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Cautions Regarding Alternative Medical Treatment, by Pat Iyer @avoidmederrors#nurseup #nursefriendly

March 27, 2013 in Healthcare, Pat Iyer RN

Cautions Regarding Alternative Medical Treatment, by Pat Iyer @avoidmederrors#nurseup #nursefriendly:”Parents need to use good judgment when considering the use of alternative medicine and health treatments for their children. Denying the child the benefits of proven conventional medicine may be harmful. Treating children with alternative medicines can be dangerous and may even lead to death, researchers have warned.”
http://nurseup.com/wordpress/2012/04/cautions-regarding-alternative-medical-treatment-by-pat-iyer-msn-rn-lncc-avoidmedicalerrors-com/

More about Pat Iyer:

Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC, Patricia Iyer Associates, Avoid Medical Errors, LLC and Med League Support Services, Inc.:”Patricia Iyer Associates provides legal nurse consultants with the critical information they need to succeed in their roles. Avoid Medical Errors teaches the public what they need to know to stay healthy and to be informed patients and not victims of medical errors. It provides a free magazine for the public, Avoid Medical Errors Magazine. Med League Support Services, Inc. assists attorneys with the medical issues of their cases. We specialize in medical malpractice and personal injury cases, and supply expert witnesses and medical analysis in the form of timelines, chronologies and medical summaries.”
260 Route 202-31, Suite 200
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone number: 908-788-8227
E-mail Address: patriciaiyer@gmail.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/iyer

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Yoga Nursing Training Essentials, Online from Annette Tersigni, RN @Theyoganurse
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Power Strategies for Nurses Who Care from Carol Gino, RN. New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Nurses Story.”Nurses… What To Do When Helping Hurts. Watch the full Survival Guide for Nurses Who Care video and learn power strategies that will work for you.”
http://nursefriendly.com/survival/

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Andrew Lopez, RN
Nursefriendly National Directories
38 Tattersall Drive
West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriendly.com, @nursefriendly

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by Andrew

Patient Advocate, Advocacy, @NurseMentorNanc, @BethBoynton, @avoidmederrors, @hopefulhealer, @ShahinaLakhani, #nurseup, @DonnaPostRNCLNC, @ptadvocate4u

January 14, 2013 in Nurse Leaders

Patient Advocate, Advocacy, @NurseMentorNanc @BethBoynton @avoidmederrors @hopefulhealer @ShahinaLakhani @DonnaPostRNCLNC @ptadvocate4u 
http://www.nursefriendly.com/nursing/directory/nursingentrepreneurs/patient.advocates.advocacy.nursing.entrepreneurs.htm

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Nancy Banfield Johnson, MSN, RN, ANP, Nurse Mentor Nancy, @NurseMentorNanc:”On my blog and in my presentations, I give strategies to bedside nurses gain confidence, respect and prevent burnout. I published my first book 10/2012, “Catching Critical Changes, Six Essential Steps for Effective Nursing Assessment.”
10 Morton Road
Van Etten, NY 14889
Phone number: 607-215-3951
E-mail Address: nancybanfieldjohnson@yahoo.com
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurseMentorNanc
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nancybanfieldjohnson.RN.MSN.ANP
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=134020245&trk=tab_pro
Homepage Address: http://www.nancybanfieldjohnson.com/wordpress/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/banfield

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Beth Boynton, RN, MS Consulting Services:”Beth Boynton, RN, MS, Nurse Consultant & Author of award-winning book, “Confident Voices: The Nurses’ Guide to Improving Communication & Creating Positive Workplaces”. Speaker, trainer, coach, and writer specializing in teaching nurses positive communication and collaboration skills, emotional intelligence, group dynamics & leadership.
Workshops and Speaking
“Whole Systems’ work for culture change.
Facilitation of small group process work/teambuilding.
Coaching Nurse Managers & leaders
Change Agent work in preparing staff for culture change initiatives.
P.O. Box 192
Portsmouth, NH 03802-0192

E-mail Address: beth@bethboynton.com

Blogs: http://www.confidentvoices.com/

Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BethBoynton

Linkedin: Beth Boynton, RN, MS

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1458311533&ref=tn_tnmn

Homepage Address: http://www.bethboynton.com/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/boynton

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Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC, Patricia Iyer Associates, Avoid Medical Errors, LLC and Med League Support Services, Inc.:”Patricia Iyer Associates provides legal nurse consultants with the critical information they need to succeed in their roles. Avoid Medical Errors teaches the public what they need to know to stay healthy and to be informed patients and not victims of medical errors. It provides a free magazine for the public, Avoid Medical Errors Magazine. Med League Support Services, Inc. assists attorneys with the medical issues of their cases. We specialize in medical malpractice and personal injury cases, and supply expert witnesses and medical analysis in the form of timelines, chronologies and medical summaries.”
260 Route 202-31, Suite 200
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone number: 908-788-8227
E-mail Address: patriciaiyer@gmail.com
Blogs:

http://www.avoidmedicalerrors.com/

http://www.medleague.com/blog

http://patiyer.com/

Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc)

Connect with me

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/patiyer

http://www.facebook.com/PatIyer

Like our fan page at http://www.Facebook.com/PatIyerAvoidMedicalErrors

http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/iyer

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Carol Gino, RN, BS, MA, Starwater Press, aaha!Books, @hopefulhealer @cgino8 New York, Texas Nurse Authors, Nursing Publishers, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses:”Star Water Press, LTD. is a publishing company I formed in 1987 in order to publish angel books and other “alternative” titles that would have taken too long to get published (at the time) at a traditional or commercial publishing house.
I incorporated aaha!Books,LLC in 2010 when I moved to Texas to reprint my previously published books as well as other books in ebooks and other digital media. It is also the company from which I run hopefulhealer.com and starwater.com. My team works at both. aaha!books publishes books “Help for Hard Times, clear and simple-small books of big ideas” Star Water Press is for publishing books both in print and new media”
We have two addresses.
Star Water Press LTD. is in Amityville, NY, 11701
aaha! Books, LLC is in Texas
Street Address: 173 KLBJ Rd. Smithville, Texas, 78957
E-mail Address: staff@starwater.com or team@aahabooks.com
Blog: http://www.hopefulhealer.com/
URL: http://www.starwater.com/
http://hopefulhealer.com/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/gino

