Friday, October 29, 2010

Career Alternatives For Nurses

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Tracy McClelland, RN, MSN, Ycarte Health Career Center, Georgia Nursing Entrepreneurs:"Opening doors to the Nursing Profession is our primary concern. We are a nursing tutorial facility designed to assist our community by training healthcare professions with the most updated nursing information and training equipment. We focus on assisting individuals who want to advance in the healthcare profession, or begin with an entry level into healthcare. Our goal is to bring education to you in a comfortable non-threatening environment that allows for learning. Whether you are new to healthcare or desire to advance in this profession, we can provide you with the training you need."
Tracy McClelland, RN, MSN, Ycarte Health Career Center
North Pointe Plaza
1214 North Peterson Ave. Suite P
Douglas, GA 31533
Phone: (912) 384-8680
Fax: (912) 384-4390
info@ycartehealth.org
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/mcclelland

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Career Planning for Nurses (Amazon.com) by Bette, Ph.D. Case, Betty S. Case:"Healthcare reform creates a new climate of career opportunities for registered nurses. The shifting paradigm in healthcare impacts the practice & career expectations of every nurse. Nurses need to know how these changes will affect their present jobs, what new opportunities will develop & how to make career choices which will prove personally & professionally satisfying. Nurses can access many defined roles & career opportunities. They can develop in response to the paradigm shift."

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Spreading Your Wings: Career Alternatives for Nurses! by: Donna Cardillo, RN, BS:"My 20-year nursing career has been an incredible journey - a personal journey of discovering who I am and what I am capable of doing, and a professional journey through the healthcare system that revealed how many different ways and places there are to use my skills and talents as a nurse."
http://www.dcardillo.com/articles/spreading.html

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Career Alternatives, from The Nursing Spectrum:"The field of Nursing is far from a "cookie-cutter" type of career. There are many different types of positions and specialties that one may pursue. Even still, there are several other roads one may take including: Entrepreneur/Consultant Flight Nurse Forensic Nurse Holistic Nurse Medical Editor/Writer Military Nursing Nursing Informatics Parish Nurse Pharm/Med Sales Research Nurse Supplemental Nurse Travel Nurse "
http://www.nursingspectrum.com/CareersInNursing/CareerAlternatives/index.htm

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NursePractitionerBusinessOwner.com, Barbara Phillips, NP:"The NPBO is a private, members-only, resource website that gives you direct, searchable access to a wealth of information about exploring, starting, or growing your own practice or business. As a member, you'll receive 365 days of uninterrupted, 24-hour access to the Member-Only Area of our site."
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Switch careers, NurseWeek/HealthWeek:"You only have one career. But you may have more options about what to do with it than you think. In rising numbers, nurses are putting their talents and skills to use in nontraditional settings. As they expand their horizons, nurses are becoming as indispensable to businesses and congregations as they have been to hospitals and clinics."
http://www.nurseweek.com/features/98-8/980824/switch.html

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Guides for Specific Careers:"These sites are packed with information about planning your career. What kind of training or education is required? What can you earn? What kind of environment will you work in? What's hot? What's not?"
http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.php#Nursing

Nursingentrepreneurs.com is a networking and resource directory for Nurse-Owned businesses and nurses looking for an alternative to working at the bedside.

If you explore the site a bit, you'll find profiles of hundreds of nurse entrepreneurs around the country. We encourage you to browse around, find a business category you are interested in, then contact the nurse directly. We're available for questions as well. This website is Owned-Operated by Andrew Lopez, RN a Medical/Surgical/Telemetry nurse.

Has your Nurse-owned business been written up in the news? Do you send out a newsletter or regular press releases? We'd like to hear about it!

Our Newest article is from an Arizona Nurse Entrepreneur:

Should You Incorporate Your Registry Business? By Joseph Caracci, RN:"The short answer is yes! When starting a new nurse registry business, you are entering into a legal business environment that requires you to take steps to protect your personal assets, such as your home, your savings, and your retirement. With this in mind, you need to determine which legal form you are going to take for your new registry. Some of the common choices are a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited liability partnership (LLP), a limited liability company (LLC), and a corporation."
http://www.nursingentrepreneurs.com/incorporate

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The #1 question, we've been receiving lately is about Starting A Nursing Agency, resource sites & manuals

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Interesting Reading For Nurse Entrepreneurs, Actual or Soon To Be:

Nurse Entrepreneurs: Tales of Nurses in Business:"This book is vey inspiring! Learn how 50 different nurses brought their vision to reality! Learn some great tips on starting your own business. Nurses don't have to just work at the bedside. Read this book and you will be thinking of how you can make your dream a reality!"

