CEUs

Let me share my gem of information with you about continuing education units! The easiest way I've found for earning CEUs is by going to www.netce.com. If you're wanting to earn hours by doing CEUs, I would seriously check this website out!

Also, I found out that you keep track of CEUs the same way you do with working hours. Keep documentation of all your hours in case you are audited. I guess the honor code is still in force. :)

My New Guy

Hello my dear friends!

I wanted to let you know about our new addition! I had a baby boy on February 15th, and we named him Hyrum. He is the sweetest little guy! I gave birth without pain medication (SO worth it ladies!) 1 hour and 26 minutes after AROM. If you want to read more, check out my blog. You'll find out why I wanted to go natural, and all that jazz.

Hope everyone is doing well and prospering in their respective lives and professions! If you have announcements, let's hear them!

Any Houston-dwellers out there?

We're moving to Houston at the end of the month and I've been wanting to start looking for a job. It seems like there are an endless amount of job postings so I'm turning to my nursing buddies for help: What hospital do you work at, days/nights, do your rotate Sunday shifts, what's an average starting salary for the area, what department do you work in?? I have lots of questions and if anyone lives in Houston and could help a sister out, let me know! :)

Thanks!

Aubrey Harris

Please Help! RN Study Participants Needed!

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to help a friend of a friend here. She's doing her dissertation and really is in dire need of nurses who work Pediatrics or ER. Here is the email and flyer I received from her. Please contact her if you are able and/or interested in participating.

Thanks!
Shannon Davis

Hi my name is Brooke Ruehl, I am the one doing the dissertation study with nurses. The study is designed to look at the effects that writing might have on stress, with nurses. I am recruiting nurses that work with either Pediatric Hem/Onc patients, Pediatric Intensive Care patients, Neonatal Intensive Care patients, or who work in Emergency Departments. To qualify for the study you have to be currently working at least 30 hours week in one of those above areas, for at least the past 3 months. I would be so appreciative if you were able to pass on my information. Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have via email (brookedf11@gmail.com) or phone (760-496-8943).

Thank you again for your interest and help!

Brooke

Nursing Stress Study

The Psychological and Physical Health Effects of Writing In Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Intensive Care, and Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Staff.

The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effects of two types of journal writing on stress. Participants will be asked to complete several self-report questionnaires on 3 separate occasions, spaced several weeks apart. You will also be asked to complete 3 journal writing sessions, each 25-35 minutes.

• Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two writing groups.
• Participation will last 10 weeks, which includes the 6 week follow-up.
• Participants will complete questionnaires and 3 writing sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be employed as a nurse in the same nursing field for at least 3 months. Must hold a LVN, RN, or ASN, BSN, or MSN degree.
• Primary practice is in clinical nursing.
• Primary population treated are pediatric patients or emergency room and psychiatric patients.
• Must work on a Hematology/Oncology Inpatient or Outpatient Unit, Pediatric ICU, Neonatal ICU, Emergency Department, or Psychiatric Unit.

If you are interested in participating or have any questions about the study, Please Contact: Brooke Ruehl, M.S.

760-496-8943 or brookedf11@gmail.com

Thank You!

The cold continues

I stole Chris's hat so I was a bit warmer than him. What a nice honey!

Now that is a great show of Christmas and school spirit :-)

We had great seats for the game.

Chris loves sports of all kind but he especially loves football and basketball. This past December he convinced me to go to the Las Vegas Bowl. It did not really take too much to convince me because I like sports a lot as well. He are a few of the highlights from our trips.

We went to a buffett at the Rio Grande. It was huge and as you can see by Chris below we were SUPPER SUPPER full. I usually don't like to go to buffetts because I feel like I have to eat a lot to justify the cost, but just this once it was a blast.

We got to the game just on time for the kick off and boy it was windy. You can see the markers on the field goal standing straight up. We pretty much froze or little bums off.

1 Year...Congratulations!!!!

Hey all,
I have just been thinking this week that I can't believe it has already been a year since we were all going to our last class of our undergraduate career and saying goodbye as we headed off to the next chapter in our life. Last year at this time most of us were still in Provo and now a year later we are spread all over the world. I know that I feel that in this short year I have grown and learned so much (don't worry, I still have a lot more to learn) and I am sure that you feel the same way too. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday that we all met in the Benson building for the first class of our Nursing experience and started to get to know one another, and at other times it feels like an entire lifetime ago. I know that those 2 1/2 years were wonderful years for me, mostly because I got to get to know all of you and work with you toward becoming nurses. Thanks for letting me share those years with you, and here's to all of us finding success wherever our road takes us this next year. (I know, I know, this is really sappy, but it just had to be said).
~Natalie Gamble