The Nurse’s Story by Carol Gino:”Do you still feel the passion to Help? Can you still see the miracles? or Are you exhausted by Burnout? Suffering Compassion Fatigue? National Bestseller! This book is a moving and important affirmation of courage. Of the power of Love and of tragedy redeemed by compassion. Here is a book that will shatter forever your casual assumptions about medicine, doctors, and especially about nurses.”
http://starwater.com/?aah-ha-books%2Fthe-nurses-story%2F 

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Shahina Lakhani, RN, MSN, ThroughLifeAndDeath.com, @ShahinaLakhani, Georgia Nurse Entrepreneurs:”Personal empowerment coaching for people going through major life change and serious illness. Support and coaching for caregivers and terminally ill. Personal empowerment/self help book: The forbidden love. Speaker on Personal empowerment, issues in nursing, hospice and palliative care and how to provide holistic care for the sick and the dying. Working on books on End of life care.”
3232 Westbrook Trace
Lawrenceville Georgia 30044
Social Media (Twitter, Linkedin, Facebook, etc)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShahinaLakhaniFanPage
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holistic-Hospice-And-Palliative-Care-Alliance/205338062875425
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/ShahinaLakhani

http://www.ThroughLifeAnd/ Death.com
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/lakhani

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Sharon Gauthier RN/MSN-iRNPA, Patient Advocate for You, LLC:”Our services coordinate care, educate patients and families, collaborate with your healthcare team and support your needs with a personal seasoned RN patient advocate. We do not provide hands on care and don’t replace home care agencies. We are adjunct to your support system while expanding your resources to stay well. Relieving your stress is our expertise. We are your voice helping you navigate through the system. We tell your story and make sure someone listens. We are a well respected addition to your present healthcare team by your side throughout the system you are in, evaluating, collaborating, educating and supporting you and your family.”
Sharon Gauthier RN/MSN-iRNPA
[c] Patient Advocate for You, LLC (PAFY,LLC) 
100 Pearl Street Hartford, CT 06103
ph: 860-249-7271 | fax: 866-281-5768
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Patient-Advocate-for-You-LLC/128616980502014
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonadvocate
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ptadvocate4u
http://www.ptadvocate4u.com/

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Gerry A. Kinjorski, BS, RN, CLNC, Aidant Research Nurses, Inc., Florida Nursing Entrepreneurs:”Aidant Research Nurses, Inc., is a legal nurse consulting firm that serves the patient-client and the attorney. If you have questions concerning negligence or medical-malpractice, personal injury or assault, toxic tort, worker’s comp or any medical injury you may need Aidant.”
7 So. Aurora Ave.
Clearwater, aidantresearch@aol.com http://www.nursingexperts.com/aidant/

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Lynne Ploetz, R.N., C., B.S.N., CCM, Minnesota Nursing Entrepreneurs, Care Management, Nurse Consultants, Consulting, Patient Advocacy
Adult Critical Care, Community Health, Geriatrics

http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/ploetz

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Karen Mercereau, RN, RN Patient Advocates, PLLC:”For over 7 years, we at RN Patient Advocates have worked independently with patients to assist them in finding the best healthcare and treatment outcomes possible. Do you have a medical crisis? Wonder what doctors might best help you? Have a mystery illness that no one can diagnose? Have several doctors who don’t speak to each other? Wonder what all of your medications actually do for you? Experienced clinical RNs are a treasure trove of information and, working as independent RN Patient Advocates, can stand by your side through your illness: asking the healthcare questions you don’t know how to ask, teaching you what is really going on in your body, researching and teaching you the full range of treatment options, guiding you through the maze of the healthcare system so it can best serve you.”
Karen Mercereau, RN
RN Patient Advocates, PLLC
3400 West Goret Road
P.O. Box 87968
Tucson, AZ 85754-7968
(520) 743-7008
http://patientadvocates.com/

Category: AIDS & HIV Nurses, Arizona Nurse Entrepreneurs, Arizona Nurses, Home Health, Home Care Nurses, Hospice, End of Life Care, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Nurses, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses, Patient Advocate, Advocacy 
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Donna M. Post, RN, BSN, MBA / HCM, CLNC, LNCP-C , Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, Inc., California Nurse Entrepreneurs, Legal Nurse Consultants:”Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting has over 24 years of experience clinically and administratively, in cardiac, adult and pediatric critical care, and dialysis. Our experience extends to both the inpatient and outpatient settings. MVLNC provides effective identification of practice standards, regulatory standards, adherence and/or deviations to these standards. Our background provides our clients the added benefit of understanding healthcare infrastructure, budgets, and healthcare labor issues. This extensive experience allows for identification of medical and nursing issues in any case that involves health, illness and injury. The clients we serve are attorneys, insurance companies, healthcare facilities and others. At Mid-Valley Legal Nurse Consulting, our goal is to provide our clients with cost-effective, efficient, review and analysis – providing you with winning services while critically defending your bottom-line.
2491 Alluvial #7 
Clovis, Ca 93611 
Phone: 559-294-7580 or 877-532-5676
Email: midvalleylegalnurseconsulting@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/DonnaPostRNCLNC
WordPress Blog: http://mvlnc.wordpress.com/
http://www.mvlnc.com/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/post/

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Lisa Ann Stern:”Personalized Home Health Care and Geriatric Care Management for Seniors in Palm Beach County, Florida. At Stern Nursing Services (SNS), my goal is to help clients achieve the best quality of life possible. I understand that one solution does not fit every situation so I take the time to actively listen and learn about each client’s needs and preferences. This enables me to tailor a care program that maximizes the client’s independence and dignity.”
@SternNursing Palm Beach County(561)860.0042
Small Business Owner,Nurse, Geriatric Care Manager, Guardian ad Litem, Super Star MoM. #nurse #GAL #caremanagement #alzheimers #nurse #palmbeachcounty
Stern Nursing Services, Inc. 
SternNursing@live.com | 510 Sunset Road Boynton Beach , FL , 33435 USA | Phone 5616324707 Mobile 5616324707
https://twitter.com/#!/SternNursing
http://www.sternnursingservices.com/

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Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside. 

If you explore the site a bit, you’ll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We’re available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse.

Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We’d like to hear about it!

