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Nurses and physicians practicing at HealthONE’s Rose Medical Center have a new tool in their arsenal when caring for women in labor. OB Airstrip, a state-of-the-art remote health care surveillance system, allows physicians practicing at Rose real-time access to fetal heart monitor strips, cervical dilations and other critical data on their mobile wireless devices such as an iPhone or Blackberry.

Driggs, Idaho) The numbers alone are staggering: 2500 miles, 50 states, 62 days, 3 airline flights, 15 pair of shoes, and roughly 8 million footsteps. But however it's measured, one thing is for certain--Lisa Smith-Batchen's quest, named Running Hope Through America, has been successfully completed.

Missouri and Oklahoma do not require mandatory continued education classes for license renewal while Kansas nurses must receive at least 30 continued education hours prior to license renewal (every two years). Arkansas requires 15 contact hours every two years prior to renewal (20 if license expires) and Texas requires 20 contact hours prior to renewal. Denver’s Nursing Star want to hear your thoughts on this subject! Please email your response, along with your name, nursing credentials, city, and contact information to news@denvernursingstar.com or fax it to 720-283-2209. 07-26-10 No. It is an added expense with minimal benefit. I have friends who are RN's in states that require CEU's - one in particular who has not worked as an RN in years but obtains the CEU's to renew. She says she basically pays the expensive fees and goes through the motions to renew -- with very little useful, practical information. Continuing education should be provided by the employer so it is more tailored to the RN's actual job duties, not something completely irrelevant just to renew the license. Nancy J. Reed, RN, BSN, MPH 07-26-10 After 25 years of practice in the nursing field, I have seen tremendous changes and I have also seen nurses who can’t or won’t keep up with those changes. I feel continued education is what we do on a regular basis, if we want to be “safe” and “skilled” nurses. Yes, I support the idea of requiring continued education for all licensed nurses.. I soon will be in the “older adult population” and I want to know that those who will be caring for me will know what they are doing, I pray. Roberta Kelly, RN, BS PN Instructor

What do you want to be when you grow up. I doing what I want to do. I always tell my patients I want to take good care of them and someday I want someone to take good care of me. Amanda Just, R.N., BSN, Loretta's Home Health Care What's your signature dish at home? Probably eggplant parmesan. That's my Italian heritage coming Betty Jo Dillard, L.P.N., Loretta's Home Health Care Are you a dog, cat or other animal person? I'm a fish person. My mom never let us have a dog or cat so we always had fish. Brenda Ealom, Director of Nursing Loretta's Home Health Care If you knew then what you know now ... I bet I would have acted differently. Hindsight is 20/20. Sharon Smith, L.P.N. Loretta's Home Health Care