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President's Message
Joyce

It’s Almost Summer!

A dash of spring flowers, a cup of summer breezes, the smell of late evening showers, all add up to a recipe for lots of smiles and happy thoughts. As we turn our thoughts to a little “me time,” let’s contemplate on the finer values in our lives. Make time “to be” with your family, take overdue naps and late evening walks. RESURRECT your “free spirit.” As we look forward to summer and then fall, recall how each new season refreshes, uplifts and motivates us to yet again be the BEST that WE CAN BE! Nursing is our profession! It’s a part of us that is always there to fill our days with the ability to provide a need that only a true professional can give. So, as you look forward to great summer days and some “me time,” take time to CONTEMPLATE on the PASSION that first bought YOU to NURSING. Relive the JOY, the PRIDE, the EAGERNESS you felt when you received your nursing pen, 1st “professional” stethoscope or 1st paying RN job! Refresh yourself this summer and “Raise the Bar!” Take pride,! Have joy! Regain your eagerness for Patient Care!

Joyce

3M Offers Free CEU

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3M OFFERS NEW INFORMATIVE WEBCAST AND FREE CE CREDIT FOR CLINICIANS:

"Balancing Skin Health and Medical Adhesives Using the S.P.A.R.E. Process"

Health care workers who use adhesive products will learn how they can reduce skin irritations or injuries using a methodical approach called S.P.A.R.E. and receive one free CE credit to US participants who view the entire Webcast and complete the survey at the end.

WHAT:

New Webcast informing health care professionals about skin healthand medical adhesives

This 55-minute program addresses and helps clinicians give recommendations on issues such as:

Why irritation seems to be increasing with use of adhesive products
Alternatives when products do not stick to patients’ skin
The common mistakes and correct procedures for applying and removing adhesive products
Why adhesive products occasionally leave residue on patients’ skin after removal
Treating patients who are allergic to certain dressing types

WHO:

Presented by Laura Rutledge, MSN, RN, CRNI, 3M Clinical Research Specialist

Rutledge is a seasoned professional with experience in infusion therapy, critical care, risk management and cardiology.

WHERE: Visit, www.3M.com/Tegaderm

Media Contact: Stephanie Sanderson at 651-733-8588 for additional information

WHEN: Available now, at readers’ convenience

WHY:

As clinicians, your readers will increase their knowledge and learn how to improve patients’ skin health

The program’s learning objectives include:

Refresh knowledge of general skin anatomy and adhesive properties
Define S.P.A.R.E. and list the considerations related to each letter of the S.P.A.R.E. acronym
Demonstrate the appropriate techniques for applying and removing adhesive film dressings

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Subject: Please take a moment to go to the website and support this bill...

Mastectomy Hospital Bill in Congress, If you know anyone who has had a mastectomy, you may know there is a lot of discomfort and pain afterwards.

Insurance companies are now trying to make mastectomies an OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE!

Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery.

This is so important and it only takes 2 seconds to do, so please take the time and do it right now really quick and send this to everyone in your address book.

If there was ever a time when our voices and choices should be heard, this is one of those times.

There's a bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating the "drive-through mastectomy" where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.

Lifetime Television has put this bill on their web page with a petition drive to show your support. PLEASE!! Sign the petition by clicking on the web site below. You need not give more than your name and zip code number.

http://www.lifetimetv.com/health/breast_mastectomy_pledge.html

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