Interviews with nurses and the rewards of their chosen careers.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
New books in Atherton Library
Acute & chronic wounds: current management concepts / Ruth A. Bryant, Denise P. Nix, AGEN RD98.3A382007
Back and neck sourcebook: basic consumer health information about spinal pain, spinal cord injuries, and related disorders, such as degenerative disk disease, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, sciatica, spina bifida, and spinal stenosis...AREF RD771.B217B29352004
Breastfeeding and human lactation / Jan Riordan (ed.), AGEN RJ216B7752005
Clinical nutrition: enteral and tube feeding / Rolando H. Rolandelli, Robin Bankhead et al (eds.), AGEN RM225.C5652005
Crisis in youth mental health: critical issues and effective programs / Hiram Fitzgerald, Robert Zucker et al., MGEN RJ503c762006
Geriatric medicine: an evidence-based approach / Christine Cassel (ed.) AGEN AGEN RC952G3932006
Foundations of maternal-newborn nursing / Sharon Smith Murray, Emily Slone McKinney, AGEN RG951M872006
Goodman & Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics / Laurence Brunton, John Lazo et al. (eds), AREF RM300G6442006
Maternal & child health nursing: care of the childbearing & childrearing family / Adele Pilliterri, AGEN RG951P6372007
Maternal child nursing care / Shannon E. Perry et al., AGEN RG951W872006
Maternal-newborn nursing & women's healthcare / Sally B. Olds, AGEN RG951.O43272004
Maternity nursing / Deltra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, AGEN RG951B662006
Maternity nursing care / Lynna Littleton & Joan Engebretson, AGEN RG951L5652005
No mo'olelo lomilomi: the traditions of Hawaiian massage and healing / R. Makana Risser Chai, (ed.), AHP RM721N32005
Nursing excellence for children and families / Martha Craft-Rosenberg & Marilyn J. Krajicek (eds), AGEN RJ245N8762006
Organ transplants: making the most of your gift of life / Robert Finn, AGEN RD120.75F552000
PDR drug guide for mental health professionals / AREF RM315P372002
Pediatric critical care / Bradley Fuhrman, Jerry Zimmerman (eds.), AGEN RJ370F842006
Pharmacology for nursing care / Richard Lehne, AGEN RM301P4572007
Polynesian herbal medicine / W. Arthur Whistler, AHP RM666H33W4481992
Teens in therapy: making it their own / Richard Bromfield, MGEN RJ503B782005
Textbook of perioperative care / Kate Woodhead, Paul Wicker, AGEN RD32.3W652005
Urinary & fecal incontinence: current management concepts / AGEN Dorothy B. Doughty (ed.), RC921I5U722006
Williams obstetrics / F. Gary Cunningham (ed.), AREF RG524W72005
Back and neck sourcebook: basic consumer health information about spinal pain, spinal cord injuries, and related disorders, such as degenerative disk disease, osteoarthritis, scoliosis, sciatica, spina bifida, and spinal stenosis...AREF RD771.B217B29352004
Breastfeeding and human lactation / Jan Riordan (ed.), AGEN RJ216B7752005
Clinical nutrition: enteral and tube feeding / Rolando H. Rolandelli, Robin Bankhead et al (eds.), AGEN RM225.C5652005
Crisis in youth mental health: critical issues and effective programs / Hiram Fitzgerald, Robert Zucker et al., MGEN RJ503c762006
Geriatric medicine: an evidence-based approach / Christine Cassel (ed.) AGEN AGEN RC952G3932006
Foundations of maternal-newborn nursing / Sharon Smith Murray, Emily Slone McKinney, AGEN RG951M872006
Goodman & Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics / Laurence Brunton, John Lazo et al. (eds), AREF RM300G6442006
Maternal & child health nursing: care of the childbearing & childrearing family / Adele Pilliterri, AGEN RG951P6372007
Maternal child nursing care / Shannon E. Perry et al., AGEN RG951W872006
Maternal-newborn nursing & women's healthcare / Sally B. Olds, AGEN RG951.O43272004
Maternity nursing / Deltra Leonard Lowdermilk, Shannon E. Perry, AGEN RG951B662006
Maternity nursing care / Lynna Littleton & Joan Engebretson, AGEN RG951L5652005
No mo'olelo lomilomi: the traditions of Hawaiian massage and healing / R. Makana Risser Chai, (ed.), AHP RM721N32005
Nursing excellence for children and families / Martha Craft-Rosenberg & Marilyn J. Krajicek (eds), AGEN RJ245N8762006
Organ transplants: making the most of your gift of life / Robert Finn, AGEN RD120.75F552000
PDR drug guide for mental health professionals / AREF RM315P372002
Pediatric critical care / Bradley Fuhrman, Jerry Zimmerman (eds.), AGEN RJ370F842006
Pharmacology for nursing care / Richard Lehne, AGEN RM301P4572007
Polynesian herbal medicine / W. Arthur Whistler, AHP RM666H33W4481992
Teens in therapy: making it their own / Richard Bromfield, MGEN RJ503B782005
Textbook of perioperative care / Kate Woodhead, Paul Wicker, AGEN RD32.3W652005
Urinary & fecal incontinence: current management concepts / AGEN Dorothy B. Doughty (ed.), RC921I5U722006
Williams obstetrics / F. Gary Cunningham (ed.), AREF RG524W72005
Injury Deaths
Press Release
For Immediate Release
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Contact: Gail Hayes
CDC, Injury Media Relations
Phone: (770) 488-4902
New CDC Study Finds 5.5 Percent Increase in Injury Mortality from 1999 to 2004
Increases in deaths among 20–to–29 and 45–to–54 year olds contribute to first overall increase in years
Injury death rates nationally rose more than 5 percent after a two–decade period of decline, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report indicates the largest increases were seen in the 20–29 and 45–54 year age groups.
