Kathy Q. Registered Nurse

Los Angeles, California
I have been an RN BSN for over thirty years. Home health was my first and last love because you... Full Bio
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ONN Update by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing The Office of the National Nurse has an ad included in new literature about health care reform just sent to the House of Representatives. Click here to download the .pdf file. Read on »
Nursing Novellas Offer Unique Teaching Tool by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Two issues that are major players in the nursing world are loss and grief and lateral violence (aka nurses eat their young). For new nurses, these can be problems that make or ... Read on »
Nurses Willing to Teach Can Earn Grants by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing The nursing shortage continues to grow despite the economic crisis causing many nurses to delay retirement or return to work. Many pundits fear that when the economy recovers, ... Read on »
A Salute to Our Vets! by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Yikes, I see my Happy Veteran's Day post is lost somewhere in cyberspace. Well then I just have to adhere to the idea that we should say THANK YOU to our Veterans EVERYDAY for ... Read on »
Nursing Issues in Health Care Reform Bill by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing There are some very important issues for nurses in the Health Care Reform debate. They include: Funding for nursing education and the education of more nurse educatorsRights a ... Read on »
LPN to RN by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing With RN programs impacted and waiting list growing, many are turning to LPN/LVN programs to get their nursing career started. Some will find that this is the part of nursing t ... Read on »
Nurses Needed: The Nursing Shortage is NO Myth by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Recently, the PBS program NOW re-ran it's program on the nursing shortage. You might want to take a look. The recession may have slowed down the shortage temporarily, but the ... Read on »
From Uniforms to Unions and the H1N1 Vaccine Debate by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing A few tidbits of info... It seems New York State has rescinded its mandatory H1N1 flu shots for health care workers policy. With a shortage of flu vaccine, they have decided ... Read on »
YAZ/Yasmin Under Investigation from FDA by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing One of the points about health care reform is that the high cost of health care has to be contained. When companies and drug manufacturers mislead the lay public and health ca ... Read on »
For Home Health Nurses by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing If you have an interest in home health nursing, make note that I have recently revamped my website, Housecalls-Online.com which has been around for almost a decade now. I hav ... Read on »
Patient Confidentiality by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing In the past few days Elizabeth Taylor has tweeted (@DameElizabeth) several times about her heart valve surgery and hospitalization. Since she has made her health condition and ... Read on »
Cost & Convenience Drive Students to Online Learning by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing With the recession playing havoc with the job market, President Obama has encouraged people to get more education. For many, the prospect of attending a brick and mortar colle ... Read on »
New Products from SupportForNurses.com by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing If you noticed that my posts here were few and far between over the summer, I can now show you why. I was very busy updating 3 e-booklets and developing a new e-Toolkit for Su ... Read on »
AJN Editor Supports a National Nurse by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing I was thrilled to see today that Diana Mason, editor-in-chief emeritus of The American Journal of Nursing has come out in support of an Office of the National Nurse after spen ... Read on »
09-11-01 Never Forget by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Our hearts and prayers are with all who lost loved ones on that horrible day in NYC, PA, and Washington DC. Take a moment of silence to remember, and never forget! Read on »
New York Mandates Flu Shots for Nurses by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Despite objection in July from the New York State Nurses Association, New York has imposed a mandate for all health care workers to be vaccinated against the flu virus this ye ... Read on »
Voices of Meningitis Initiative by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing The National Association of School Nurses is hoping to help save lives this year and inform parents about the dangers of meningitis for teens and preteens ages 11-18. This can ... Read on »
How to Become a Nurse Practitioner by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing For those of you thinking about becoming a nurse practitioner, be sure you understand the education process before applying to or starting an education course. All too often s ... Read on »
Demystifying Critical Thinking Skills by Kathy Q. Registered Nurse Posted in: Blog Posts in Nursing Critical thinking skills is a term nursing students and nurses will hear over and over again. They are an important aspect of quality patient care, the nursing process and a m ... Read on »