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I didn't expect a vacation in Monterey -- yelping seals, cavorting otters, lots of good seafood -- would provide a heaping helping of health incidents. Mold in pricey hotel room showers (OK, it's damp on the coast but ...). Waiter in top-rated restaurant...
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Apparently there is a young man in England who has struggled with hiccups, in essence, every 2 seconds for up to 12 hours a day. He estimates that he has hiccuped 10 million times since the episode(s) began. He has heartburn, no sleep for days, problems...
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Every year America celebrates National Nurses Week from May 6, National Nurses Day, to May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's Birthday. I think this year's theme "Nurses: Making a Difference Every Day" enables us to communicate how important...
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...$2.6 billion on flowers, $1.5 billion for other gifts, $68 million on greeting cards, $3.5 billion on dining out and 8% of US jewelry industry annual revenue will be from this day! Way back when in 1870, the original intent for Mother's Day was a proclamation...
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....my in-laws are precious folks (I really mean it), we have always had a great relationship, and shared many experiences together...joyous times, not so joyous, and then plain ole' funny. I would like to share with you a couple of humorous occasions...
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As a particular family were helping one another with dinner preparations, the mother asked the youngest to go into the poorly lit pantry for a can of soup. He said, "I'm afraid of the dark!". His mother reassured him that Jesus is always with him and...
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Valley air stinks and will for years to come. It drives off business and sickens people to death. The American Lung Association, among others, annually reminds us how bad off we are. But those of us who've moved around the country can take that one step...
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With so many bodies under the budgetary knife and everyone screaming, who gets 9-1-1 treatment from Congressmen? The Congressional Management Foundation, a research arm for lawmakers and their staffs, has examined five popular myths and offered how-to's...
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.....okay, the correct spelling is "Southern Hospitality". My husband and I just returned from a trip to South Carolina to see our #1 son. He moved there (near Charleston) last September to take a new job. It was great to see him and to experience delightful...
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Do you care who runs California's lottery? Would you mind if Blue Cross or some other HMO provided care in the state's prisons? Do you have feelings for (or understand) the Williamson Act or the State Compensation Insurance Fund? Those were some of the...
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Lucky LA. Although lots of services are being cut in the name of budget "austerity," (LA Times headline-ese), the Bureau of Street Services (oxymoron?) will be bumped up 3% so it can repair an additional 60 miles of streets. That means the city's backlogged...
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...seems overwhelming and destined for escalating calamity. Crude oil supply has further been disrupted by attacks on pipelines in Nigeria that provides 400,000 barrels a DAY. Vigorous demands in China and other emerging markets are driving prices even...
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The week of April 14 - 18 The Joint Commission surveyed CRMC for their regular triennal survey. At the Leadership Session on the last day of survey, the nurse surveyor complimented the facility's nursing staff for the care they provide for their patients...
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...and women and children of course...ah yes, our beloved canines. What is it about a dog anyway? They never talk much about themselves, yet love to listen to us, and they act interested with what we have to say, they agree incessantly, are pleased with...
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The taco chain store was jammed, the teen staff making supremes and nachos as fast at their sanitary-gloved hands could move. But help was needed. And several staffers offered their bare, gotta-rub-my-nose mitts to mash together sliced lettuce and shredded...
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...like the time he took the cast on his arm and leg, took a saw, and strategically cut holes in areas where they were annoying him. The ankle saw cut he made on his leg cast even startled him as when he stood up, the whole thing slid down, totally voiding...
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Should a sales tax on services -- the crew that trims your lawn, your yoga instructor and the person who watches your kids -- be part of the solution to California's $16 billion (so far) budget deficit? That notion is again being floated by folks like...
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Bone-chilling wind and rain. April at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, a teeth-rattling shuttle ride from Chicago's O'Hare Airport. On cold, gum-encrusted bleacher seats we got to know a few of the 3,000 parents and other relatives of the 709 boot-camp...
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I do enjoy a good cup of joe first thing in the morning, but that's a bit pricey for me...and when you hear the details of this brand, I'm certain you wouldn't pay a nickle for it.....but folks in Britain are apparently willing to. In the foliage of plantations...
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Very few of us, when asked if we experience a significant amount of pressure, anxiety, and tension, would deny it. Many of us would in fact welcome therapeutic intervention. But it seems a stretch to consider that animals would need human assistance to...
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Our much needed expansion remains on track .... our management team continues to work with physicians, staff, architects and community leaders to develop master campus plans for our 117+acre hospital campus. Look for "dirt to begin moving" this coming...
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It's time to be transparent. Status quo is not an option. Thanks to some personal pet peeves and a few takeaways from Modern Healthcare magazine, I've fully got some skin in the cliché game. It is what it is, and going forward it will be problematic and...
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Okay ... it's been months since I've posted to my blog so I finally decided to sit down for a few minutes and confess (or rationalize!) my reasons for the delay. I believe most of you who know me would agree I do not usually procrastinate and prefer to...
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The red ink at San Joaquin General Hospital is supposed to be $32 million deep by end of June. It's one of few remaining county-run hospitals in California. Now county supervisors and some area hospitals are sort of talking about what they can do/want...
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It was a reasonable question from my husband based on the fact that I was 6 months pregnant with #2 son and every rollercoaster ride we came had an obnoxiously visible sign that warned pregnant women not to ride. My nurse friend and I decided, "hey, that...
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