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Post by medic09 on Jan 5, 2009 14:30:59 GMT -5
Are you reading something good that relates to Nursing (like The Spirit Catches You And Then You Fall Down, or Closing the Chart) or that relates to Jews in Nursing?
I just read an article in the Feb. 08 edition of Assia in response to two observant girls who are physical therapy students. It related to their questions about yihud (men and women alone), negiah (contact between sexes), appropriate dress, and interaction with their male instructors and classmates. As the article pointed out, many of the questions would likely be relevant to nurses and nursing students, as well.
I've also been reading some interesting material, some in English, for a yahrzeit shiur I'm preparing on Fundamentals in Medicine and Halacha.
I'm still surprised by how little is out there relating to the nitty-gritty of nursing practice and Judaism.
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Post by Rivka P on Jan 6, 2009 11:31:04 GMT -5
Well, this isn't exactly something I was reading, but I was invited to join a cause on facebook for the organization called "As I Lay Me Down to Sleep." They are photographers who document the births of stillborns as a keepsake for the bereaved parents. I thought it was an important service and want to share this information with you as nurses, so you can recommend it to your patients as necessary. www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/
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Post by achot on Jan 11, 2009 7:44:09 GMT -5
Since I work in geriatrics, I find Mitch Albom's books and others like it entertaining. There are books like "The Midwife" or " the Nurse" etc. There are many halacha books that deal with Hilchot SHabbat and Refua. or Hilchot Kibud Horim and the Elderly.
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Post by medic09 on Jan 11, 2009 10:13:01 GMT -5
Shalom Achot,
What can you suggest in the way of Halacha and patient care?
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Post by chanab on Jan 11, 2009 12:53:54 GMT -5
Rivka P - I was fortunate/unfortunate enough to be on a PICU one day when a photagrapher came from that organization. The baby in question was somewhere between 3-6 wks old so I'm not sure what the age-limit is, and the photographer also assisted in making molds of the babys hands and feet. It was a very difficult experience for all involved, but it is a good organization to be aware of in this field.
medic09 - I've never heard of Assia before. What is it and where might I find a copy of the article?
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Post by medic09 on Jan 11, 2009 13:06:05 GMT -5
Chanab, Assia is the premier journal covering Halacha and Medicine. It is published in Ivrit by Machon Schlesinger at Shaarei Tzedek. www.medethics.org.il/ The journal Jewish Medical Ethics is the English counterpart, though quite inferior IMO. JME appears to be abstracted and translated from Assia, for the most part. The article I mentioned was in the Feb. 08 issue of Assia.
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Post by Rivka P on Jan 11, 2009 18:01:20 GMT -5
Oh, I'm also reading Nishmat Avraham by Rabbi Avraham S. Avraham (or in Israel, Rabbi Avraham Sofer) It's a commentary on the shulchan aruch. I am mostly focusing on laws of hashkamat haboker and how they relate to someone who has been awake all night.
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Post by Rivka P on Jan 23, 2009 12:06:41 GMT -5
To somewhat continue the discussion that has begun in "Jewish nursing challenges," I'd like to suggest reading Girls Gone Mild by Wendy Shalit. For you facebook people, here's a link to her group: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2405497472&ref=ts
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Post by medic09 on Jan 23, 2009 12:35:45 GMT -5
I've not seen Wendy Shalit's book either, but I just googled her. She has a blog site, and apparently has another book out as well. Looks interesting.
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Post by chanab on Feb 22, 2009 16:03:18 GMT -5
Not r/t Jews in nursing, but nursing in general. I recently missed some sx r/t appendicitis and a small bowel obstruction (2 diff cases - B"H no one died, they did lose a couple organs though). Not that my job is to dx, but it is to recognize when the MD needs to be notified. One of our NP's gave me an article on abdominal sx from Advance for NP's (Also available as Advance for Nurses - regionally distibuted mag that all nurses are eliglble to receive for free - sign up locally!). I'm taking it as an object lesson about needing to improve my assessment skills. Learning a lot, but as always - if you have any good resources to share, let me know! (I have also looked through the Griffith 5 min clinical consult book, and some of my old txtbks too)
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Post by chanab on Feb 22, 2009 16:04:33 GMT -5
* that should say my assessment skills, not digreeessment. Second time this forum has done that.
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Post by Rivka P on Feb 22, 2009 19:10:20 GMT -5
I think the forum automatically changes "bad words" I wanted to write dickies, like the brand of scrubs, and it kept changing it, so I wrote it without the C. I'm gonna try to figure out how to turn that off.
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Post by medic09 on Mar 15, 2009 17:08:47 GMT -5
Interesting looking article in recent issue of Tradition (Winter '08). Halakhic Issues Presented By Breast Cancer, by Naomi Englard-Schaffer and Dr. Deena Zimmerman.
Haven't read it yet, but looks interesting. In the same issue, Rav JD Bleich expresses an interesting opinion in passing concerning glucometry on Shabbat for diabetics. Ask your LOR if he subscribes and will lend it to you.
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Post by Rivka P on Mar 15, 2009 22:51:06 GMT -5
for the record, I think I fixed the automatic editing problem
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Post by Rivka P on Oct 1, 2009 21:42:53 GMT -5
just read an article in the NY times about aortic valve replacement surgery that isn't "open heart" but rather, the valve is placed via catheter. WOW.
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