Archive for October, 2010

This Is Why There’s A Nursing Shortage

  • October 29th, 2010
  • Posted in College

Wondering why there’s a catastrophic (I’m exaggerating…mostly) nursing shortage in the U.S.? My personal theory: intelligent, caring women finally got fed up with running the hospitals and taking, literally, all kinds of crap from doctors and patients, and decided to go to med school and get the respect and the paychecks they deserve. Or, there’s [ READ MORE ]

National Geographic’s “Find Your Footprint” Contest

National Geographic and Procter & Gamble have joined forces to hold the "Find Your Footprint"[link] conservation competition for K-12 classrooms[ READ MORE ]

National Dictionary Day

It’s National Dictionary Day. Instead of commanding you all to go forth and look shit up, I’m giving you the definition of the last word (term, actually) I looked up[ READ MORE ]

Forward Progress: Solving the Nursing Shortage

The nursing shortage is having an effect. Below are just the recent moments of solution finding[ READ MORE ]

Save the Planet or It’s Into the Compost Bin With You!

Yes, anyone who fears a dead-planet future has strong feelings about the humans who actively contribute to global warming at an alarming hourly rate. But I don’t think those incomprehensibly asinine poopheads deserve instantaneous annihilation. [ READ MORE ]

How Nurses Think

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has article up. Several nurses are interviewed and are asked what it takes, critical-thinking wise, to be a nurse. It’s clear the meek and the untrained wouldn’t survive. [ READ MORE ]

The Tremendous Time Suck of Relationships

Wondering which field of study will get you the most action with the least amount of foot work? The hard sciences. You heard me. [ READ MORE ]

Kids Understand Sarcasm. Great.

According to this study, kids can get the drift of sarcasm from the age of four. Apparently, this goes for all kids, even the ones who weren’t born into my house. My daughter was onto me and my sarcasm bent when she was three. [ READ MORE ]

Global Nursing Shortage

Nursing is a solid career choice these days. If you’re leaning that direction but haven’t made your final decision, Hill’s words could very well convince you[ READ MORE ]

Equality In the Public School System (Or the Lack Thereof)

Two great reads from the Oxford University Press (if you’re an education nerd like me): Five Miles Away, A World Apart[link and italics] by James E. Ryan, and In Brown’s Wake[link, italics] by Martha Minow. [ READ MORE ]