Own Your Own Corporation: Why the Rich Own Their Own Companies and Everyone Else Works for Them:"Rich Dad's-"Own your Own Corporation" is a must read for anyone comtemplating a new business-or someone who already owns their own business. Garrett's direct yet simplistic explanations of the different business entities,the proper and best suited entity for your business-is followed by real-life scenarios which helps drive home the importance of corporate ownership in today's business world. Use Garrett's legal expertise to establish a successful, legally responsible and fiscally protected business...And understand the why's and how's of that ownership."

21 Success Secrets, Success Secret #4- "Do What You Love to Do." Get your FREE CD and find out the other 20 secrets of self-made millionaires.:"Order your FREE CD ($4.95 S&H) from Brian Tracy's acclaimed 21 Success Secrets series. Start with 21 Success Secrets of $elf-Made Millionaires - full of techniques practiced by all men and women who go from rags to riches in one generation. Brian Tracy is a noted success expert. He's trained over 2 million people in 23 countries how to achieve their financial goals faster than ever before."

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    Taking Charge of Your Hospital Stay

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    Taking Charge of Your Hospital Stay

    Experts explain four steps that empower patients to manage their health needs from a hospital bed.
    By Colette Bouchez
    WebMD Feature
    Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

    If you're chronically or seriously ill, tending to self-care needs is never easy.

    Putting on that hospital gown and wristband and other seemingly easy tasks can become daunting. Getting a second opinion, figuring out what your insurance covers, and researching your treatment options can be a struggle when attempted from a hospital bed.

    One reason, say experts, is that patients are frequently unprepared for the change in routine and the lack of resources available in their new environment.

    "Once you're admitted, a lot of the options you relied on to help you make health care decisions -- like the Internet, or even your personal computer files or your address book -- are suddenly not there. And that can leave you more than a bit disoriented," says Sandy Burke, the director of patient representatives at NYU Medical Center in New York.

    Complicating matters further, she says, is the state of high anxiety that usually accompanies most hospital stays.

    "The emotional state is so high on the part of the patient and oftentimes the family that even if the procedure or treatment is elective, most people don't even think beyond getting through the operation," says Burke.

    Although no one knows when an acute problem will strike, or when a chronic disease or condition will suddenly worsen, experts say that taking a few simple steps to prepare and organize at least some of your health care needs can help keep you in the driver's seat, if and when the time for hospitalization arrives.

    What follows are four steps that experts tell WebMD will make a difference.

    Step 1: Get to Know Yourself

    Whether you have a chronic condition -- or you're simply getting on in years -- experts say one of the best things you can do for yourself is become familiar with what your future health care needs may be and how your personal needs may change as a result. The best source for this information: your doctor.

    "About 10 years ago, my mother sat down with her doctor and had a meaningful conversation about not only her health, but the whole idea of growing old -- what to expect and how to prepare for that," says Lyla Correoso, MD, medical director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York's Bronx Hospice Program.

    As a result, she says her mother not only knows what to expect from herself and her body as the years pass, but is also better prepared to make health care decisions when the time arrives. She is also better able to discuss her needs with family members.

    "In the event my mother finds herself in the hospital not only will she be better prepared for the experience, but our whole family will be better prepared to help her, because we have some sense of what will happen and what she wants and needs," says Correoso.

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    Nurse Power! Politics is Nursing With Power

    When she first ran for office, now?U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski explained her transition from social worker to officeholder by claiming that, “Politics is social work with power.” A nurse could just as easily declare that “Politics is nursing with power.” After all, nurses have a huge stake in issues like availability of immunization and preventive services, access to Medicare and Medicaid, and controls on health care and medications, not to mention the regulation of the nursing profession itself. And nurses are notably effective communicators, helping individuals to resolve problems and meet needs, bridging gaps in awareness and understanding. Why shouldn’t nurses apply their ethos of caring, their extensive knowledge, and their interpersonal skills to the larger world of public service?

