In honor of National Arthritis Awareness Month, we hear from Lisa Shultz, Shultz, mother of Amelia and Liberty Shultz who were 2012 National Arthritis Walk Honorees. When our children are born we are excited to see what they look like – Whose eyes do they have? Do they have mom’s or dad’s nose? We always hope they get [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/">Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Career in Nursing</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/">How Much Sleep is Too Much Sleep?</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/">Are You Cut Out for a Career in Nursing?</a></li></ul>With busy schedules and hectic lifestyles, people are often concerned about the amount of sleep they get. On the other end of the spectrum, parents worry that their teenagers sleep too long on weekends, and other adults wonder if their make-up sleep is detrimental to their health. The amount of sleep needed varies by age, [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/">Juvenile Arthritis: A Mother’s Story</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/">Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Career in Nursing</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/">Are You Cut Out for a Career in Nursing?</a></li></ul>Congratulations to the following iTriage partner hospitals that recently made the Thomson Reuters annual list of 100 Top Hospitals. Now in its 19th year, the study identifies those hospitals with the best facility-wide performance. Nearly 3,000 hospitals were evaluated on measures including patient care, operational efficiency, and financial stability. According to the study, the 100 [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/22-itriage-partner-hospitals-thomson-reuters-top-100/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/22-itriage-partner-hospitals-thomson-reuters-top-100/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/22-itriage-partner-hospitals-thomson-reuters-top-100/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/22-itriage-partner-hospitals-thomson-reuters-top-100/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/infinity-healthcare-itriage-partner-bring-mobile-healthcare-expansion-20-client-hospitals/">Infinity HealthCare and iTriage Partner to Bring Mobile Healthcare Expansion to 20 Client Hospitals</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/medical-facilities-promote-services-itriage/">More Medical Facilities Promote Their Services on iTriage</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/fda-steps-focus-monitoring-drugs-approval/">FDA Steps Up Focus on Monitoring Drugs after Approval</a></li></ul>Many would call nursing a noble profession, and certainly anyone that is willing to clean up vomit as part and parcel of their profession should be given some kind of medal. But while this job is demanding, stressful, and exceedingly difficult, it also has the potential to provide for a challenging and rewarding occupation that [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/">Are You Cut Out for a Career in Nursing?</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/nurses-nurses-week/">What nurses want this Nurses Week</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/">Juvenile Arthritis: A Mother’s Story</a></li></ul>Some of us know what we want to do with our lives from the time we are small children. My brother wanted to be a fireman (he currently works for an oil company – I guess he kind of went the other way with that one). My sister wanted to be a veterinarian and instead [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/">Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Career in Nursing</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/nurses-nurses-week/">What nurses want this Nurses Week</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/">Juvenile Arthritis: A Mother’s Story</a></li></ul>The first week of May is Nurse’s Week, one of the nation’s largest health care events. This week was created to recognize the contributions and commitments nurses make and to educate the world about their hard work and dedication. During Nurse’s Week, it is important to educate yourself on their role and how health care [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/celebrate-national-nurses-week-nurse-empowerment/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/celebrate-national-nurses-week-nurse-empowerment/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/celebrate-national-nurses-week-nurse-empowerment/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/celebrate-national-nurses-week-nurse-empowerment/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/">Juvenile Arthritis: A Mother’s Story</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/">Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Career in Nursing</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/">How Much Sleep is Too Much Sleep?</a></li></ul>When someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, it means that a malignant tumor has been found within the cells of the breast. Cells that are malignant can invade the surrounding tissues and spread to other parts of the body. Although men have been known to get breast cancer, this disease primarily affects women. Many times, [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/breast-cancer-liposuction/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/breast-cancer-liposuction/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/breast-cancer-liposuction/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/breast-cancer-liposuction/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/">Juvenile Arthritis: A Mother’s Story</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/">Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Career in Nursing</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/sleep-sleep/">How Much Sleep is Too Much Sleep?</a></li></ul>Whose your favorite nurse? We’ve all got one. Because nurses are with us at so many important points in our lives. They help us welcome new life and comfort us as we say good bye to loved ones. Nurses are present in medical emergencies and medical ordinaries. No other medical professional is so ingrained in [...]
]]> <a title="View Comments" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/nurses-nurses-week/#comments"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/comments.png"></a> <a title="Follow Comments via RSS" href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/nurses-nurses-week/feed/atom/"><img height="20" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0px 3px 0px;padding:0" src="http://assets.feedblitz.com/i/commentrss.png"></a> <div style="clear:left;"><h3><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/nurses-nurses-week/#comments">Comments</a></h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/nurses-nurses-week/#comments">Comments</a></li></ul></div><h3 style="clear:left;padding-top:10px">Related Stories</h3><ul><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/top-5-reasons-career-nursing/">Top 5 Reasons to Consider a Career in Nursing</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/cut-career-nursing/">Are You Cut Out for a Career in Nursing?</a></li><li><a href="http://blog.itriagehealth.com/juvenile-arthritis-mothers-story/">Juvenile Arthritis: A Mother’s Story</a></li></ul>The most celebrated holiday of Mexican culture in the United States commemorates May 5, 1862, the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla. Since then, the holiday has taken on more meaning outside of Mexico and is a popular day for enjoying family time, good food, and other festivities. When people in [...]
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