Strep Throat vs. Spinal Meningitis

 Once when I was in the fourth grade I had a fever, headache, nausea and I felt lousy. My mom tried to get me to touch my chin to my chest. ...

Thoughts about Vaccinations

Last week it hit the news that the research study that claimed that there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism had altered facts a...

Preparedness Wednesday: Emergency First Aid Supplies

Recently I have been reading a couple of books about food storage and emergency preparedness (which I will discuss in more detail later). Th...

Folic Acid A Key To Healthy Babies

When I saw this headline on the cover of yesterday's paper (sorry I was going to link to the article, but for some reason the Sunday co...

So what is in the Healthcare Reform Act anyway?

Last week I attended a nursing education conference. One of the speakers talked about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act gave a...

Food for Thought on Health Care Reform

As a nurse and just as a mom in general, I often get into conversations with people about health care reform. I've discussed it with d...

Anti-Itching Bath

This weekend my daughter woke up with itching bumps from head to toe. Chicken pox? It looked close, but not quite. She'd had the vaccine...

Ways that Parents Can Reform Healthcare

Yesterday at work I read a short article on ways that parents can reform healthcare. I know that I've mentioned some of these before, bu...

Myths About Asthma

Yesterday was a kind of a slow day at work so I decided to brush up on my asthma education. I found several debunked myths about asthma th...

New reasons why you should have fish oil in your diet

So we've all heard that we should have more fish in our diets. Studies have shown that it can help to reduce inflammation, regulate cho...

Book Review: Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies

Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies is actually more of a booklet than an actual book. I think that it is worth the read for most p...

A few things everyone should know about the Emergency Room

I have never worked in the ER, but as a pediatric nurse a large percentage of our patients come from there. So we periodically look at the E...

How to Save Money on Healthcare

These days health care costs are a big deal. So many people have overwhelming financial struggles because of their health care bills. As a n...

RSV- What it is and what you need to know about it

RSV stands for respiratory syncytial virus and is most common reason for infant hospital admission. (Although metapneumo virus or MPV will ...

If you were my friend, this is what I would tell you...

 Let's say that we're friends. Your child is sick and you call me for advice. Most likely I will tell you to take s/he in to see the...

When Looking for a Doctor, Ask a Nurse

 Today's post is about something that I wish that I had learned much earlier than I did. When you need a good doctor for something, the ...