    Encouraging nurses – and women age 45 and up who are professionals in other fields underrepresented in government – to consider running for office is a goal of The 2012 Project, a campaign of the Center for American Women and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. 2012 is a critical moment, the first election year after the decennial census. With redistricting creating more open seats than usual at every level, there will be numerous opportunities for newcomers to enter public office.

    Nurses are not newcomers to the political stage. Right now, three serve in Congress, along with more than 50 in state legislatures. But there’s room for many more. Research shows that women are far less likely than men to be self?starters – to come up with the idea to run on their own. Women are more apt to run because someone has encouraged them. So we’re taking this opportunity to invite you to consider throwing your hat into the ring.

    Want to learn more about this kind of nurse power? If you’re a political novice and don’t know where to begin, The 2012 Project can put you in touch with resources in your state to help you find training, mentoring, and inspiration. To learn more, visit our website at www.the2012project.us and click “Take Action” so we can follow up with you ?? or write us at info@the2012project.us .

    Kathy Kleeman

    Senior Communications Officer

    Center for American Women and Politics

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    Why doctors and nurses should engage in social media

    Instead, the question should be, why shouldn’t you?

    Kim McAllister, over at Better Health, gives some good reasons why health professionals should start a blog. But it shouldn’t just be limited to blogging, but the entire spectrum of social media tools, which give health professionals a powerful way to engage both patients and colleagues.

    I recently gave a talk to the folks over at the New England Journal of Medicine, discussing the intersection between medical practice and social media. One point I repeatedly made was that it’s to a health professional’s benefit to have some sort of online presence. Not only to engage and provoke discussion, but also to make them pro-active in the information associated with them when their name is Googled.

    More patients will be searching for doctors and hospitals via search engines, and being active in blogs, Facebook and Twitter allows you to define your online reputation. Going forward, this will be one of the more important reasons why doctors, nurses, and medical institutions should have a robust social media presence.

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    Why doctors and nurses should engage in social media

    Instead, the question should be, why shouldn’t you?

    Kim McAllister, over at Better Health, gives some good reasons why health professionals should start a blog. But it shouldn’t just be limited to blogging, but the entire spectrum of social media tools, which give health professionals a powerful way to engage both patients and colleagues.

    I recently gave a talk to the folks over at the New England Journal of Medicine, discussing the intersection between medical practice and social media. One point I repeatedly made was that it’s to a health professional’s benefit to have some sort of online presence. Not only to engage and provoke discussion, but also to make them pro-active in the information associated with them when their name is Googled.

    More patients will be searching for doctors and hospitals via search engines, and being active in blogs, Facebook and Twitter allows you to define your online reputation. Going forward, this will be one of the more important reasons why doctors, nurses, and medical institutions should have a robust social media presence.

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    7 social media mistakes made in health care

    by Susan Giurleo, PhD

    If you’re a health care professional, chances are you know a bit about social media, possibly feel compelled to use it sometimes and you might actually be participating in the Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/blog revolution.

    But there can be real problems in using social media in the health care context. Whether you are in private practice or work for a group of large hospital network, social media mistakes can be costly in terms of misrepresenting your specialty, breaching patient confidentiality, or limiting your business growth. Do you make the following mistakes when using social media?

    1.  Avoidance.  Most health care professionals wish social media didn’t exist.  They see it as confusing and a distraction.  The questions about how, when and why social media is important and useful give them indigestion and some go to great lengths to tell others to” just say no”  to all thing social media. The problem with this is social media exists for millions of people (500 million on Facebook alone) and to ignore all things social media is to ignore your patients’ needs and a wide-range of new business development opportunities.

    If you’re reading this, you probably aren’t a total avoider, but reading and engaging are two very different things.  Social media is here to stay. Your clients and patients probably use it more than you can even imagine. If you hear colleagues “pooh-pooh”ing social media, correct them quickly.  It’s here, it’s real, it’s a force to be reckoned with and made your own.

