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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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05/09/2012
A GI Technician Shares His ViewsI recently received a letter to the editor that was a good reminder of how any topic can be seen from multiple angles. The following letter is from Antonio Vargas, who shared his thoughts regarding an article that ran in EndoNurse magazine earlier this year. |
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04/13/2012
Gender Prejudice in the Work PlaceOur esteemed contributor, gastroenterologist Patricia Raymond, wrote a particularly interesting article for EndoNurse this spring. |
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02/22/2012
Doctor Releases Must-See Colonoscopy VideoFind me someone who cares more about digestive health screenings and who shows it more creatively than Dr. Patricia Raymond. Go head, I dare you. ... |
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02/14/2012
Do You Know a Great Endoscopy Professional?It's that time again: time to nominate the most talented people you've met in endoscopy. The EndoNurse 2012 MVP award honors the best and brightest, from technicians and nurses, to receptionists. Anyone who works in endoscopy can be nominated (except doctors) as long as they've never won first, second, or third place in the contest. |
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01/30/2012
Endoscopy Scandals: A Race to the BottomYou probably work in an endoscopy department that functions well, where the team members are relatively good to each other and always put patients first. When mistakes occur, they're probably small and don't endanger anyone. Maybe there's a scheduling mishap and patients have to wait too long, or maybe someone was late delivering equipment and the team is inconvenienced. |
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01/12/2012
High Interest in Certification for Flexible-Endoscope ReprocessingOne of our recent articles, "Certification for Flexible-Endoscope Reprocessing" is causing explosive web traffic this month, and it's easy to see why. |
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12/28/2011
A Quick and Effective Form of Continuing EducationAre you trying to attain contact hours for continuing education? As you know, ongoing education can make you a better healthcare professional, and can help you get a promotion and raise. What's not to like? The time commitment, of course. |
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12/07/2011
An Easy Way to Learn About Diagnosing GERD and DyspepsiaPatients who complain of upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms usually face a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or functional dyspepsia. The medical professionals making the diagnosis are confident, otherwise they wouldn't make the diagnosis. But, are they right? ... |
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11/16/2011
EndoNurse Cartoon Through the AgesIf you've been a long-time reader of EndoNurse magazine, then you've been a long-time viewer of the "Adventures of EndoNurse" cartoon. And just in case you're not familiar: Adventures of EndoNurse is a cartoon that runs in every issue of the magazine, and that always includes some combination of the characters EndoNurse, EndoTech, and Aarf the dog. |
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10/11/2011
Propofol and the Jackson TrialThere are lots of points of interest regarding the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Micheal Jackson’s former personal doctor. How could there not be points of interest, it’s Michael Jackson we’re talking about. But from an endoscopy standpoint, one factor lords above any other in this case: the use of propofol. The defense is trying to prove that Jackson died because of self-administered sleeping pills, whereas the offense is trying to prove that Jackson died because of the propofol Murray made accessible to Jackson. |
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