Our Newest article is from an Arizona Nurse Entrepreneur:
Should You Incorporate Your Registry Business? By Joseph Caracci, RN:”The short answer is yes! When starting a new nurse registry business, you are entering into a legal business environment that requires you to take steps to protect your personal assets, such as your home, your savings, and your retirement. With this in mind, you need to determine which legal form you are going to take for your new registry. Some of the common choices are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership (LLP), a limited liability company (LLC), and a corporation.”
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/incorporate

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by Andrew

Maureen Sullivan RN, BSN, CEN, CDE, @MaureenSRN #Florida #Nursing #Entrepreneurs #nurseup #nursefriendly

January 5, 2013 in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Nurse Leaders

 

Maureen Sullivan RN, BSN, CEN, CDE, @MaureenSRN #Florida #Nursing #Entrepreneurs #nurseup #nursefriendly

 

 

Maureen Sullivan RN, BSN, CEN, CDE, Florida Nursing Entrepreneurs
(Welcome to our newest edition to NursingEntrepreneurs.com)

Nursefriendly Entrepreneur Registration Form
http:// www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/directory.entrepreneurs.florida.sullivan.maureen.stand.up.comedy.htm

In general, the more detailed your responses, the better.

 

Your Name, Degrees Licenses (Nursing and non-nursing degrees/licenses are fine to list): Maureen Sullivan RN, BSN, CEN, CDE

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Registered Nurse x 30 years, with a focus on ER/Trauma. I have worked in a variety of roles, including ER Manager, Stroke Program Manager, Trauma Coordinator, and Director of Education. I just published my first book (!) on my nursing career (“Never Again”). It is a compilation of stories of patients I’ve cared for during my career. All true stories!

What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing? My parents told me I had decided by age 6 that I wanted to be a nurse. I love helping people, and seeing the amazing effects that a caring and compassionate nurse can make in a person’s life.

What is your experience and background in Nursing? . My nursing career has been mostly focused on ER and Trauma. I have also worked as a Legal Consultant for lawyers. A few years ago, I shifted focus on the diabetic population, especially within the Emergency Department, and eventually obtained my CDE.

About 5 years ago, I started doing stand-up comedy, in my nursing uniform! It was well received and I now do professional/corporate stand-up comedy. This new career move has allowed me to give keynote addresses, national conference presentations, and a variety of medical fundraisers. In 2012, I began hosting a weekly internet based health and humor radio show.

“The Health and Humor Hour”, Wednesday @ 730pm EST on www.HealthInfoRadio.com

Would you recommend Nursing as a career? I highly recommend nursing as a career. I personal can’t think of any other “career” that interests me as much as nursing. Having my nursing license has given autonomy, independence, unlimited job opportunities, and a lifetime of memories.

Your Business Name (if applicable): www.MaureenSullivanRN.com

E-mail Address: Maureen@MaureenSullivanRN.com

Social Media

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaureenSRN

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maureen-sullivan/50/9b1/552

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/maureen.sullivan.1441

Type of business categories would you would like to be listed (no maximum, we make up new categories frequently for registrants): Author, Writer, Legal Nurse Consultant, Stand Up Comedian, Diabetes Education

Keywords, Phrases that describe your business, experience, services: The more you list the better. Author, Writer, Entertainer, Diabetes Education, Emergency Department, Lecturer, Educator

How did you hear about the Nursefriendly, NursingEntrepreneurs.com?: Twitter!

The year were you first licensed as a nurse? 1981 ?

What school(s) of nursing did you attend? St Mary of Nazareth Hospital School of Nursing

Professional organizations you have belonged to: Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), American Heart Association (AHA), American Diabetes Association (ADA) , American Association of Diabetic Educators (AADE)

How many times have you changed employers in your career? I have changed employers numerous times in my career. I believe that nursing, with its unlimited opportunities, offers a variety of career choices. Nurses, in my opinion, should never feel locked into a career path that no longer interest them. Nursing offers job security, and the ability to network, travel, and explore so many different areas.

What specific qualities and traits do you feel make nurses especially qualified to operate a business? Nurses all possess great organizational skills, documentation skills, as well as leadership and delegation skills. Such skills position nurses for business ownership. Nurses also are trusted by the general population, have mastered public relations, and treat the public with respect. Again, all qualities for a business to become successful!

Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: My biggest fear is that nursing will not continue to attract “the next generation”. Reports say that the current generation is seeking jobs with more autonomy, flexibility, and better pay. Nursing requires dedication, and often involves odd shifts, heavy workloads, and less than optimal pay scales. I hope and pray the profession realizes the future is now, and continues to address the issues and work on them in the interest of future healthcare.

Listen To Maureen’s Health & Humor Show on Blogtalk Radio:

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Listen to Maureen on RN FM Radio:

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See also: Maureen’s Profile on Med-Ed Seminars:” Maureen comes to MED-ED with over 25 years in emergency nursing. Previous nursing positions have included ER Nurse Manager, Trauma Coordinator, Stroke Program Manager and Director of Staff Education. She is a member of the Emergency Nurses Association and the American Association of Diabetes Educators, and is nationally certified as both a Certified Emergency Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator.
Maureen has had articles published in Nursing Spectrum, Nurse Advance, and The Journal of Emergency Care, Rescue, and Transportation. Additionally, she published her first book on her nursing career in 2012. Maureen also co-hosts a weekly internet radio show on health and humor.”
http://www.mededseminars.net/ourspeakers.php?id=439

Laugh a little, learn a lot: Nurse mixes humor into healthcare talk By Stefanie Dell’Aringa, Monday November 5, 2012, Nurse.com:”On World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14, a woman will deliver a message based on the old adage, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Maureen Sullivan, RN, BSN, CEN, CDE, a Florida-based nurse who married her love of comedy with her passion for education, will present a continuing education course on diabetes followed by her comedy show at Coconuts Comedy Club at Jack’s Joint in Clearwater. “I’m sure Michelle Obama will be calling me soon, and I’m still waiting on Oprah to call about my book,” Sullivan said, unable to refrain from jesting.” http://news.nurse.com/article/20121105/SC02/111120034

Maureen’s Profile on Pedagogy Medical:”Approximately 5 years ago, she began doing stand-up comedy and now performs for many corporate events, fundraisers, and health conferences. Her unique background enables her to deliver both entertainment and education from the stage.
In 2011, Maureen became a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) and began facilitating several diabetic support groups and giving diabetic community lectures.
In January 2012, Maureen and her spouse began a weekly internet based health radio show, The Health and Humor Hour (www.HealthInfoRadio.com).”
http://www.pedagogy-inc.com/Home/Authors/Maureen-Sullivan-Tevault.aspx