    2. Fear. After avoidance, many health care professionals move to the stage of reluctant acceptance, but aren’t happy about it.  They are ignorant of why social media is important or how to effectively leverage it to help their patients and grow their practice.Ignorance plus anxiety = fear and we’ve got a lot of fear in health care about social media.   But the fear seems silly from some of the most educated and intelligent people on the planet. I mean, we are not born to do heart or brain surgery (and I sure as hell fear the idea of me doing any kind of surgery), support someone through a suicidal crisis or diagnose schizophrenia. We had to learn how to do these things over time. So too social media.  The sky is not falling. You can learn how to do social media well and effectively. Learning is kinda your thing.

    It does take courage to try something new and work at it until we see a positive return.  Will you be a courageous health care provider and learn, experiment and grow via social media?

    3. Sloth. Doing social media well is work. Not save-a-life work or Alaskan salmon fishing work, but it requires time, thought and energy.  I hear many health care professionals bemoan the fact that “social media is hard work,” and then vent on and on about the unfairness of health care reform, patients not valuing them, the jerks over at health care insurance companies 1,2 and 3.

    It’s important to remember that we all have the same number of hours in a day. Someone who spends an hour writing and talking about negative stuff has wasted 60 minutes of their life.  Another person who uses that time to connect with people is doing a service and building their future. Use your time wisely, work to achieve positive goals. How are you currently using your time?

    4. Narcissism. Many health care professionals see Twitter as the place where people talk about their life and what they had for lunch. One of my colleagues has this as his email signature: “Follow me on Twitter: I’ll tell you how I feel.”  Ugh. Narcissistic.  Why? First, he doesn’t get it, second, instead of trying to learn more and understand, he mocks it and looks foolish.  (As an aside if you don’t understand a technology, it is best to say nothing, rather than look stupid in front of colleagues who do understand … just saying.)

    Despite how it may seem, social media is not about you. No one reading your wall or tweets really cares about how you feel.  Social media is about making connections, helping others with useful information, sharing ideas and building business opportunities.  If you’re not into doing the above things, by all means avoid social media. But if you want to touch lives and grow professionally, social media is a neat way to jump start the process.

    5. Selfishness. Social media is about giving. Giving great content, information, tips that people can use to live a better, healthier life. Sharing articles and info from other sources that you know will help your readers.  The more you give, the more people follow you and when you make an offer to sell a service or product, your followers are so impressed with your quality as a person and a professional, they can’t wait to pay to get more support and help from you.

    Social media is not advertising, nor is it your personal water cooler.  Selfish use of social media includes only broadcasting your articles and blog posts, using Twitter as an advertisement stream rather than an opportunity for connection. If you stream only includes your posts about your business and you, take note.  The most powerful use of Twitter is when you use the retweet (RT) and the @ reply.  The people who are leveraging Twitter to the max say that they retweet and reply 90% of the time, with only 10% of their tweets about their own stuff.  Share, converse, introduce people to one another .. you’ll get so much more out of the social media experience.  How do you give on social media?

    6. Unethical shenanigans. Social media can be used unethically. The problem is,most health care professionals don’t realize when they are being unethical online.  So let’s try to make this simple. It is unethical to breach your clients’ confidentiality online.  Do not, under any circumstances mention your clients’ experiences or demographics in your social media space.

    Another unethical move is to tell your clients how to use social media vis-a-vis your professional relationship. Why? By doing this you are misusing your position of power in the treatment dynamic.

    Let’s talk about this for a bit.

    Some mental health professionals want to develop social media policies and often these policies say things like, “I have a Twitter account, but if I find you’re following me I’ll remove you,” or “I’m on Facebook, but you can’t friend me because it could be a breach of confidentiality.”

    At first glance these statements seem ok, until you think about what the professional is saying here.  Essentially she’s saying “I have a social media life and you can’t participate. I will tell you how to engage in social media.”  The problem is, social media is free and open access. When you have an open Twitter account you imply that anyone who wants to can follow you.  Otherwise, you can make the account private.  So while you can prevent your clients from calling you at home or knowing where you live, you really can’t tell them what to do in social media if you have public accounts.  Well, you can try to tell them what to do but how does that impact your relationship and how do you enforce it?

    The attraction of social media is it puts all of us on an equal playing field. There is no cost to entry. If I want to follow Lance Armstrong, President Obama, or musician John Mayer, I can.  When we try to tell our clients what to do in the social media space we are abusing our power. If you’re not comfortable with the openness of this, privatize your accounts or simply don’t participate.

