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NURSING PROFESSION–the Most Trusted | Honesty and Ethical Standards
Since 1976 Gallup has been surveying Americans to rank professionals based on honesty and ethical standards. The nursing profession was added to the poll in 1999 and has ranked the highest in 12 out...
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Don’t be a Victim of Marketing | Sodium Lauryl Sulfate | Fragrance
Sodium laureth sulfate [SLES] is the lathering agent in soap and shampoo—it’s what makes the bubbles. Every few years “natural” soap and shampoo marketers target SLES as a caustic agent to convince...
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In Response to HOSPITALS AREN’T HOTELS | HCAHPS | Medicare
In October 2012, Medicare / Medicaid will begin withholding a portion of it’s financial reimbursement to hospitals. The withheld reimbursement will be returned based on the results of a standardized...
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Sex in the City Meets Nurse Gail | Antibiotic Resistant Chlamydia
Not only am I a nurse in New York City, I am also a single woman. I recently met a handsome, elegant, and charming man whom any woman would be drawn to. We went on several dates and something was...
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Lack of Education among NYC Nurses | BSN in 10 | Magnet Nursing
Most people are shocked to learn that there are minimal educational requirements for registered nurses. While most staff nurses have an associate’s degree from a community college, less than one third...
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Girl Talk with Nurse Gail | HPV and Pap Guidelines | Cervical Cancer
No longer does an annual gynecological appointment require a Pap test or an HPV screening. At my recent appointment, in lieu of a physical exam, I spent my time asking about the new guidelines and...
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Internationally Educated Nurses | New York City | Foreign Trained
Most people don’t realize that American educated nurses are the minority among Manhattan’s hospital bedside staff. In the 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses [NSSRN] half of all...
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Leaving Against Medical Advice | Hospital Bill | KevinMD
My second favorite blog site for health and medical perspectives is KevinMD.com. Doctor Kevin Pho features guest bloggers who discuss behind-the-scenes medical information from a physician’s point of...
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Circumcision–A new perspective | Elders at Risk for Infection
I witness many conversations, both professionally and socially, regarding infant circumcision. In all of the discussions, no one mentions how circumcision, or the lack of, impacts a man when he has...
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Patients and Doctors Benefit from a Nurse Patient Advocate
This month a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine reported that only one out of seven patients is willing to voice their opinion and disagree with a doctor’s treatment plan. The...
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Focus on Food Movies | Nutrition Education
I find that few Americans continue to learn about food and nutrition once they’ve graduated from school. At some point, learning how to change diapers or buy a house or advance a career takes...
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New York City Nursing | East Coast vs. West Coast
I came to New York City as a travel nurse in 2007. A travel nurse is a temporary employee who is flown from his or her home state, housed in a corporate apartment, provided an hourly wage, and...
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NYC Nurses Don’t Get Paid to be Nice | New York | Nursing | HCAHPS
Nursing care affects a patient’s experience more than any other factor during a hospital stay and negative patient satisfaction surveys are affecting hospitals financially (see my previous post...
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Circumcision–A New Perspective Part II
In response to a previous post, “Circumcision–A New Perspective” a reader writes: “Glad you gave your patient tender care. But I do think that this case points more what is lacking in the system...
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Tweet to Teach | Social Media | Nursing | Twitter
Initially I began using Twitter as a professional networking medium and I shared links to my favorite health related articles, news clips, and educational videos. By posting useful links to current...
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New York City Nurses Make Less than You Think | NYC Cost of Living
Scrubs is a nursing magazine with an on-line blog which recently posted the “Top U.S. States to be a Nurse in 2012” by Linda Lampert. Linda, using salary data from a 2012 staff survey published by...
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Nurse Gail is Blogging Strong | WSJ Health Blog not so much
NurseGail.com got more hits today than the Wall Street Journal Health blog, the New York Times Prescriptions blog and the USA Today Healthy Perspective blog combined! That is, of course, because they...
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Organic Processed Food is still Processed Food | Marketing Organic Junk
Just because its organic doesn’t mean its good for you. Slapping “organic” on a box and jacking up the price is a marketing scheme which targets good people who hope to find healthier versions of...
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5 Things I Learned as a Hurricane Sandy Volunteer Nurse
View from the acute care clinic on Beach 129th Street after Hurricane Sandy in Belle Harbor, NY. I was a volunteer nurse at a grassroots urgent care clinic in Rockaway Beach during the aftermath of...
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Hurricane Sandy Volunteer Nurse | Rockaway Beach | Belle Harbor, NY
Volunteer nurse Gail Ingram and nurse Michelle Archer provide post-Hurricane Sandy care in the Rockaways. Volunteering in the Rockaways renewed my passion for nursing. I was able to help others in...
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