Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
About Me
I don’t have too much to say about myself other than I’ve been a nurse since God was in diapers. I’m outspoken, and my expansive nursing career has given me a ringside seat to the healthcare arena. I’m a bedside nurse and freelance writer. That means I know how to give bed baths while saving lives, and write about the experience after the dust settles. My articles have appeared in Nursing Spectrum, Advance for Nursing, Monsterjob.com, Medscape.com,NursingJobs.org, OnlineNursingDegrees.org, and the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. Oh yeah, and in my spare time I lobby on Capitol Hill for the establishment of the Office of the National Nurse. I currently work at UGH (undisclosed government hospital) as a psychiatric nurse.
You can write to me at motherjonesrn@yahoo.com
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Disclaimer
There has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about medical bloggers and HIPAA regulations so let me make this very clear: I write composite stories about many different people that I've cared for over the years.
Patricia Raymond MD
February 25th, 2012 at 7:47 am
February is African American History Month, and March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month– and what could combine them better than a digestive ditty about colon cancer screening in African Americans? See the hilarious music video at http://www.ButtMeddler.com or http://youtu.be/LSpyaGgA4rs – it’s a homage to Beyonce’s iconic “Single Ladies/Put a Ring On It” video supporting screening colonoscopy in healthy African Americans at age 45.
Why start at 45?
We’ve known since before 2005 that studies showed that our African American patients and friends had a higher incidence of colon cancer, a later stage if diagnosed on their first (index) screening colonoscopy, and a lower survival.
The American College of Gastroenterology went out on their own in 2009 to state OUT LOUD in their guidelines that African Americans should start routine screening with colonoscopy at age 45, for all the reasons listed above AND the fact that most of the polyps occurring in African Americans were high up the colon, unreachable with a sigmoidoscopy. Other studies have shown that colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening is most cost effective in the African American community due to these differences. And yet, no one (other than the ACG) has chosen to strongly publicize the need for early colonoscopy in the African American community.
Why? The only answer that I’ve heard is that “it would be confusing”.
Huh? To whom?
Most black people I’ve spoken with are not confused by 45 instead of 50. Nor are they confused about their own racial identity.
Do me a favor—post or broadcast this information to your readers, and let’s get the word out to “Start at 45”.
Let’s crack down on colon cancer.
Patricia Raymond MD
Jeanette Vaughan
June 8th, 2012 at 10:57 am
Hi, Terri:
Do you remember my blog? TraumaDiva? Well this is me as an author out of the shell. Please get in contact with me. I need to get my blog following going again. my blog is at http://www.jeanettevaughan.com I would love the help from a fellow nursey. Also, I want to send you a complimentary copy of my book for your review. The next one will have even more “medical nursing” in it. Hugs, Jeanette
Bryan Severance
June 14th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Hello!
I am a producer for Crybaby Media in NYC. We are currently developing a new show on Traveling Nurses. Since a lot of nurses come to your site, I was wondering if you would be help us in promoting our little casting search. If you email me – I can email you the PDF we have been starting to send around.
Thanks so much and congrats on your blog success. Very cool!