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April Cal Cas Corner: Nurse Heroes
Nurses save lives every single day. But here's the thing about Nurses: They'll tell you they're just doing their jobs. Saving a patient in the ICU? Diligently nursing a premature baby to health? Brightening patients' lives in nursing homes every single day? All in a...
Self-Renewal for Nurses | A Guest Blog by Nurse Keith
This Guest Blog post is by blogger Keith Carlson, RN, BSN. Nurse Keith, the blogger behind Digital Doorway, is the featured article in our Nurses’ News Resource: Nursing Pulse. To sign up to receive the Nursing Pulse in your inbox once a month, click here! ...
Cal Cas Corner: Our First Firehouse Makeover!
In our day-to-day work with Firefighters, we kept hearing more and more about budget cuts. With increasingly smaller budgets, firefighters were putting all their limited resources towards life-saving gear and equipment, and--not surprisingly--their firehouses were not...
Spring Cleaning: A Guest Blog by Rescue Cpt. Michael Morse
This Guest Blog post is by blogger Michael Morse. Rescue Captain Morse, the blogger behind Rescuing Providence, is the featured article in our Firefighter & EMT News Resource: Flashpoint. To sign up to receive Flashpoint in your inbox once a month, click here! ...
California Casualty Scores Big for 13 California High Schools
Thirteen California high schools have received grants for their athletics programs, thanks to the California Casualty Thomas R. Brown Athletics Grant initiative. They are among 85 high schools in 38 states receiving a total of $101,500 for struggling athletics...
Education Apps for the Classroom
Here's a list of apps we discovered. Do you have additional apps to add to the list?
Blizzard Safety Tips
Whew. Here in Kansas City, we are preparing for our second round of serious winter storm conditions. Anywhere from 6-12 inches are expected in the next 24 hours. Similar conditions are sweeping across the Midwest. On top of large amounts of snow, this storm is...
February Nominate a Hero Finalists!
Click here to cast your vote for February's Hero of the Month! Name: Jody W. Profession: Registered Nurse (Home Health Nurse) Nominated by: Stephen N. In December 2011, Jody W. saved a complete stranger's life. As a Nurse, this wasn't really something new; saving...
Chicken Wing Shortage? Here’s your backup plan.
Ok, so there isn't actually a Chicken Wing Shortage. Much like the great bacon scare of 2012, it's an overreaction to a simple press release. Chicken wings ARE a bit more expensive this year - so if you want to save some cash and have a delicious substitute, we have a...
Nominate a Hero – January
Out of respect for the lives lost in the Newtown, CT tragedy, we have chosen not to select Hero of the Month finalists for the month of January. After hearing the heart-wrenching stories of teachers who lost their lives trying to protect their students and seeing the...