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@TheYogaNurse, Annette Tersigni, #RN, Interview, #Author & Creator of #YogaNursing by #RNFMRadio January 31, 2012, #nursefriendly

December 29, 2012 in @theyoganurse, Nurse Entrepreneurs, Nurse Leaders

@TheYogaNurse, Annette Tersigni, #RN, Interview, #Author & Creator of #YogaNursing by #RNFMRadio January 31, 2012, #nursefriendly
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rnfmradio/2012/01/31/guest-annette-tersigni-author-creator-of-yoganursing

New! Yoga Nursing Training Essentials, Online from Annette Tersigni, RN @Theyoganurse
http://www.nursefriendly.com/yoganursing/

Annette Tersigni RN, Yoga Nursing®:”I am the founder of Yoga Nurse Medical Yoga and Stress Management and am the creator of the enlightening new field of Yoga Nursing® and the Yoga Nursing Institute. Yoga Nursing is the marriage of modern nursing science with the ancient science of yoga. My programs are endorsed by lots of doctors and health care providers as a safe therapy to decrease pain and suffering and help folks to find peace instead of going to pieces. I have dedicated the past 16 years educating people around the world on leading healthier, spiritual lifestyles and with a dose of tough love and loads of laughter helped them to WAKE UP and GET CONSCIOUS NOW.

I am a sought after no barriers heart felt speaker, coach, teacher and writer and am featured extensively in the media including in the Associated Press and on NBC, CBS, Fox News affiliates and have been interviewed on national TV by Arielle Ford as one of America’s Experts. I am producing, writing, and acting in several DVD documentary/educational projects: I am training and coaching other nurses, yoga teachers and health professionals throughout the USA and Canada to be Yoga Nursing Therapists and I lead fantabulous Yoga and Juice fasting Makeover Retreats on the magnificent Pyrate laden Crystal Coast of North Carolina. My programs our hip, conscious, filled with hilarious humor, enlightening and designed to inspire and leave a legacy. This is the most prolific, jamming and juicy time of my life and I get to do it all by serving others. SERVING RULES!”
Street Address: 103 short st apt. E
Beaufort, North Carolina, 28516
E-mail Address: theyoganurse@gmail.com
Phone: 252.725.1924
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheYogaNurse?v=info
Homepage Address: http://www.yoganurse.com/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/tersigni

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Nursefriendly National Directories
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West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
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What made you decide to start your own business? Patricia Ann Bemis, RN @patbemis #nurseup #Nursefriendly

December 18, 2012 in Nurse Leaders

What made you decide to start your own business? Patricia Ann Bemis, RN @patbemis #nurseup #Nursefriendly
http://www.nursefriendly.com/nursing/directory/nursingentrepreneurs/business.basics.what.made.you.decide.to.start.your.own.business.htm

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What made you decide to start your own business?
I wrote a book on emergency nursing and offers from publishers had low royalties and slow publishing turn around times. The National Nurses in Business Association helped me self-publish and start my own small press publishing company. The book is now in its fifth edition.

Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN LHRM, President & CEO, National Nurses in Business Association:”Love your work? Hate your job? Want more independence? Want more respect? Want more money? Join the NNBA and learn how to be self-employed or start a full or part-time business and love your job! Get more independence, respect, and money! I like to share information with other healthcare professionals. I am president of the National Nurses in Business Association, president of the Space Coast Emergency Nurse Association. I work as a online manager, course author and instructor with the University of Florida Professional Development Unit. Click here for Job Options in Nursing Utilizing Your Current Skills and Degrees!”
National Nurses in Business Association
NNBA PO Box 561081, Rockledge, FL 32956-1081
Call 1-877-353-8888 to join! Bemis@NNBA.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/patbemis
Facebook: https://facebook.com/patriciabemis
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciabemis
Blog: http://forensicsciencefornurses.com/
http://www.nnba.net/
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/bemis/

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Nursefriendly National Directories
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West Deptford, New Jersey 08051
856-415-9617, Fax: 856-415-9618, info@nursefriendly.com, @nursefriendly

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Conference Keynote Speakers, Nurse Entrepreneurs, On The NurseFriendly, Patricia Bemis @patbemis #nurseup #nursefriendly

December 17, 2012 in Nurse Leaders

Conference Keynote Speakers, Nurse Entrepreneurs, On The NurseFriendly, Patricia Bemis @patbemis #nurseup #nursefriendly:
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Nursing Education, Nurse Entrepreneurs, On The NurseFriendly, Patricia Bemis @patbemis #nurseup #nursefriendly

December 17, 2012 in Nurse Leaders

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Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN LHRM, President & CEO, National Nurses in Business Association:”Love your work? Hate your job? Want more independence? Want more respect? Want more money? Join the NNBA and learn how to be self-employed or start a full or part-time business and love your job! Get more independence, respect, and money! I like to share information with other healthcare professionals. I am president of the National Nurses in Business Association, president of the Space Coast Emergency Nurse Association. I work as a online manager, course author and instructor with the University of Florida Professional Development Unit. Click here for Job Options in Nursing Utilizing Your Current Skills and Degrees!”
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Business Start-Up Coaching, Nurse Entrepreneurs, On The NurseFriendly, Patricia Bemis @patbemis #nurseup #nursefriendly

December 17, 2012 in Nurse Leaders, Nursing Blogs

Business Start-Up Coaching, Nurse Entrepreneurs, On The NurseFriendly, Patricia Bemis @patbemis #nurseup #nursefriendly:
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Patricia Ann Bemis, RN CEN LHRM, President & CEO, National Nurses in Business Association:”Love your work? Hate your job? Want more independence? Want more respect? Want more money? Join the NNBA and learn how to be self-employed or start a full or part-time business and love your job! Get more independence, respect, and money! I like to share information with other healthcare professionals. I am president of the National Nurses in Business Association, president of the Space Coast Emergency Nurse Association. I work as a online manager, course author and instructor with the University of Florida Professional Development Unit. Click here for Job Options in Nursing Utilizing Your Current Skills and Degrees!”
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“Would You Recommend Nursing” by Annette Tersigni #RN, The #Yoga#Nurse, @theyoganurse #Nursefriendly #nurseup

