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Tattling on nursing colleagues: When is it right?

Tattling on nursing colleagues: When is it right?

Most nurses can be trusted when it comes to patient care and acting ethically at work. Taking responsibility for your own actions is one thing, but when it comes to reporting or ‘tattling’ on a nursing colleague who may be less responsible it is not always easy or appropriate. In this article, on NurseConnect, veteran […]

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Home care program for elderly improves outcomes, study finds

Home care program for elderly improves outcomes, study finds

A study in the journal Nursing Outlook found that a home-based care program for the elderly called “Aging in Place,” which integrates personalized health services and nursing care coordination, improved outcomes and reduced costs compared with assisted home living and nursing home care. Program participants also had improvements in their mental and physical health, data […]

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Google UK releases a quarterly magazine

Google UK releases a quarterly magazine

Google UK has introduced a quarterly magazine “Think Quarterly” which is intended to cover a variety of topics related to data.  New issues are expected in July and October.  The articles are poised to cause reflection on the need for and handling of data, as well as its storage and retrieval.  This issue’s articles include one […]

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URGENT APPEAL! Volunteers needed to serve the homeless!

URGENT APPEAL! Volunteers needed to serve the homeless!

Event: Stanbridge College Volunteering to Serve Homeless Date: Saturday June 11, 2011 Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm Location: Lighthouse Outreach Ministries: 1885 Anaheim St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Registration: Current students register online or email reach@stanbridge.edu Stanbridge College is sending out an urgent appeal for volunteers to help on Saturday, June 11 at the Lighthouse Outreach Ministries in […]

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Stanbridge College Receives National Recognition for Community Service, Named to President’s Honor Roll

Stanbridge College Receives National Recognition for Community Service, Named to President’s Honor Roll

For the second consecutive year, Stanbridge College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Honor Roll recognizes exemplary service to America’s communities and is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and […]

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‘Teach-back’ to Improve Patients’ Understanding

It is essential that nurses never assume that their patients understand anything you say. It is imperative to actually confirm that a patient knows what to do when they get home, regardless of whether we think they do, or even if we think we did a good job of explaining it.  Read more on patient […]

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Hitachi beats Western Digital, gets bought by Western Digital

Hitachi beats Western Digital, gets bought by Western Digital

Western Digital was the first with a 3 TB hard drive, but Hitachi is now out with a 3TB drive that spins at 7200 RPM, vice WD’s 5400 turns per minute. The Tech Report has a write up here, that is notable for not only comparing Hitachi’s monster drive to Western Digital’s drive, but also […]

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Stanbridge College REACHes Out to Serve the Homeless at Lighthouse Ministries

Stanbridge College REACHes Out to Serve the Homeless at Lighthouse Ministries

On Saturday May 21, the Stanbridge community gathered at the Lighthouse Outreach Ministries, the local outreach ministry of Mariners Church in Irvine, California, to help serve our homeless with lunch. In addition to volunteering time and effort, Stanbridge College provided funds to host the event as well as one-day bus passes to the people in […]

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$2400 Raised for Project Hope Through Jeans Weeks & Student Fundraisers

$2400 Raised for Project Hope Through Jeans Weeks & Student Fundraisers

Stanbridge College held its quarterly Jeans Week Fundraiser October 11th through October 29th, to benefit Project Hope of Orange County. The Vocational Nursing Students did not have to wear their daily scrubs if they donated $2 each day they wore “free dress”. In addition to Jeans Weeks, student groups lead independent fundraisers to benefit Project […]

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Stanbridge Cares: Students Serve Homeless at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen

Stanbridge Cares: Students Serve Homeless at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen

Stanbridge College students volunteered at Someone Cares Soup Kitchen, preparing and serving a warm meal to homeless people in Orange County. The meal, made fresh every day, is nutritious and tasty including vegetable soup, lettuce and fruit salads, hearty and filling side dishes, breads and muffins, desert, milk and water. Stanbridge College volunteers prepared and […]

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