The total injury mortality rate includes deaths from unintentional injury, suicides, homicides, and injuries of undetermined intent. If a death could not be definitively attributed to unintentional injury or suicide, it is considered to be of undetermined intent. Homicide rates remained stable throughout the 1999–2004 period, with unintentional poisonings accounting for more than half of the total increase in injury deaths.
“We′re very concerned anytime we see an increase in premature deaths,“ said Ileana Arias, Ph.D., director of CDC′s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “We don′t know if this is an indication of a trend, but it is something that needs to be further examined.“
The 45– to 54–year–old age group experienced the largest increase in injury mortality rates. This group had a 25 percent increase, for an additional 8,000 deaths in 2004. In comparison, the 20–29–year age group had an 8 percent increase in total injury death rates. Unintentional poisonings accounted for more than 50 percent of the increase in each group.
Shared risk factors could contribute to the increase in multiple injury categories and age groups, Arias said. For example, the recent increase in prescription drug abuse during the same time period in these age groups could have contributed to an increase in mortality due to suicide, homicide, unintentional poisoning, and other types of unintentional injury. Prevention programs that focus on such shared risk factors could help reduce the number of injury–related deaths.
“The increase in prescription drug overdoses among the middle–aged is something that the CDC has noted before,“ said Len Paulozzi, M.D., a medical epidemiologist at the Injury Center. “We need to explore the increases in other types of injury for which drug abuse is a risk factor in the same age groups.“
For this study, CDC analyzed mortality data on resident deaths occurring in the United States, as compiled from death certificates by the National Vital Statistics System.
For more information about unintentional poisoning prevention, please go to www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/poisoning.htm.
For more information about suicide prevention, please go to www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/Suicide/default.htm.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Content Source: Office of Enterprise Communication
For Immediate Release
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Contact: Gail Hayes
CDC, Injury Media Relations
Phone: (770) 488-4902
New CDC Study Finds 5.5 Percent Increase in Injury Mortality from 1999 to 2004
Increases in deaths among 20–to–29 and 45–to–54 year olds contribute to first overall increase in years
Injury death rates nationally rose more than 5 percent after a two–decade period of decline, according to a study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in today′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report indicates the largest increases were seen in the 20–29 and 45–54 year age groups.
The total injury mortality rate includes deaths from unintentional injury, suicides, homicides, and injuries of undetermined intent. If a death could not be definitively attributed to unintentional injury or suicide, it is considered to be of undetermined intent. Homicide rates remained stable throughout the 1999–2004 period, with unintentional poisonings accounting for more than half of the total increase in injury deaths.
“We′re very concerned anytime we see an increase in premature deaths,“ said Ileana Arias, Ph.D., director of CDC′s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. “We don′t know if this is an indication of a trend, but it is something that needs to be further examined.“
The 45– to 54–year–old age group experienced the largest increase in injury mortality rates. This group had a 25 percent increase, for an additional 8,000 deaths in 2004. In comparison, the 20–29–year age group had an 8 percent increase in total injury death rates. Unintentional poisonings accounted for more than 50 percent of the increase in each group.
Shared risk factors could contribute to the increase in multiple injury categories and age groups, Arias said. For example, the recent increase in prescription drug abuse during the same time period in these age groups could have contributed to an increase in mortality due to suicide, homicide, unintentional poisoning, and other types of unintentional injury. Prevention programs that focus on such shared risk factors could help reduce the number of injury–related deaths.
“The increase in prescription drug overdoses among the middle–aged is something that the CDC has noted before,“ said Len Paulozzi, M.D., a medical epidemiologist at the Injury Center. “We need to explore the increases in other types of injury for which drug abuse is a risk factor in the same age groups.“
For this study, CDC analyzed mortality data on resident deaths occurring in the United States, as compiled from death certificates by the National Vital Statistics System.
For more information about unintentional poisoning prevention, please go to www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/poisoning.htm.
For more information about suicide prevention, please go to www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/Suicide/default.htm.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Content Source: Office of Enterprise Communication
Monday, December 3, 2007
All books due by December 16, 2007
Return all books by December 16th!
All library books are due at the latest by Sunday, December 16, 2007.
Late fees are $0.50 per item per day, with a maximum fine of $10.00 per item. If your book is already overdue, you may be eligible for our Food for Fines program. This special program provides for a one week grace period on payment of overdue book fines.
To be eligible for Food for Fines, your book cannot be more than 7 days past its due date. You must return your book to either the Atherton or Meader Library Circulation Desk along with one (1) canned food item per book. Turn in both the book and the canned food item to a library staff member.
All canned food items will be donated to the HPU Food Bank.
Call Meader Library Circulation Services at 544-0210 or Atherton Library Circulation Desk at 236-3505 for more information.
All library books are due at the latest by Sunday, December 16, 2007.
Late fees are $0.50 per item per day, with a maximum fine of $10.00 per item. If your book is already overdue, you may be eligible for our Food for Fines program. This special program provides for a one week grace period on payment of overdue book fines.
To be eligible for Food for Fines, your book cannot be more than 7 days past its due date. You must return your book to either the Atherton or Meader Library Circulation Desk along with one (1) canned food item per book. Turn in both the book and the canned food item to a library staff member.
All canned food items will be donated to the HPU Food Bank.
Call Meader Library Circulation Services at 544-0210 or Atherton Library Circulation Desk at 236-3505 for more information.
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