    One more unethical trap: Googling clients.  Awhile ago this was a topic of discussion in mental health circles.  Some argued that, in cases of emergency, it’s acceptable to Google a client to get more information. I disagree.  It’s a violation of privacy and opens you up to a pandora’s box of legal liabilities.

    7.  Lack of imagination. This may be the worse sin of all.  I’ve realized over the last few months just how powerful social media can be to influence people’s ideas, change behavior and educate large groups of people.  We in health care get so stuck on the first 6 sins in this list that we don’t consider all of the positive possibilities. We stop at simplistic uses, put up barriers by citing HIPAA,  wait for someone more official than we are to give us permission, and essentially stop growth for ourselves and our clients. It’s frustrating.

    What if we saw social media as a problem solver? What if we devised ways to use it to educate, inform, treat and improve lives?  What if we become open to the possibilities and then grapple with the confidentiality and access issues?  In health care we tend to put the cart before the horse. We think, “How can this all go wrong?” before we imagine how the world will look if it all goes right.

    We can send humans into space for months at a time, do all our banking securely online and video chat with people on the other side of the world. I think we can find a way to make the technology of social media work for health care. Don’t you?

    Susan Giurleo is a psychologist who blogs at the BizSaavy Therapist.

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    Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, CPC, Rives Carlson Coaching, nursekeith, Twitter.com:"Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, CPC, is a Certified Professional Coach specializing in health and wellness. Keith is also a Registered Nurse, Certified Swedish Massage Practitioner, Certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor, medical writer, award-winning blogger, and Certified Laughter Yoga Leader. Keith has assisted hundreds of patients and clients to achieve increased wellness, manage chronic health conditions, and improve self-care. Keith is available by phone and email to provide you with customized coaching in order to achieve your individualized health and wellness goals."
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    Florida Nurse Entrepreneurs: Katie Povenmire, RN, MS, CCRN, CHTP, Critical Care, Therapeutic Touch Holistic Alternative Medicine.

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    Hawaii: Wailua Brandman, MSN APRN CS PMHNP, Alternative & Complementary Therapies Psychotherapy

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    Ohio Nurse Entrepreneurs: Cheryl Schosky, CRNA, MSN, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Entrepreneur, Rexall Showcase International:"After receiving my BSN in 1986 and my MSN in anesthesia in 1992, I began what I thought would be my career until retirement. I worked hard to achieve my personal goals and be the best professional I could be. I was making a six-figure income and believed it would always exist and continue to grow over time. However, over the past 6 years Managed Care has dramatically changed health care for patients and professionals."

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    Texas Nurse Entrepreneurs: Linda & Tim Hutchinson, San Antonio, Texas:"My name is Linda, and I've been a Registered Nurse for over 20 years, extensive work exerience in Cardiac, ICU, Psychiatric, Home Health, and LNC/Medical Fraud/Legal reviews). Tim, my husband, enjoyed a successful Military career. For ten years we've owned a national medical cost containment corporation, working 16+ hours days, with NO TIME to enjoy the fruits of our labor!!"

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    Virginia Nurse Entrepreneurs:

    Ann Furniss, Registered Nurse, Quinurse.com:"Hello. I'm Ann. Since you are considering allowing me to treat you with real needles rather than virtual ones, I thought you might want to know a little bit about me and about my credentials. I hold a Master's degree from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute (affiliated with John's Hopkins University and one of the oldest schools of acupuncture in the United States). I am board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), I'm a member of the Acupuncture Society of Virginia, and am secretary of the Richmond Mind-Body Network.."
    2933 West Cary Street, Room 203 Richmond, Virginia 23221
    (804) 938-5668, annfurniss@hotmail.com
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    Carla Hyatt, RN, BSN, CMT, Inner Harmony, Center For The Healing Arts, Inc.:"Our bodywork modalities when used routinely contributes to enhanced overall health."
    Carla Hyatt, RN, BSN, CMT
    505 Cedar Road, Suite B Chesapeake, VA 23320
    757-547-1100, innerharmony@aol.com
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    American Holistic Nurses'Association:"The American Holistic Nurses Association embraces nursing as a lifestyle and a profession and provides a means to create bonds within the nursing community. Because true healing comes from within, the AHNA recognizes that nurses must first heal themselves before they can facilitate the healing of others. There are many roads to healing, and individuals must seek their own paths. The AHNA serves as a bridge between the traditional medical paradigm and universal complementary and alternative healing practices. The AHNA was founded in 1981 by Charlotte (Charlie) McGuire MA, RNC, HNC, and a group of nurses dedicated to bringing the concepts of holism to every arena of nursing practice."
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    Health information on alternative medicine and alternative therapies. The Resource Directory for natural remedies in alternative medicine and health care...
    21 Pages Found, 5 Links Found, 913 Score, http://www.hans.org

