I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare, and are often in the best place to be able to see the whole pathway of care.
The other was the best recovered in his condition; and being now pretty well, was appointed nurse to the rest of the sick. Next to oranges, I thought the cyder had the best effects.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
Communities in every corner of America struggle to fill nursing vacancies to provide care for everyone who needs it.
Studies have indicated there is a strong correlation between the shortages of nurses and morbidity and mortality rates in our hospitals.
The basic structure of proteins is quite simple: they are formed by hooking together in a chain discrete subunits called amino acids.
I'm pretty earthy; I nursed forever because I liked it and my kids liked it, but at the same time I'm very laissez-faire about stuff like bedtimes and food.
Traditional nursing facilities are sterile institutions rather than homes - which is why many Americans do not want to live in one or want this as their only option for themselves or their family members.
I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.
Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases.
A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.
A virus is not just DNA; a virus is also packaged up, covered over with a series of proteins in a nice, elegant, well-compacted form.
This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.
Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.
Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.
Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.
I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men.
Part of the redesign of FEMA is that they have so many people on standby, whether it is a retired nurse or a doctor who will take time off to go exactly where they are needed.