December 6, 2012 in @theyoganurse, Bloggers & Blogs, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Profession

“Would You Recommend Nursing” by Annette Tersigni #RN, The #Yoga#Nurse, @theyoganurse #Nursefriendly  #nurseup:”Nursing is a calling. I am a non-traditional nurse and I recommend non-traditional nursing. I was called when I was 48 years young and graduated at 51. The smartest move I ever made in my life. Becoming a nurse was not what I expected though. The ‘eating your young thing.’ Yikes! I was and am still a yoga teacher, all about ‘expanding consciousness’ loving kindness, compassion. Sadly I found that the nurses I first worked with at a big ‘law dee da’ famous hospital were less than supportive. Then I moved to a small town in North Carolina with a 140-bed hospital. It all changed. The nurses there were awesome and helped me to become a competent cardiac nurse.
Still there was the endless backbiting and gossip about other nurses. This was shocking to me because of my formation in spiritual practices, including a stint in a convent. Truth be told, when I hung out at the convent, I was also shocked that the nuns also gossiped about each other and that shattered my image on both accounts. The first nurses, it is said, were nuns. Hmmm.”
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What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing? @ShahinaLakhani @tinalancio @loriminkyrad @StatTransfers @nursekeith #nurseup

November 20, 2012 in Career Alternatives For Nurses, Nurse Entrepreneurs By Category, Nurse Leaders, Tina Lanciault RN

What Attracted You To The Field of Nursing? @ShahinaLakhani @tinalancio @loriminkyrad @StatTransfers @nursekeith
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The Curious Case of #AmandaTrujillo and the Arizona Board of Nursing, By Genevieve M. Clavreul, RN, Ph.D., #nurseup #nursefriendly

June 12, 2012 in Amanda Trujillo, Banner Health Arizona, Board of Nursing license accusations against nurses, Informed Patient Choices, Legal Advocacy For Nurses, Nurse Abuse, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Profession, Patient Advocacy

The Curious Case of #AmandaTrujillo and the Arizona Board of Nursing, By Genevieve M. Clavreul, RN, Ph.D., #nurseup #nursefriendly:”Trujillo said that after reviewing her case, the AZBN’s nurse investigator had recommended that the complaint against her be dismissed, but the board had decided to go forward anyway, ordering her to face an administrative hearing in January of this year. Trujillo closed her email with a plea for readers to share her story as widely as possible.

Needless to say, Trujillo’s much-publicized letter evoked passionate responses from nurses. Who among us hasn’t worked with a doctor with a big ego who objected if a nurse so much as questioned his or her orders? I’ll never forget a neurosurgeon I once worked with who constantly yelled, threw tantrums and even hurled surgical instruments at nurses in the operating theater, but had never been disciplined because none of the nurses he abused were willing to report it. He was finally sanctioned after he slapped a patient, who had no problem filing a complaint against him. (After that, his behavior changed for the better!)”

http://www.workingnurse.com/articles/The-Curious-Case-of-Amanda-Trujillo-and-the-Arizona-Board-of-Nursing

Thank you Genevieve for weighing in on Amanda’s case :) I’ve been working hard to keep it on people’s minds.  Appreciate that larger publications are slowly starting to take notice of her case.

 

I am a bit disappointed that there was no opportunity to comment on Working Nurse on your article.  Are they disabled by default?

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1,000 Shades of Nursing: Why are we “really” Celebrating Nurses Week? #nurseup #amandatrujillo

May 20, 2012 in Advance Practice Nurses, Amanda Trujillo, Nurse Leaders, Nursing Blogs, Patient Advocacy, Uncategorized

1,000 Shades of Nursing: Why are we “really” Celebrating Nurses Week?

Reprinted by permission of Amanda Trujillo, MSN RN. May 9, 2012 By 8 Comments


There was an interesting tweet chat taking place this evening with regards to Nurses Week and how everyone celebrated their week or reflected on their profession. Several great view points were offered up. My own perception of Nurses Week is that it is a metaphor for every way our profession has stagnated, failed to progress, remaining fractured and at odds with itself about where it should be and how it should get there. Hell, we’re still trying to bridge the gap between academic nursing and clinical nursing. It’s not difficult to empathize with some of the views raised this evening: The disdain with the recycled food offerings, the traditional ice cream social that makes some of us seethe inside, the hospital logo stamped on nursing “swag,” the lack of any gifts of appreciation, the “lumping in” of Nurse Week with “Hospital Week,” or whether we even need the proverbial “pat on the head” as one nurse blogger put it. I’m conflicted: As a profession—HOW are we leading, and HOW are we advocating?

 

Truth is, as our healthcare system has become more profit driven, so has the corporate model for care. Every corporation has a team of administrators who design and implement strategic goals so they can reach the ideal vision they have for their organization. Over the years, our profession has been redesigned and groomed to fit in with that ideal. What’s happening in hospitals, and how we are viewed or treated is a direct reflection of the current state of the healthcare system and healthcare politics. Those values you’re taught—regardless of whether you agree with them or the hospital’s culture—become who you are supposed to be and expected to be within that corporation. They need you to think and be and believe a certain way so that they can accomplish their goals and succeed toward their vision. Autonomy? No. Any kind of autonomy is always a perceived threat because it leaves room for interpretation by employees that they have a say in how an organization runs or how it accomplishes its goals for the future—in a nutshell, autonomy fosters empowerment and knowledge and opposing views, views that question the “status quo.” For instance, the color blocking of scrubs– It isn’t just so patients can recognize nurses. Just as any corporation has a brand image to maintain—so do hospitals. You become part of the brand, the image, the package that they are selling in an increasingly cut throat and competitive market.

So, what does this have to do with nursing? Simple. We have no seat at the highest levels of policy making that involves our practice or the care of our patients. We are talking about advancing Nurse Practitioners as primary care providers when we as entry level nurses can’t even practice to the fullest extent of our licensure at the bedside. Furthermore, the Nurse Practice Act even varies in all 50 states. Why? Because we as a profession haven’t learned to function as one unified, strong, independent entity that goes to battle for its standards of practice and for the tenets upon which it has been built. We censor each other. We hurt each other. We battle amongst each other. We jockey for power. The fact that nurses I know now turn the other direction instead of speaking up in the best interests of their patients should be alarming enough, signaling a serious erosion in the moral fabric of our profession—not to mention its integrity.

