for the best international languede such as english.

Job for Nurse on the Internet will help you guide to find the job. see more all of them bellow :