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    Alternative Therapies inHealth and Medicine...
    Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine is a forum for sharing information concerning the practical use of alternative therapies in preventing and treating disease, healing illness, and promoting...
    18 Pages Found, 8 Links Found, 1893 Score, http://www.alternative-therapies.com

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    Bastyr University: Natural Health Sciences...
    Bastyr University, Seattle, WA. an accredited private institution, internationally recognized as a pioneer in the study of natural healing....
    http://www.bastyr.edu

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    BEMERtherapy - Activate your Body's Own Healing Powers With Magnetic Field ...
    Experience this alternative and complementary therapy based on the concept of electromagnetic therapy. Use magnetic field therapy to restore and maintain good health at every age....
    http://bemertherapy-usa.com

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    Betulinic Acid Page...
    Welcome to the Betulinic Acid Page. Betulinic acid (BA) is a natural compound, derived from the bark of white birch trees, that has shown a remarkable ability to fight human melanoma cancer in prelim...
    7 Pages Found, 18 Links Found, 487 Score, http://www.gis.net/~dwalzer

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    Bio Skin Care - Elicina Cream: Scar Removal, Acne Scars, Stretch Marks Treatment - Elicina Cream...
    Scars, stretch marks, acne scar treatment, wrinkles, age spots, burns. Natural bio skin care and topical antibacterial cream....
    http://bioskincare.com

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    Canadian Holistic Nurses Association:"Every individual is a whole and unitary human being with an energy field which is in process with the environmental energy field. When human beings participate consciously in change, we believe they tap into their potential for healing and well being. We believe that a nursing conceptual framework based on human environmental field theory is the foundation for holistic nursing practice."
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    Telephone: (613) 237-2133
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    Toll-free phone: 1-888-910-9998
    http://chna.ca/

    Category: Alternative, Therapies, Canadian Nursing Associations, Health, Wellness, Alternative Medicine, Healthcare Organizations, Holistic Nursing, Nursing Associations

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    Complementary Alternative Therapies from a patient perspective...
    Read on if you have an interest in alternative complementary cancer therapies(CAM).The Annie Appleseed Project acts to spread news, views and information about access to alternative cancer therapies. ...
    513 Pages Found, 96 Links Found, 1308 Score, http://www.annieappleseedproject.org

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    Enhancement, Inc: A nonprofit foundation to promote heath and wellness...
    Welcome to Enhancement, Inc. Please feel free to explore our site and learn about our award-winning video and other projects. Enhancement, Inc. is a nonprofit foundation whose purpose is to teach and...
    12 Pages Found, 15 Links Found, 1576 Score, http://www.enhancementinc.com.

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    Guided meditations to enhance, Astral Projection, Relaxation and Self-Heali...
    Guided meditations to enhance, Astral Projection, Relaxation and Self-Healing....
    http://www.mach1audio.com

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    Health Journeys...
    Belleruth Naparstek's Health Journeys website offers visualization audiotapes, books, research and resources on guided imagery, a complementary medicine and holistic mind and body healing process....
    http://www.healthjourneys.com

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    HealthWorld Online - Home of Self-Managed Care - Healthy Living, Alternativ...
    HealthWorld Online is the leading resource on healthy living, alternative therapies and bodymindspirit health. Focusing on Self-Managed Care our Global Health Village features an Alternative Medicine ...
    205 Pages Found, 5 Links Found, 4618 Score, http://www.healthy.net