Let’s take a moment to examine Nurses Week. How has it changed over the years? Has it evolved with the times? With the profession? I’m going to boldly say no. Nurses Week is another example of what is done to pacify us within the corporate world—to make us “feel better” or feel ‘less invisible.” I don’t like lip service, and I don’t like smoothing over major problems within our profession with cutesy nurse sayings on a mug, or a backpack with a hospital logo stamped on it accompanied with a cold, clinical, impersonal preformed “thank you email.” I’d settle for a clinical ladder that affords me the opportunity to be creative, learn, grow, and advance within my profession and within an institution (not subject to the notions of popularity or kissing up to anyone). I’d be thrilled with the chance to research and design patient care policies that are not privy to administrative officials butchering them until they have taken all the nursing out of the policy and divided the tasks up to ten different people.   But, I digress, those work environments are far and few between nowadays. I’m sure many of you could agree that there remains an ever growing gap between the management and “some” nurse educators who spend more time in their offices every day than they do in the trenches with their staff. This would be a perfect illustration of how I perceive the upper echelons of our profession are so disconnected from us as bedside nurses. Could they really “survive” a 12-14 hour shift with us? Could we easily hand over half of our workload to them and confidently believe they could handle it? If the answer is no, then how can they relate to who we are and what our concerns are?

Nurses Week, to me, is a very big roaring metaphor for the uppers to make the lowers feel like “all is well and all will be just fine if you keep on doing what you’re doing.” But yet, many of us can’t even decide what Nurses Week should “look like” to fit the times we are in with regard to technological advances, increased knowledge base, and the risky responsibilities of clinical bedside nurses. This, too, is representative of the fractures within our own profession—so many specialties and groups and views and “ways” and no overall consensus on what we should do to more appropriately and authentically celebrate a profession so noble, so complex, so “American as apple pie.”  Furthermore it seems we can’t even begin to decide what or if we should receive anything for Nurses Week from our employers…some argue it’s just insulting to try and even dignify the enormity of what we do and the lives we touch by thanking us with a mug, a piece of cake, a banner, or a pin. Others enjoy the tangible gesture and value what it represents. I can’t say I disagree with either view.

     I don’t dislike or disapprove of celebrating Nurses Week, or Nurses Day, or even a Nurses MonthWhat I do disagree with is allowing a profession so large, so strong, so knowledgeable and exquisitely timeless to become swallowed up in tired, reformatted logos or what some organizations now call “Hospital Appreciation Week,” which is—yes—another example of how corporations keep their employees situated and categorized so everyone fits in a nice little politically correct box. What I take exception to is promoting a Nurses Week that has remained the same year after year. What I can’t understand is why we aren’t utilizing Nurses Week each year to perform a thorough and honest nursing care plan on our own profession to see just how far we have come, or haven’t come, in the growth and evolution of our profession. With every Nurses Week, there should be some sort of critical appraisal of what we’d like to accomplish by Nurse’s Week next year—and celebrate THAT GOAL REACHED.

We as a profession can talk a great game. We know all the glittery, shiny, powerful things to say, and how to look saying them. We’ve mastered how to walk and talk the inspirational stuff (with power suits and stilettos no less). We also know when and how to toss about  buzzwords like “innovation, patient centered care, interdisciplinary model of care, and evidence based practice” —but are we doing the down and dirty and difficult work to reach all the goals of the hundreds of nursing initiatives out there? Are we running up against wall after wall taking the hits it takes to get to where we need to be?? Again, I say no. We are worried about disapproval, we are afraid for our jobs, we are afraid of not fitting in with our peers and not being the same as everyone else, or our leadership positions being tarnished. We don’t want to be the “one” that rocks the boat and gets targeted at work. What has happened to us that we can’t be unique, creative, authentic individuals with great ideas and a voice to see them to fruition?

The beautifully packaged and well thought out nursing initiatives are *always* subject to the approval and revision of corporate hospitals all over the country. If initiatives don’t contribute to the hospital’s strategic plan (culture)—forget about it. It doesn’t matter how good an initiative is for nursing or for patient care. We all know that. We just don’t talk about it, and we don’t stand up to do something about it— or the whittling away of our role at the bedside to a less than desirable one. We stay silent, we remain submissive, we continue on about our shift…..take vital signs, admit the patient, discharge the patient, run the call lights, give the meds, assess the patient, clean the patients….but shhhhhhhhh! Don’t dare take initiative and show some leadership or offer new ideas…because as I’ve been told by one previous manager “your ideas just don’t fit in with the culture. So don’t offer them anymore.” Really? Shame on me for getting an MSN thinking I could use it.

This is the reality. This is why Nurses Week remains the same year after year with just a tired repackaging of presentation, and it’s why our profession will continue to sit in its nice little chair at the desk, raising its hand politely in hopes of getting called on by the illustrious teacher from whom we seek approval and validation. Can we stop pretending; stop sweeping our major issues under the rug, stop whining at the nurse’s station every day about how we are mistreated and unheard and unappreciated?… Is it even in the realm of possibility to imagine that every single one of us can, in honor of “our week;” step up, show the pride and love I know we all have for nursing, and do something small that creates a new beginning?

THAT—would give rise to a reason for celebrating what we do, who we are, and the tremendous transformational power we have yet to tap to improve our profession and the quality of patient care.

 

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May 17, 2012 in Authors, Carol Gino RN, Nurse Leaders

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The Nurse and The Golden Goose – Guest Post by Carol Gino RN, @hopefulhealer @cgino8 #nurseup #nursefriendly #nursing #healthcare

May 14, 2012 in Bloggers & Blogs, Carol Gino, Carol Gino RN BS MA, Healthcare, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Profession, Nursing Blogs, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Patient Advocacy

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The Nurse and The Golden Goose – Guest Post by Carol Gino RN, @hopefulhealer @cgino8 #nurseup #nursefriendly #nursing #healthcare:”When I was working the night shift, one of my patients- a 44 year old man, had just gone for an angiogram. He had been brought back to the floor afterwards, but began hemorrhaging from his femoral artery. I’d added pressure dressings, laid on heavier sandbags, and then called the intern.
The intern took a while to get to the floor and all the while the patient kept bleeding heavily. When the intern just shook his head and did nothing, I called his resident. When the resident didn’t respond, I called the attending. Now I knew I was in big trouble. It didn’t matter that the patient’s blood pressure was 60/40 by the time I called, it mattered that I had broken protocol.
Because I knew this Directress of Nursing was good and fair, when she called me into her office, I decided to try to listen to her with an open mind, even though the whole thing made no sense to me.
She was sitting at her big oak desk and she hardly looked up as she waved her hand, indicating that I should sit in the chair across from her.”

