NCD News

05/03/2021

01/05/2020

A rising tide of consumers in low- and middle-income countries are fighting for their rights to use safer ni****ne products (snus, v***r, etc.) like many of the former smokers in Europe & North America.

18/12/2019

In a recently leaked tape during a hearing in the Philippines House of Representative about To***co Harm Reduction, one WHO scientist (Dr. Ranti Fayukon) stated that v***r technology was safer than smoking ci******es & "I am not concerned about smokers".

The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) projected over one billion people will die worldwide from a smoking-related illness. Dr. Ranti Fayukon is a leading scientist at WHO's To***co Control group.

30/10/2019

Great news for the US!

New data out this month about the teen smoking epidemic in the US. Looks like deadly ci******es are nearly obsolete.

Question: Why do you think teen smoking rates have dropped so significantly over the past 9 years? Australia was once the leader in reducing smoking prevalence.

02/10/2018

Map of male smoking prevalence from the Global State of To***co Harm Reduction report today during .

Full report here: https://gsthr.org

29/09/2018

Since smoking is a leading cause of noncommunicable diseases, our main crew is headed to Geneva for next week.

Stay tuned for updates!

22/09/2018

Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71% of all deaths globally.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/2xpD6ZP

08/03/2014

Good thoughts...

Much like the damage of a forest fire, our spirits can experience similar “natural disasters.” A forest fire is ugly, dangerous, it wipes out all that is good and healthy and beautiful. It exe...

26/09/2013

If you like twitter chats and prenatal medicine, this one's for you. :-)

Wanna chat about Prenatal Care? Join folks from the University of Wisconsin and March of Dimes at 6pm CT on twitter.

Just use in your tweets to ask questions.

12/09/2013

Member Question:

Experienced clinicians, what advice/wisdom would you have for students in school?

17/01/2013

Maybe we shouldn't drink so many caffeinated beverages?

A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years.

20/03/2012

Do you carry malpractice insurance?

Is it something you'd recommend to nurses?

08/03/2012

If you could go back in time, would you enter the medical field again?

05/03/2012

Any thoughts on this?

Why are nurses leaving the bedside? The morning after the dynamic and inspiring Bernie Sanders event in Phoenix, Arizona, several nurses met at breakfast and...

29/02/2012

Do you think the nursing profession is moving forward or backward right now?

26/02/2012

What's your biggest piece of advice for new medical professionals?

25/02/2012

The other kind of stool sample. Might need help carrying it to the lab...

Have a great weekend!

20/02/2012

Apparently, they burned two hospitals in the UK to the ground five years ago because they couldn't get rid of the MRSA. We can't find more details about it.

Anybody have details from anything other than Wikipedia?

16/02/2012

Need a HIPAA refresher? This is a good one.

If anyone has questions, don't be afraid to post here on the wall. Just make sure to keep the information generic...

You can absolutely blog about specific patient encounters, but you have a duty to be respectful of the patients privacy. They allowed you to participate in their care and they deserve the utmost respect from that. However, if telling a story can be educational and informative, you can write about yo...

03/02/2012

What do you think?

This was just in the news and features Amanda Trujillo's case against her former employer for firing her for providing too much information. The hospital say...

01/02/2012

Heads up. Please share.

WASHINGTON — Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills after uncovering a packaging error that could leave women with an inadequate dose of the hormone-based drugs and raise the risk that they will get pregnant accidentally.

29/01/2012

This sort of stuff hurts us all. We're supposed to be trusted.

Two Utah nurses allegedly taped a patients mouth shut while under their care. Penny Artalejo was in the ICU after taking 20 pain pills due to extreme anxiety related to pain and nausea from a aggravated neck injury. As if living with chronic pain and anxiety weren’t enough, she was basically torture...

28/01/2012

Are nurse practitioners the only part of nursing advancing anymore?

Are we going into the shadows?

Watch part of this and comment below. Let's discuss.

Carol's Take on Changes in Nursing

22/01/2012

This is what happens when a patient needs information the surgeon forgot to provide...

What would you do?

Amanda Trujillo's case will go before the Arizona State Board of Nursing on January 24th, 2012. Her story is one of an archaic medical model in which the doctor’s word is …

21/01/2012

Your thoughts?

Does this help or hurt the image of male nurses?

An epic tale of six men that set out to conquer the world.......of nursing. Be sure to stay tuned after the credits for bloopers!

01/01/2012

Welcome to 2012!

Happy New Years! Cheers!

17/12/2011

This video is amazing. One minute in, he talks about getting back up.

Watch this one, it's worth it!

This is the best Motivational Video Ever with the tag " Are you going to finish strong?". Visit my blog at http://www.ultimates.in/

24/11/2011

The team members behind the Nurse Circle made this video for you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

23/11/2011

Member Question from Kelly:

Hey all! Trying to get a fitness class in our hospital for some much needed de-stressing. Anyone have programs like that in their hospital?

28/10/2011

Anyone nurses want a raise?

Go work in California. :-)

In California, spending is out of control. See how some pay practices are leading to their $19,000,000,000 budget issue.

09/07/2011

Help the new nurses (question):

What's the hardest part of being a nurse? How do you cope?

21/06/2011

Does you regret becoming a nurse?

It seems like many are facing burnout...