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    Hyperbaric Chambers Systems & Management...
    Manufacturers of hyperbaric chambers designed to provide " patient management with the simplicity, mobility, and economy of a monoplace system providing the highest quality hyperbaric systems availabl...
    http://www.hyperbaric.com

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    Hyperbaric Treatment Center, Norwalk,CT...
    When most of us think about hyperbaric oxygen chambers, the image which comes to mind is from a Jacques Cousteau special or an old episode of "Sea Hunt": a scuba diver surfaces too quickly and develop...
    http://www.hyperbaric.norwalkhospital.norwalk.ct.us

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    InteliHealth: InteliHealth Home...
    InteliHealth - Featuring Harvard Medical School's consumer health information. Your trusted source for consumer health information from Johns Hopkins University and the National Institutes of Health. ...
    1121 Pages Found, 8 Links Found, 206 Score, http://www.intelihealth.com

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    Macrobiotics Online...
    a wealth of information including the macrobiotic approach to health recovery, library of articles and recipes, kushi institute programs, career training, and supplies catalog...
    115 Pages Found, 53 Links Found, 945 Score, http://www.macrobiotics.org

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    MEDITOPIA - The World's #1 Oriental Medicine Web Site...
    MEDITOPIA contains tons of information on major diseases in the West and various treatment approaches. It discusses fascinating features that results from combining both paradigms of conventional med...
    52 Pages Found, 2 Links Found, 6075 Score, http://www.meditopia.com

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    Nature's Bracelets - Q-Ray Ionized Bracelets Facilitate Chronic Pain Relief...
    Get Q-Ray Ionized Bracelets with Free Shipping, Top-Rated Customer Service and the Chronic Pain Relief Information Center...
    http://www.naturesbracelets.com

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    Nature's Response, Herbals and Accessories...
    Free Nutritional Counseling, specializing in Hepatitis C. Nature's Response is not just another online store. We offer vitamins, herbs, books, miscellaneous items, but most importantly we offer free n...
    http://naturesresponse.com

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    Naturopathic Physicians Online - Welcome from the AANP...
    AANP, the professional association for licensed and licensable naturopathic physicians, providing health, education and political resources...
    121 Pages Found, 118 Links Found, 526 Score, http://www.naturopathic.org

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    Network on Mind-Body Interactions...
    The Network on Mind-Body Interactions is a transdisciplinary research network sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Begun a decade ago, the Mind-Body Network has been commit...
    33 Pages Found, 11 Links Found, 313 Score, http://www.mindbody.org

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    Cancer, natural therapy, alternative medicine, nutrition, herbs, cancer new...
    People Against Cancer - Worldwide offices providing information on breast, lung, skin, prostate, colon & other cancer. New discoveries in alternative medicine, natural therapy, & news on cancer....
    58 Pages Found, 1 Links Found, 18049 Score, http://www.PeopleAgainstCancer.com

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    Share Guide Holistic Health Magazine...
    Holistic health ezine and resource directory focusing on alternative medicine, personal growth and environmental awareness...
    84 Pages Found, 212 Links Found, 2402 Score, http://www.shareguide.com

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    Yoga for the Special Child...
    Yoga for babies and children with special needs: Down syndrome, autism, attention deficit disorder, ADHD, cerebral palsy and learning disabilities....
    http://www.specialyoga.com

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    Sun protective clothing by Sun Precautions...
    Solumbra sun protective clothing is serious medicine.   It's regulated as a medical device,  recommended by thousands of doctors and sold at some of the finest medical centers. Solumbra has been...
    72 Pages Found, 10 Links Found, 3627 Score, http://www.solumbra.com

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    WellnessBooks.com - Books on Diseases, Disorders and Chronic Illness...
    WellnessBooks.com - Books on diseases, disorders, and chronic illness, plus health and wellness - inflammatory bowel disease, crohn's, colitis, ibd, irritable bowel syndrome, ibs, aids, hiv, arthritis...
    72 Pages Found, 11 Links Found, 7971 Score, http://www.wellnessbooks.com

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    WellnessWeb Homepage...
    WellnessWeb is a comprehensive health and wellness site with sections on cancer, heart disease, women's health, seniors, nutrition, fitness, smoking cessation and others....
    182 Pages Found, 48 Links Found, 912 Score, http://www.wellweb.com

     

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