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One Hundred and One Interesting Facts, Quotes (and Even a Couple of Jokes) About Nursing
1. January 27th is School Nurse Day. Planning on flowers? Chocolates? Didn't think so.
2. The most visits to emergency rooms occur during the warmer months of the year.
3. According to the latest data available to the World Health Organization, Finland, Norway, Monaco, Ireland and Belarus have, in that order, the highest ratios of nurses per capita of all nations, ranging from 2162 to 1182 nurses per 100,000 people. 4. The National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses was formed in 1908. 5. According to a 2001 World Health Organization report, the number of psychiatric nurses in poor countries is about 0.1 per 100,000 persons. 6. In 1783 a black slave named James Derham worked as a nurse in New Orleans, eventually earning enough money to buy his freedom and move to Philadelphia, where he studied medicine and became a doctor. Click here to read the full article
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What's the best way to structure a diversity function? The answer is as individual as companies themselves. Let's look at three organizations-Sodexo, Johnson & Johnson, and Rockwell Automation-that have established different, yet equally effective, configurations of their diversity offices.
Sodexo, Inc. With 400,000 employees across the globe (125,000 in North America) and operations in 33,400 sites in 82 countries, Sodexo is among the world's top 25 employers, as a provider of integrated food services and facilities management. Betsy Silva Hernandez, Sodexo's senior director for corporate diversity and inclusion, describes the corporate culture as high touch with an orientation toward action.
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Items from our Blog
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There are about eight halls of exhibitors at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show and I swear at least one of them was full of iPhone cases and nothing else. I just bought a Droid Razr and I hate the Otter Box that I bought with it, so I was quite disgusted that I couldn't find an alternative in this sea of cases. Anyway, there were several practical iPhone and iPad accessories at the show, mixed in with the Spider-Man and jeweled options. Here are three that would keep your Apple device safe no matter what job you have in healthcare: |
"He who stops being better stops being good."
- Oliver Cromwell
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What is DiversityNursing.com? We are a "niche" website for Nurses from student nurses up to CNO's -- a Career Job Board, Community and Information Resource for all Nurses regardless of age, race, gender, religion, education, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or physical characteristics. If you're looking to hire Nurses; want to attract potential Nurses to your School of Nursing; or you're a Nurse looking for a job or education options, check out our Banners, Job Postings, Focus on Diversity Articles and Employer Profiles. Please visit our website or call:
Pat Magrath, National Sales Director
@ 781-248-3446 for information. pmagrath@diversitynursing.com 
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