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July/September 2015 - Volume 11 - Issue 3
Check out the most recent issue of the JFN full of great articles and continuing education opportunities.
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KNSD-TV
A generous grant from the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs will help researchers at UCSD investigate the potential of using microbial cells as DNA evidence at crime scenes.
The DOJ awarded more than $637,942 in grants for a two-year, five-phase research project that would help scientists answer crucial questions about the feasibility of microbe evidence.
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Citizen-Times
They live in an online world where women are objects and identities are supposed to remain anonymous.
They call themselves PUAs — Pick-Up Artists — and use tactics like the Anti-Slut Defense and the Zero Night Stand.
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By Keith Carlson
 Most everyone has caught wind of the firestorm that erupted when Joy Behar of The View denigrated nurses by mocking a heartfelt monologue performed by a contestant during the Miss America pageant. A recent MultiBriefs Exclusive by Joan Spitrey, RN, adroitly encapsulates the situation, offering a balanced assessment of the reaction to Behar's faux pas. Some nurses have leveled negativity against The View, but many others have joined a widespread movement of positivity.
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Hospitals & Health Networks
The country's seemingly chronic shortage of registered nurses is predicted to be far less serious down the road than previously forecast, according to new research.
What was expected to be a major problem for healthcare leaders will need less attention, at least for now.
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Autism Society
Police officers and other first responders may encounter or be asked to provide services to a person with autism spectrum disorder.
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Laboratory Equipment
In the small community of Salinas in the Dominican Republic, one in 90 children face a rare genetic disorder where they appear to be girls at birth, but develop a penis and testicles as they hit puberty.
Although virtually unheard of anywhere else in the world, it is so prevalent in this region that children with the disorder are simply referred to as “Guevedoces” meaning, “penis at twelve.”
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Medscape (free login required)
Imagine this scenario. You are an experienced, professional registered nurse who works the night shift in the coronary care unit. Every night, the hospital, the physicians, and everyone else depend on your acute assessment skills and your sound professional judgment to monitor very sick patients, detect the status changes that might precede deterioration, and take steps to ensure that your patients do not come to harm.
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ANA
Taking the Fatigue out of Compassion through Self-Care: If you were asked, “What brought you to or keeps you in your profession?” what words would come to mind? Many nurses and other health care providers use the words “joy,” “caring” and “compassion.” It involves having a feeling of sympathy or sorrow for others and ourselves, and having a strong desire to help, understand and transform those who suffer around us.
Data Makes the Difference: It seems every time we turn around these days, we need outcome data. We are asked to prove that we are making a difference in our patients’ care, that the treatments and plans are working, and are cost-effective. Most nurses today use some type of electronic documentation in caring for patients and not only evaluate the care they give but are evaluated on the care through this medium. What happens to this data?
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