Postcards of Nursing is an educational, delightful, and therapeutic art and history book, connecting worldwide nursing to the most influential and popular aspects of twentieth century culture.
Postcards of Nursing explores new territory and holds as much interest for the general public as it does for the international nursing community. No other work has depicted nursing with such scope and diversity.Postcards of Nursing book has been awarded the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award for 2004, as well as the Chief Army Nurse Corps Medal of Excellence.The book is hardbound, 9 x 12 format, with 384 pages and 640 full-color images. It is available online from www.nursepostcard.com. Michael Zwerdling can be reached by mail at P.O.
Box 235, Elfers, FL 34680.
He is available for lectures and book-related presentations.Postcards of Nursing: A Worldwide Tributeby Michael Zwerdling, R.N.Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2004..
Nursing Scholarships
Nursing is a field in great demand. With growing needs, the health services and other agencies require highly qualified and trained nurses each year. But whether you are studying to be a nurse or qualifying yourself further, funding is a great challenge.
What you need to do is get your facts right and find out what your options are. The first option is to approach FAFSA at the institution where you want to study or are already studying. This is on a first-come first-served basis, so be sure to complete the formalities early.
Do your research well but keep your eyes open for scams.
Look up the federal trade commission warnings about scholarship scams. Remember to contact your local nursing association, the state boards of nursing, and the American Nurses Association at http://www.ana.org/.
They have tons of guidance as well as information on nursing grants and scholarships. Another valuable online search is http://www.nursewebsearch.com/nursing_scholarships.htm...
Six Things Everyone Should Know About Nursing Homes
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May 9, 2005 ? In celebration of National Nursing Homes Week (May 8-14), the staffs at MyZiva.com, a comprehensive resource providing a wide variety of online educational and management tools, and MyZiva.net (www.MyZiva.net), a complete reference guide for consumers, have developed a list of "Six Things Everyone Should Know About Nursing Homes." Six Things Everyone Should Know About Nursing Homes1. It's all about change. Nursing homes are undergoing a staggering number of changes designed to improve the quality of care and resident life and to make nursing homes feel more like a home, and less like a hospital.
2. Meeting residents' needs is job ONE.
Today's nursing homes recognize the importance of person-centered or resident-centric care. 3. It's not your grandmother's nursing home any longer. Traditional nursing homes for older residents also provide care for younger adults, for rehabilitative...
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Bible Correspondence Courses
Reading the Bible can be mystifying and difficult to get started. Bible correspondence courses are designed to lead students through the Bible. Anyone can undertake a free Bible study course in the comfort of his or her home. The only details required for enrolment are the student's name and email address.
The courses consist of a series of lessons that begin with Bible survey lessons.
Using these initial Bible lessons as a base, the course unfolds God's plan of salvation for sinners. When students finish the entire series, they would know whether God considers them to be guilty of sin. If they realize that He does, they could embark on their future course of action to receive His pardon.
Several institutions offer free Bible correspondence courses. "Truth for the World" is run by the Churches of Christ.
All students are assigned a teacher who works with them as they progress through the curriculum. Once students have finished all of the courses,...
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Capella University PhD Student Helps Develop Program That Transitions Hispanic Teens Into Nursing Careers
Minneapolis (ContentDesk) October 19, 2005 -- A recently graduated PhD student at Capella University has developed a unique program that assists ethnically diverse and disadvantaged high school students transition into college nursing programs and eventually receive licensure as registered nurses.The program is called Pathways Into Nursing, an initiative of Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida. Diane Reed, a retention specialist at Valencia and a PhD student in Capella Universitys School of Business, developed the program with Dr. Linda Speranza in 2001. The mission of Pathways Into Nursing is to address the nursing shortage by helping disadvantaged students and students of color, particularly those who are Hispanic, become nurses. The students receive personal and academic counseling and individualized instruction in areas where they are having difficulty, and work with peer tutors and mentors.
The program typically begins working with students when they are in 10th...
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Do you go through affiliate programs like most people go through pairs of socks? Many Internet marketers do. In fact, 97% of all Internet marketers never make a single cent advertising opportunities on the Internet. They jump from one opportunity to the next and never see results. If you want to break free from this cycle of failure-- if you want to earn a living off of your Internet ventures--continue reading. I will tell you exactly how you can earn money from any legitimate affiliate program.In...
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Dog Lover Gift
There are a lot of dog lovers out there in the world who really love their dogs as members of their families ? some as much as their kids. I have known many people who celebrate their dog's birthdays with as great joy and fanfare as others do their children's. There is nothing wrong in that. It is actually heart touching to see such love and bond between man and animal. But there is one big problem in these types of situations.
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MyNuMo.com Brings Mobile Publishing to MySpace Members
Los Angeles, CA (ContentDesk) July 8, 2006 -- MyNuMo LLC has released the NUMOMATIC, enabling MySpace members and bloggers everywhere to sell mobile content directly from their own MySpace and Blog pages. "MyNuMos goal is to empower mySpace members and bloggers everywhere to tap into the multi-billion dollar mobile market," said William Volk, CEO of myNuMo. With NUMOMATIC creative artists can sell their content to Mobile users from their own web pags. Personally I think theres a lot of...
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What is Permanent Life Insurance?
Unlike term life insurance, permanent insurance policies such as universal life, variable universal life and whole life provide long-term financial protection. This type of insurance will cover you for the duration of your life and continued on time premium payments. Permanent policies provide you with not only a death benefit but in some situations a cash savings. It is because of these extra perks that permanent life insurance tends to be more expensive than term life.Some features of permanent...
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