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- Intentional Poisoning in Domestic Violence Cases
- Elder Abuse Screening in the Emergency Department
- What does "Addicted" Really Mean?
- "Y" Change? Implications of Touch DNA and Y-STR DNA Analysis Methods
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INDUSTRY NEWS |
The Huffington Post
It’s been nearly three years since my last nursing shift in the ER, yet I still think of myself as a nurse. Being a nurse is a bit like being Catholic. Once a nurse, always a nurse, even if you’re no longer practicing. I guess that makes sense. I was only twenty when I joined the profession and it’s been a huge part of my life ever since.
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CNN
The four teens kick back and talk openly with their mentor. They discuss job opportunities, the need for support and the possibility of a trip out of state.
They're relaxing in the lobby of a city agency, one outfitted with a couch and wing chairs to make it feel homey. Anything to provide relief from the hard streets of Richmond, California, once known as one of the most violent cities in America.
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Business Insider
The United States Senate finally found something they can agree on: the guarantee of basic rights for sexual assault survivors.
Recently, the Senate unanimously voted in favor of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act, Refinery29 reported.
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Chicago Tribune
As an emergency-room nurse in southwest Wisconsin, I sometimes received patients who had been sexually assaulted — and I was expected to help conduct an exam to collect and preserve DNA evidence, though I didn’t have the appropriate training. I would try to make sense out of the rape kit: a cardboard box packed with numerous envelopes holding a mess of long-handled swabs and slides.
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By Keith Carlson
 Healthcare and nursing are built upon communication. Whether collaborating on patient care, research or education, we use communication in the course of our work. Words are the scaffolding of our work relationships, and they determine the success of our verbal intercourse with our colleagues. Nursing leaders can use words to inspire and empower their direct reports. Alternatively, leaders can also instill fear, anxiety, dread and other negative emotions in their subordinates.
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Equal Times
On a Sunday evening in December 2012, a 23-year-old medical student was returning from the cinema with a male friend, when they were attacked on a bus by a group of men. She was raped several times and later died, while her friend was beaten with an iron rod.
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NBC News
Two Democratic senators could be gearing up for an ideological rematch on the best ways to curb sexual assaults in the U.S. military.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said Tuesday she will reintroduce a bill that would remove the decision of whether to prosecute military sexual assaults from the military chain of command — a legislative effort which failed to move forward in 2014 after being opposed by the Pentagon.
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Healio
Sitting at the bedside of patients with cancer improved patient–nurse communication, according to the results of a study presented at the Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress. Patients’ experiences, including their interactions with nurses, can lead to improvements in Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. Thus, nurses can have a direct impact on medical reimbursement, according to Lyn Zehner, MN, RN, AOCN, AOCNS, oncology nurse at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and colleagues.
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By Scott E. Rupp
 Just the facts, please. And the facts show those organizations that have ripped and replaced their electronic health records have gained little in the way of productivity or satisfaction for doing so. Thus says a new report from Florida-based research firm Black Book. The firm paints a picture using reviews compiled since the EHR replacement frenzy went into fifth gear around 2013, comparing comments from then to current 2016 feedback.
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