Guts and Butts Blog
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EndoNurse editor Michelle Beaver is a graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She's won several state and national journalism awards, including a national first-place for in-depth reporting from the Scripps Howard Foundation. She has written for two wire services, several newspapers and magazines. |
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08/25/2010
Is Colon Hydrotherapy Helpful, or Quackery?Patients who follow bowel-prep instructions carefully end up with colons clean enough for an effective colonoscopy. But, as any endoscopy professional knows, the patients hate the bowel-prep procedure, and there are some potential dangers to the laxative process. |
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08/18/2010
Healthcare Professionals Educated About Prescription MedsLast week, law enforcement leaders gathered in Orlando to educate Florida healthcare workers about how dire the prescription-drug-abuse epidemic has gotten, and to offer advice on how healthcare workers can help curb the problem. |
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08/04/2010
MVP Results are Almost OutThe votes for this year’s MVP contest have been tabulated, and we have thus determined the winner, second-place, third-place, and runner-up position. But, we’re keeping a lid on this information just a little while later. To see who won, read the Oct/Nov issue of EndoNurse magazine, which is also our annual buyer’s guide addition. I thank the many people who participated—thousands of votes were logged! ... |
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07/29/2010
Cancer-Screening Home KitsA new at-home colon-cancer-screening program is growing in Canada and results seem positive so far. The program, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, is available in six provincial health districts and will be phased into three others. |
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07/14/2010
New Forum Answers Germ QuestionsIn your work as an endoscopy nurse, technician, officer manager, etc., do you ever wonder whether your facility is following proper protocol for infection control measures from how to clean scopes, to which chemicals should be used in high-traffic patient areas? ... |
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07/08/2010
Colonoscopy? There's an App for That!Alright, the colonoscopy application doesn’t actually give a colonoscopy (can you even imagine?) but it does simulate one. The purpose is for medical students and the oddly curious to look at innards on screen as though they were viewing a live colonoscopy, so they can practice diagnosing GI illnesses. |
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06/30/2010
MVP Results from Round 2Congratulations to the MVP nominees who made it through to the final five! ... |
