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CONTINUING EDUCATION 514C The purpose of this program is to educate nurses about changes in the healthcare industry, to discuss skills nurses can learn to in?uence change, and to challenge every
be predicted by looking at demograph- ics, technology, and other societal forc- es. Demographic trends in the United States clearly point to an increasing number of older people needing care and
CONTINUING EDUCATION 514C many nurses need help. In an inter- disciplinary group, nurses, who often have the most relevant information, are often the least verbal. To act pow- erfully, st
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Spotlight On East me Who says Eastern and Western medicine can't work in tandem? 40 July 2008
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Spotlight On surgical nurse of 15 years, working both at the Univer-
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TOO FAT? GET OFF THE COUCH WRITTEN BY KATHERINE HOBSON There's been a lot of debate over the past several years about whether you can be both ?t and fat. That is, can you be overweight but as he
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