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by Lee Abramo, MSN, R.N., Director of Education Co-Ethics and Compliance Officer I became a nurse 31 years ago, because I had experienced very poor care in a hospital in New York City following abdominal surgery. I realized then that I wanted to provide gentle nursing care to my patients so that no one would have to experience the terrible care and unnecessary pain that I had e... More ...
By Kathleen Youngman, R.N. Outpatient Surgery Nurse Ever since I began my nursing career in 1966, my passion has been caring for my patients. Being prepared, well trained, and on top of things has always been very important to me professionally. Several years ago when I was caring for medicalsurgical patients, I had quite a scare. More ...
By Eileen Mueller, R.N., C.C.R.N. Cardiac Care Nurse For much of my nursing career, I have worked the night shift. And there have been many shifts that I will never forget! On one of those shifts, I was taking care of a man in his late 50's. He had extremely severe cardiac disease and was not expected to live a month, if that. This was March and I l... More ...
To David West, R.N., Oncology From Your Colleagues I want to write an Exemplar about David West, R.N., who is too humble to tell you about himself. I have seen him make heartwarming changes in many patients' lives, but I want to tell you about a special one. This certain patient was admitted to Los Robles after an infection set into her incision s... More ...
by Lori Ameche, R.N.C. Labor and Delivery Nurse "Doctor, your patient is bleeding heavily, and her blood pressure is dropping." After a brief update, he gives the orders I'm expecting, "Bring her back for a STAT Cesarean Section. I'm on my way in." As I'm pushing her bed back to the OR, with three experienced nurses helping me, I look at them an... More ...
To Darcy Denning R.N., MICN From Diane Freeman, MSN, R.N., Director, Emergency Services As told by Ken Saul, M.D., Pediatrician One morning a couple of months ago, I examined a 14 year old boy in my office complaining of a slight fever and sore throat. Since the tests for strep and flu were negative, I sent him and his mom off on their merry way with instructions to get blood work, if the fever increased or new symptoms evo... More ... The wedding issue By Deborah Barber Special to the Acorn Now that we are entering the season of weddings, several memorable ones come to mind. There was the one where the wedding party wore black formal attire with Converse shoes and their dog was the guest of honor. In fact he was everywhere: on the napkins, at the top of the cake and ... More ... ALS support group to meet There will be a free meeting of the ALS Association, Greater Los Angeles Chapter support group from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sat., May 26 at the city of Westlake Village community room, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. The group offers support for people with ALS, also known as Lo... More ... Train for half marathon with Strides for Hope Local runners and walkers have the opportunity to join the Strides for Hope team and participate in a 5K and half marathon at Disneyland in Anaheim on Labor Day weekend. Half marathoners will train with professional running coach Gloria Rios for The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura's te... More ... Tai Chi may help to alleviate headaches Researchers have found that tai chi, a traditional Chinese low-impact mind-body exercise, provided significant health benefits for adults suffering from tension headaches. More ... |
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