Nurse Talk

This week on Nurse Talk, RN Bonnie Castillo sounds a call to help the nurses in Liberia who are fighting to save their patients lives, this all without protective gear! Professor of Public Health at USF, RN Barbara Sattler talks about the health risks of "Fracking" and it isn't a short list! And always a few laughs in between. www.nursetalksite.com

Most have heard the news reports about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa but few have heard about the crisis of unprotected healthcare workers fighting to save their patients. Nurses on an Ebola ward in Liberia have been cutting up old overalls to serve as makeshift head-coverings to protect themselves from infection, despite international promises of more equipment,

Most have heard the news reports about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa but few have heard about the crisis of unprotected healthcare workers fighting to save their patients. Nurses on an Ebola ward in Liberia have been cutting up old overalls to serve as makeshift head-coverings to protect themselves from infection, despite international promises of more equipment,

This week on Nurse Talk, RN Bonnie Castillo sounds a call to help the nurses in Liberia who are fighting to save their patients lives, this all without protective gear! Professor of Public Health at USF, RN Barbara Sattler talks about the health risks of "Fracking" and it isn't a short list! And always a few laughs in between. www.nursetalksite.com

OK, so we're concerned about hospital profits. Is Obamacare really to blame? Why did the top 5 hospital corps in America report increased profits to the tune of 5-18% in the first quarter of 2014? Are they really just saving their money so they can respond to the Medicare reimbursement cuts that are coming?

Would transparency help? You know, then we (the public) would understand how these hospitals have every right to cut patient care and staffing in order to survive…..Hmmm.

OK, so we're concerned about hospital profits. Is Obamacare really to blame? Why did the top 5 hospital corps in America report increased profits to the tune of 5-18% in the first quarter of 2014? Are they really just saving their money so they can respond to the Medicare reimbursement cuts that are coming?

Would transparency help? You know, then we (the public) would understand how these hospitals have every right to cut patient care and staffing in order to survive…..Hmmm.

If you're trying to understand what if feels like to live with Alzheimer's..then Award Winning Author Greg O'Brien's book, "On Pluto" is the book to read. "The book glows with honesty, intelligence and compassion, and, given the subject, is a suprisingly spirit renewing book." Anne D. LeClaire, author of "Listening Below the Noise".

If you're trying to understand what if feels like to live with Alzheimer's..then Award Winning Author Greg O'Brien's book, "On Pluto" is the book to read. "The book glows with honesty, intelligence and compassion, and, given the subject, is a suprisingly spirit renewing book." Anne D. LeClaire, author of "Listening Below the Noise".

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