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I incorporated aaha!Books,LLC in 2010 when I moved to Texas to reprint my previously published books as well as other books in ebooks and other digital media. It is also the company from which I run hopefulhealer.com and starwater.com. My team works at both. aaha!books publishes books ”Help for Hard Times, clear and simple-small books of big ideas” Star Water Press is for publishing books both in print and new media”
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Nurse’s Coach Keith Carlson Promotes Self Care, January 31st, 2012 By Jennifer Olin, BSN, RN, @Jolin2 @nursekeith #nurseup #nursefriendly

May 14, 2012 in Bloggers & Blogs, Career Alternatives For Nurses, Digital Doorway, Keith Carlson RN, Nurse Entrepreneurs By Category, Nurse Leaders, Nursing Blogs, Nursing Coaches, Nursing Entrepreneurs

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Nurse’s Coach Keith Carlson Promotes Self Care, January 31st, 2012 By Jennifer Olin, BSN, RN, @Jolin2 @nursekeith #nurseup #nursefriendly:”And so begins my introduction to Nurse Keith, aka Keith Carlson, RN. Over the phone, Carlson is soft-spoken and considered in his answers to my questions about this relatively new specialty by nurses, for nurses. Good traits when you need someone to listen. Carlson is part of the up and coming field of nurse coaches; health care providers who help others discover, or rediscover, what drew them to nursing in the first place and how they can find greater satisfaction and joy in both their professional and personal lives.”

http://nurseup.com/wordpress/2012/03/nurses-coach-keith-carlson-promotes-self-care-january-31st-2012-by-jennifer-olin-bsn-rn/

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New York Korean Nurses Association (NYKNA), Facebook: The War Against #AmandaTrujillo, @MotherJonesRN, Nurse Ratched’s Place #nurseup #nursefriendly

May 13, 2012 in Amanda Trujillo, Arizona, Banner Health, Banner Health Arizona, Bloggers & Blogs, Board of Nursing license accusations against nurses, Case Studies, Comments on The Amanda Trujillo RN Situation, Complaints, Del E. Webb Medical Center, Healthcare, Healthcare Abuses, Hospitals & Healthcare Systems, Legal Advocacy For Nurses, Nurse Abuse, Nurse Bullying, Nurse Intimidation, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Profession, Nursing Associations, Nursing Blogs, Sun City, Terri Polick RN Nurse Ratched

New York Korean Nurses Association (NYKNA), Facebook: The War Against #AmandaTrujillo, @MotherJonesRN, Nurse Ratched’s Place #nurseup:”I still support Amanda Trujillo and some people who have read the allegations against Amanda have questioned my judgment. Frankly, I don’t believe these allegations because I personally know two other nurses who have been reported to their nursing boards by their former employers. One of my friends was reported to the BON after she spoke up about unsafe nursing practices at a shady nursing home, and the other was reported after he chastised hospital administration for placing psychiatric patients and staff in an unsafe environment. Their former employers cooked up all kinds of false allegations against my friends who are both stellar nurses. Their former employers crucified their character, but in the end they were both cleared of any wrongdoing by their respective state nursing boards. There is an escalating pattern of abuse as more unscrupulous employers are using nursing boards as the ultimate scare tactic to keep nurses ”in their place. ” Amanda is just another victim of this ploy.”
The Greater New York Korean Nurses Association
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New Jersey Legal Nurse Consultants, @avoidmederrors @patiyer Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses #nurseup

May 13, 2012 in AvoidMedicalErrors.com, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Career Choice, Nursing Blogs, Nursing Entrepreneurs, Pat Iyer RN

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New Jersey Legal Nurse Consultants, @avoidmederrors @patiyer Nursing Entrepreneurs, Nurse-Owned Businesses #nurseup
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National Nurses Week Isn’t All About Ice Cream Socials, By Jennifer Olin, BSN, RN @Jolin2 #nurseup #Amandatrujillo

May 11, 2012 in Amanda Trujillo, Bloggers & Blogs, Comments on The Amanda Trujillo RN Situation, Healthcare, Hospitals & Healthcare Systems, Jennifer Olin, Legal Advocacy For Nurses, Media Coverage, National Nurses Week 2012, Nurse Abuse, Nurse Bullying, Nurse Intimidation, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Career Choice, Nursing As A Profession, Nursing Blogs, Patient Advocacy, RNCentral.com

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National Nurses Week Isn’t All About Ice Cream Socials, May 10th, 2012 By Jennifer Olin, BSN, RN @Jolin2 #nurseup:”When we were planning our coverage for Nurses Week here at RNCentral my editor asked if there was anything new on the Amanda Trujillo front we could include. My first reaction was, “not really.” Then I got to thinking. National Nurses Week isn’t all about ice cream socials and coffee mugs. While it is a week to talk about whom we are and what we want for the future of nursing it is also a time, I think, to talk about some of the darker aspects of this career choice and where we go with those issues. Nurses should be recognized for all they do for their patients, their facilities, and their community. It is great to be appreciated. I think during this week of focusing on advocacy, leading, and caring we should also look at nurses who believe they are doing the right thing but get called on the carpet.”

http://www.rncentral.com/blog/2012/national-nurses-week-isnt-all-about-ice-cream-socials/

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1,000 Shades of Nursing: Why are we “really” celebrating Nurses Week? May 9, 2012 By #AmandaTrujillo, MSN, RN, @nurseinterupted #nurseup

May 10, 2012 in Amanda Trujillo, Bloggers & Blogs, Comments on The Amanda Trujillo RN Situation, Future of Nursing, Hospitals & Healthcare Systems, National Nurses Week 2012, Nurse Abuse, Nurse Bullying, Nurse Intimidation, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Career Choice, Nursing As A Profession, Nursing Blogs, Patient Advocacy

