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  1. ROSE, LAURI BSN, RN, HNC
  2. FAUX, LISA SHEFLER LPN
  3. PERRODIN, JOHN NURSING STUDENT

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Nightingale's teaching: Still relevant

I enjoyed "Why Florence Nightingale Still Matters" (November 2010),* which makes the case for why her teaching is still relevant. I'd like to mention another fundamental of hers: Good health starts in a healthy community. Nightingale's work in India was seminal public health nursing. Despite all our modern technology and methods, the basics haven't changed. For promoting health, I haven't found anything better than fresh air, exercise, hygiene, and good food choices.

  
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-LAURI ROSE, BSN, RN, HNC

 

Bridgeville, Calif.

 

Tuned into students

I'd like to tell fellow nursing students about an "illness" that can affect them: "iatrogenic cephalitis."

 

Pathophysiology: Cerebral edema secondary to information overload.

 

Signs and symptoms: Nausea, headache, diarrhea, anorexia, weight loss, xerostomia, epigastric pain

 

Nursing interventions:

 

* Study consistently; repetition is the key.

 

* When you're not absorbing what you're reading, switch tasks.

 

* Read over your notes daily; don't cram the night before exams.

 

* Make time for dinner with your family.

 

* Get enough sleep, eat balanced meals, and exercise daily.

 

* Challenge yourself; you can handle more than you think.

 

* Forget about your dust bunnies; you'll get to them evenually.

 

* Enjoy life and be thankful for each day of good health.

 

 

Outcome criteria: Your patient thanks you!!

 

-LISA SHEFLER FAUX, LPN

 

Tunkhannock, Pa.

 

Nursing2011 seems to have been written just for me: a nursing student. Every issue includes content specifically relevant to my classes.

 

For example, "Managing Hypernatremia" (Clinical Queries, September 2010)* fits hand-in-glove with what we're studying in medical-surgical nursing. As I transition into the nursing profession, I consider your journal to be an outstanding resource.

 

-JOHN PERRODIN, NURSING STUDENT

 

Colorado Springs, Colo.

 

Editor's note: This month, Nursing2011 is launching a new department called Student Voices, focused on the unique concerns of nursing students. Check it out on page 9.

 

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