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A Personal Look at the Breast Exam Debate

As the mammography debate is raging on, I want to take a moment to tell a personal story.
Three years ago, during a self breast exam, I found a lump. I happened to have a routine OBGYN visit around the corner and through a simple clinical exam, my doctor also found the lump. My doctor was [...]

The Holiday Schedules are Upon Us

As we all are well aware, one of the pitfalls of nursing is the holiday schedule. During most of the year, it’s bearable. We take our weekend shifts and night shifts in stride, but when your 25 closest relatives plan to be camped out at your house for turkey and football, well, it gets a [...]

Name our blog contest winner update

We missed an earlier email entry so we are happy to announce we will have two winners. Stephanie your order is on the way!

Stephanie Lasher is currently a volunteer at Southern Maine Medical Center while working towards earning her RN. She also has a BA in Anthropology and would like to get involved with [...]

We have a winner!

The Pulse will be the new name of our blog. Congratulations to Katie M! We will be in contact with you to give you a $250 Shopping spree at allheart.com!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the “name our blog” contest. We have some very creative customers and we appreciate all of you. It was [...]