People with diabetes must take responsibility for their day-to-day care, and keep blood glucose levels from going too low or too high.   Source: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/default.aspx

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Here are your weekly Vital Signs for week ending 11/8/13 By: Teresa Posthumus    November 18, 2013 What new is happening in the medical community? Below is a few of this week’s  medical headlines. The Medical community is continuously changing we live in an exciting time. Check out what’s new or this week’s flu report; see what may affect how you provide care to your patients. Have a good week Gypsies. 3D Optical Projection Tomography Imaging Detects Lung Cancer with High Sensitivity, Specificity MNT (Medical News Today) New cognitive model ‘could detect early-stage dementia’ New information out on the care of alzheimer’s at an earlier stage and new discoveries. MNT (Medical News Today) Anti-parasite drugs may treat cancer, immune diseases US researchers have discovered that by modifying a long-standing drug used to treat serious parasitic diseases like malaria, they could get it to affect human proteins in a way that looks promising for the treatment of cancer and immune-related diseases. CDC Public Health Grand Rounds Watch CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds, “Combating Resistance: Getting Smart About Antibiotics,” Learn additional knowledge about antibiotics the pro’s and con’s that go along with these medications.  Live: November 19, at 1 p.m. (EST) at   www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds. Weekly FLU Update: That sums up this weeks Nursing Vital Signs, covering the topics that have been prevalent in the Nursing and Healthcare news streams for the past week.  Please visit us again next Monday for more Weekly Nursing Vital Signs.  

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Announcement!! The Gypsy Nurse Ambassador Program has been a huge success!  I would like to thank all of our current Ambassadors for their time and dedication to helping the community stay strong and grow. Due to our community growth, we are initiating a new Ambassador In Training Program! The Gypsy Nurse Ambassador’s are charged with promoting and fostering Meet & Greets, Events, Caravan Trips, Support and other gypsy nurse activities throughout the US. The Ambassador’s in Training will pair with one of our current Ambassadors and continue to provide exciting events and activities for the Gypsy Nurse Community. Meet Your New Gypsy Nurse Ambassadors in Training! Lori Mercer, RN Lori has been a RN for 10+ years. She has always worked in Emergency Department. She reports that “I have a wonderful husband Jesse and 2 wonderful kids Clayton 17 and Samantha 14, who stay at home in Ohio while I travel.” Lori is very active with spending time with her kids doing there extracurricular activities and with the local Boy Scout Program in Ohio. She is on her second assignment as a travel RN and cannot imagine going back to a staff nurse. When asked why she wanted to be a Gypsy Nurse Ambassador, Lori states that “I hope to encourage other nurses and to make an impression on dreamers that you can travel with or without your family. I have a lot of enthusiasm and look forward to working a great bunch of Ambassadors. I love to do things, meet new […]

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It’s time for another contest. Travel Nurses – How do you celebrate the Holidays? Please submit your photo below and show us how you celebrate the holidays when working away from home as a Travel Nurse I will randomly draw a name from the submissions and the winner will receive this (or similar) bag from 31 Products (prize provided by Stacy Allender**). If you would like to be included in the contest (winner will be chosen in a random drawing), please submit a photo of your Holiday away from home. It could be a photo of your Christmas Tree, you volunteering, a sight-seeing activity, a gathering, etc. Just show us what you do when on contract to celebrate.  Submissions will be accepted until December 1st and the winner will be announced on December  7th.  SUBMIT A Photo of your ‘Gypsy Christmas’  NOW! ** If you are interested in purchasing 31 Products, please contact Stacy Allender

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