Healthy eating, physical activity, and insulin injections are the basic therapies for type 1 diabetes. The amount of insulin taken must be balanced with food intake and daily activities. Blood glucose levels must be closely monitored through frequent blood glucose testing. Source: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/default.aspx
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Here is your weekend report. This is a round-up and overview of this weeks Travel Nurse happenings with all of the weekly posts in one place for easy navigation. Don’t forget, if you have questions or comments or material that you would like to see covered on Gypsy Nurse, let me know in the comments below. I hope you have enjoyed the content this week. Don’t forget to follow me via Facebook or Twitter (or both) to get the most recent content as it’s posted. Have a great weekend and I’ll be back on Monday. Gypsy Nurse Halloween in Salem Mass Weekly Nursing Vital Signs: What’s new and happening in the News Veterans Day: She’s in the Navy now! Embarking on a Health Journey: Connections Made on the Road Meet Cast Member Fernando of MTV’s “Scrubbing In” Travel Nurse Interview: Lori Mercer Destination Report: St Clare Hospital Baraboo, WI Check out the Staffing Agency Submissions in the Directory Have you worked for any of the companies listed? If so, please fill out a review! If you would like to see your company listed in the directory, send them the submission link. I hope you’ve enjoyed this weeks edition of Travel Nursing Happenings. Stay tuned next week for additional great content! Have a great weekend.
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This hospital is amazing! I would return every summer! It is the hospital that serves the Wisconsin Dells. EPIC charting, amazing group of Doctors and Mid Levels.
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Gestational diabetes occurs more frequently in African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, American Indians, and people with a family history of diabetes than in other groups. Obesity is also associated with higher risk. Women who have had gestational diabetes have a 35% to 60% chance of developing diabetes in the next 10–20 years. Source: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/default.aspx
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ANA’s Home Health Nursing Scope and Standards Revision Workgroup seeks public comment on the draft document Home Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice available at this link. Please focus your review on the content and clarity of this professional document. Download draft document (also located at the link) and submit your comments and recommendations via the online form by 5:00 pm ET on Dec. 11. Contributions from RNs, APRNs, nursing students, patients, families, caregivers and other stakeholders are most welcome so please share this announcement with others. For technical questions, please contact npp@ana.org. ANA appreciates your time and review of this important document.
Find someone to do things with while on assignment. So far I have not been able to find anyone to do things with. If you don’t mind exploring on your own then you are golden. I myself like to have someone to talk to while exploring. Do as much as possible and enjoy where you are at even if the hospital is not the most pleasant. Trip advisor will tell you the most popular things to do in your area.
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On Wed., Nov. 13, Minnesota legislators convened a joint committee on Health and Human Services to review process of the Minnesota Board of Nursing regarding licensure and discipline of nursing professionals. MNA submitted written testimony reflecting the organization’s position on the issue.
Senator Kathy Sheran
Representative Tina Liebling
75 Rev Martin Luther King Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55115
Written statement to the Joint Committee on Health and Human Services
November 12, 2013
The Minnesota Nurses Association respects the purpose of this Joint Committee hearing to review licensing and disciplinary processes of Minnesota’s Board of Nursing.
Our organization was founded in 1905 on the mission to protect the public by assuring it that a registered nurse met proper standards of professional practice. 108 years later, we remain dedicated to that principle.
As MNA represents nearly 20,000 registered nurses practicing in the state of Minnesota, we also fundamentally recognize the fallibilities that are bound to arise in a diverse population.
The situation exposed by recent news features regarding illicit behavior by nurses and follow-up discipline by the Board of Nursing is undoubtedly devastating to patients and families. And even though statistics prove these circumstances represent less than 1 percent of the millions of patient-nurse engagements occurring every year in a variety of health care settings in our state, we want above all to be assured of systems in place that prevent future incidences.
We should always want to advance the nursing and improve systems and processes. We urge engaging numerous parties, without singling out for blame any individual, organization, employer, agency – or profession.
We can start by asking questions, and providing honest and reflective answers.
Risk factors are less well defined for type 1 diabetes than for type 2 diabetes, but autoimmune, genetic, and environmental factors are involved in developing this type of diabetes. Source: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/DDTSTRS/default.aspx
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