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1,000 Shades of Nursing: Why are we “really” celebrating Nurses Week? May 9, 2012 By #AmandaTrujillo, MSN, RN, @nurseinterupted #nurseup:”There was an interesting tweet chat taking place this evening with regards to Nurses Week and how everyone celebrated their week or reflected on their profession. Several great view points were offered up. My own perception of Nurses Week is that it is a metaphor for every way our profession has stagnated, failed to progress, remaining fractured and at odds with itself about where it should be and how it should get there. Hell, we’re still trying to bridge the gap between academic nursing and clinical nursing. It’s not difficult to empathize with some of the views raised this evening: The disdain with the recycled food offerings, the traditional ice cream social that makes some of us seethe inside, the hospital logo stamped on nursing “swag,” the lack of any gifts of appreciation, the “lumping in” of Nurse Week with “Hospital Week,” or whether we even need the proverbial “pat on the head” as one nurse blogger put it. Im conflicted: As a profession—HOW are we leading, and HOW are we advocating?

http://nurseinterupted.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/1000-shades-of-nursing-why-are-we-really-celebrating-nurses-week/

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Petition: Arizona State Board of Nursing: Remove Amanda Trujillo’s nursing license from ”under investigation” status | Change.org

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American Assisted Living Nurses Association: A “Position Statement” on the “Amanda Trujillo, RN & Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City Arizona” situation is respectfully requested.

May 1, 2012 in A "Position Statement" on the "Amanda Trujillo, Amanda Trujillo, Arizona, Arizona Nursing Association AzNA, Arizona State Board of Nursing, Associations, AvoidMedicalErrors.com, Banner Health, Banner Health Arizona, Bloggers & Blogs, Board of Nursing license accusations against nurses, Case Studies, Change.org, Complaints, Del E. Webb Medical Center, Hospitals & Healthcare Systems, Informed Consent, Informed Patient Choices, Legal Advocacy For Nurses, Making All Treatment Options Known To Patient, Nurse Abuse, Nurse Bullying, Nurse Intimidation, Nurse Leaders, Nursing As A Profession, Nursing Associations, Nursing Blogs, Patient Advocacy, Patient Education, Patricia Iyer, Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC AvoidMedicalErrors.com, Petitions, Position Statement Requests, Remove Amanda Trujillo's nursing license from "under investigation" status, State Boards of Nursing, Sun City

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May 1, 2012

Terri Berrigan – Executive Director
American Assisted Living Nurses Association:”The American Assisted Living Nurses Association is the only national non-profit association dedicated exclusively to nursing in assisted living. Operated by nurses, for nurses.”
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Re: Amanda Trujillo, RN, Masters-Prepared Nurse, Fired For Patient Advocacy.

Ms. Berrigan:

As we approach National Nurses Week, May 6 – 12, 2012, we would appreciate the following.

A ”Position Statement” on the ”Amanda Trujillo, RN & Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City Arizona” situation is respectfully requested. This is a commonly occurring situation in bedside nursing practice. It could happen to any one of your members. They need to know how your organization would respond to requests for help.

Amanda is a dues-paying member of The American Nursing Association & Arizona Nurses Association. To date they vhave offered no assistance or support other than that they are ”monitoring” her situation.

In the linked articles below, the case is explained in detail by Patricia Iyer, RN, Past President of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. There are additional documents, resources including the Arizona State Board of Nursing Charges available at htttp://www.nurseup.com

If you can suggest other organizations that would be willing to advocate for nurses in a situation similar to Amanda’s, we would like to list them on our site, Nurseup.com

This request is supported by nursing and medical leaders including:

Annette Tersigni, Carol Gino, Dr. Dean Burke, Donna Wilk Cardillo, Echo Heron, Fern Baudo, Greg Mercer, Jennifer Olin, Keith Carlson, Michael Pergrem, Patrica Iyer, Shahina Lakhani, Terri Polick and many others.

Amanda Trujillo, RN – Nurse fired for being a patient advocate, @PatIyer:”The story of Amanda Trujillo is a horrifying one. Briefly, she is a single mom who fought to get off welfare and fulfilled her dream of becoming a nurse. Not only did she become a nurse, she earned a masters degree in nursing. One night while working at Banner Health in Arizona, she took care of a patient who was being asked to undergo a liver transplant.”

http://nurseup.com/wordpress/2012/02/amanda-trujillo-rn-fired-for-being-a-patient-advocate-pat-iyer-com-patiyer-nurseup-nursefriendly-amandatrujillo/

We firmly believe that she was fired because Banner Health is putting profits before patients, and this was threatened by Amanda’s Patient Advocacy.

Healthcare for People Not for Profit: Transplants and Amanda Trujillo, Center for Health, Media & Policy, April 4, 2012:”Organ transplantation is a complex and challenging undertaking for both the patient and providers. It can offer the appropriate patient opportunities for greatly improved quality and length of life and it can also offer an opportunity for profiteering and conflicted behaviors. As outlined below, transplantation produces significant revenue dollars, even for a ”non-profit” hospital. Estimated U.S. Average 2011 Billed Charges Per Transplant: Heart Only – $997,700 Liver – $577,100 Kidney – $262,900 Nurse Amanda Trujillo identified that a patient she cared for at Banner Del E Webb Medical Center of Arizona lacked full information about what a transplant evaluation and post-transplant self-care entailed. She says she referred the patient for a hospice case management consultation. She was then fired for overstepping her scope of practice. Arizona’s scope of practice for nurses clearly dictates a nurse’s role to promote the client’s best interest.”
Center for Health, Media & Policy
Hunter College City University of New York
425 East 25th Street New York, N.Y. 10010
email: centerhealthmediapolicy@gmail.com

http://centerforhealthmediapolicy.com/2012/04/04/healthcare-for-people-not-for-profit-transplants-and-amanda-trujillo/

We would appreciate your support with our petitions to help Amanda.

Petition: Amanda Trujillo, RN & Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, Sun City, Arizona: Position Statements Requested

http://www.change.org/petitions/nurseup-com-issue-position-statements-on-the-amanda-trujillo-rn

Petition: Arizona State Board of Nursing: Remove Amanda Trujillo’s nursing license from ”under investigation” status | Change.org

http://www.change.org/petitions/arizona-state-board-of-nursing-remove-amanda-trujillo-s-nursing-license-from-under-investigation-status

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Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Andrew Lopez, RN

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