Tag: Stanbride College

Help Save Lives at the Stanbridge College Blood Drive: July 19th

Help Save Lives at the Stanbridge College Blood Drive: July 19th

Give blood and save lives at the Stanbridge College Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 19th to support the American Red Cross Society. Stanbridge College encourages all of its students, faculty, and staff to REACH out and support the American Red Cross blood donations. While all blood types are needed during the critical summer months, type […]

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Stanbridge College Raises Over $1,450 for Convoy of Hope and the town of Joplin, MO

Stanbridge College Raises Over $1,450 for Convoy of Hope and the town of Joplin, MO

Stanbridge College students, faculty and staff raised over $1,450 for Convoy of Hope and disaster relief for the town of Joplin, Missouri. Stanbridge College holds quarterly Favorite Charity contests in which students, staff and faculty submit and vote on non-profit organizations to help local and global communities. This quarter, Stanbridge College chose to raise funds […]

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“Liking” vs “+1”ing: Google+ Prepares for Battle

“Liking” vs “+1”ing: Google+ Prepares for Battle

Google+ is a new social networking platform that will be available to the public on July 31st.  So far, the reviews have been mixed, with bloggers weighing in on both fabulous features and where Google is falling short. In an article at TechCrunch, MG Siegler draws battle lines for the social media war among Google, […]

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Top Health Technology Hazards for Nurses in 2011

Top Health Technology Hazards for Nurses in 2011

While health technology enhances patient care and improves efficiency, there are also risks in using these devices that all nurses should know. The ECRI Institute, a non-profit that provides research on health care, publishes an annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards to raise awareness in hospitals of technological dangers. The parts of […]

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Food Truck Days at Stanbridge College: Tuesdays and Thursdays in July

Food Truck Days at Stanbridge College: Tuesdays and Thursdays in July

Stanbridge College is excited to announce that every Tuesday and Thursday starting the week of July 11th a food truck will be parked outside of the Stanbridge College Campus. You will see signs pointing to the location and smell the delicious gourmet gyros, burgers, veggies, spuds and other tasty lunch treats. By popular demand, we […]

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The Challenges with GUIs

The Challenges with GUIs

Paul Venezia, writing in Infoworld’s blog, gets it partially right when comparing the Graphical User Interface to the Command Line Interface in his example of reconfiguring translation tables for a firewall when a new communications provider is chosen.  He writes of the ability to utilize a stream editor (sed) to easily convert a text file […]

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Staying in Shape While Working as a Nurse Poses Challenges

Staying in Shape While Working as a Nurse Poses Challenges

Nurses, along with being busy with their work, families, and other commitments, are encouraged to be role models for healthy living to their patients. So how can a nurse fit exercise into a packed daily routine? Read on for helpful tips! Gary Scholar, the author of Fit Nurse: Your Total Plan for Getting Fit and […]

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Stanbridge Nursing Students Improve Patient Care By Breaking Down Language Barriers

Stanbridge Nursing Students Improve Patient Care By Breaking Down Language Barriers

For the Vocational Nursing students at Stanbridge College, learning proper communication is a major emphasis in their curriculum. When the nursing students of cohort FTQ ran into a challenging situation communicating with a non-English speaking patient their solution was to go beyond the textbook and demonstrate their personal dedication to ensure the highest level of […]

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Cutting the Power Cord: Recharging your smartphone on your desk lamp and beyond

Cutting the Power Cord: Recharging your smartphone on your desk lamp and beyond

Tom’s Hardware Guide takes a look at the current state of Wireless Power and potential future incarnations of powering devices without cords or cables.  Today, Powermat is available in the Chevy Volt, and Qualcomm is in discussions with auto manufacturers to incorporate their solution into vehicles.  Bosch is working with Qi wireless power to recharge […]

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Jumping on the USB 3.0 bandwagon

Jumping on the USB 3.0 bandwagon

Tech Report is out with an update on the state of USB 3.0 for those not lucky enough to have recently purchased a motherboard or system with built-in USB 3.0, and answers the question “is it that much better than USB 2.0?”.  Transfers of mixed files sizes (both reads and writes) took about half the […]

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