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Hurry! The deadline for ADVANCE's Best Nursing Team contest has been extended to Jan. 25. Come on! We want to recognize your team!http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Article/Be st-Nursing-Team-2010.aspx
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Does your team adapt well to changes and challenges? Does it thrive even in tough times? Does it have a passion for patient care? Let us help you shout it from the rooftops!

In The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year by Michael Stein, MD, a New England internist who specializes in treating addiction, tells the story of his year-long treatment of Lucy, a young woman seeking care for addiction to opiates. Caring for people dependent on narcotics - Vicodin, heroin...
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In the movies, 2010 has been portrayed as a year of odyssey, finding answers to difficult questions and then finding a way to work together with others toward a common goal. That view sums up my entire list of New Year's resolutions this year, and if...(read more)
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ADVANCE for Nurses Navigating the Digital World: How to keep using social media once your coworkers become your "friends." http://tinyurl.com/yaqd36v
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Nursing Know-How, Empathy Pull a Baby Through: Brooke and Kamryn Studdard arrived in this world on June 17, 2009, at Parkland Hospital, Dallas, TX, and both went straight into neonatal intensive care. Brooke went home after 5 days. Kamryn stayed - and stayed. http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Student-an d-New-Grad-Center/St...udent-Top-Story/Nursing-Know-How-Plus-Lo ts-of-Empathy-Pulls-a-Baby-Through.aspx? rpid=14

Ericka Well, im 18 and entered my freshman year of college with a cna certificate. im currently studying to be a neonatal nurse. 1 semester down, 7 to go... wish me luck!

Stephanie Raised all my children and now @ 39 I am finally beginning my first semester in pursuing my life long dream of becoming an OB/GYN nurse. It will take me quite some time but time is all I have now. Needless to say I am "Ecstatic" Woop Woop =)

This week marks my eighth anniversary of Emergency Nursing. It seems like yesterday I walked in there, scared out of my mind. I faced a mountain of knowledge to learn and skills to obtain. But I did it. And after three months, I was done with orientation and on my own. Tho...
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Grab your passport! We're traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to pick up our guide -- guest blogger Malene Steen Nielsen Flagga of Copenhagen, Denmark. She will take us on an adventure to Vellore, India, to meet some nurses, many from the African nation...(read more)
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Adrienne Crunden someone please tell me why LPNs are so looked down on. aren't we all ateam? not everyone can be or wants to be an RN! give us some respect!!

Jan Just beginning my 1st semester as a nursing student. I'm 42 yrs old and really excited to finally pursue my life long dream! Hoping to utilize all ADVANCE for Nurses has to offer!

Patricia Jenkins May you live with courage, passion, joy, and peace

Valerie Neff Newitt Who's ready to get in shape? It's not a resolution, it's just a smart move.... Join ADVANCE colleague Kay Bensing, MA, RN, and myself as we launch a new ADVANCE blog, Sharing the Journey. We're still "under construction," but this little heads up will give you time to clear the junk from your pantry and prep for a fit... body and mind prior to our latter-this-month debut. NOTHING tastes as sweet as increased self esteem!

ADVANCE for Nurses Happy New Year from all of us at ADVANCE for Nurses! May 2010 be filled with health and happiness!

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Got a Minute? ADVANCE has launched a fun, new Web feature. Check it out! http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Regional-A rticles/Features/Got-A-Minute.aspx?prg=1 5
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