Michelle L. Holshue, RN, BSN

Well yeah… Before and after every procedure, right?

PS - Where was this meme when I was in nursing school?!

Here’s hoping your Nurses Week doesn’t stink!

(Left a little present for my coworkers in the bathroom!)

YOU GET A CONDOM!

I did some redecorating in my office today…

April is STD Awareness Month. Did you know…

…that 20 Million STDs occur every year in the US?

…that almost half of new STD infections are in people under the age of 25?

…that it costs $16 Billion USD to treat the STDs contracted each year?

Visit the CDC website to find out more about prevention, testing, & treatment.

“I take a bath more than once a week,” and other health tips from the Michigan Department of Public Health. (vintagemichigan, via Archives of Michigan)

Today I’m narrating the TEDMED Great Challenges Day discussion about the Impact of Poverty on Health.

Follow the conversation:
@PHNurseMichelle
#GreatChallenges

laboratoryequipment:

CDC App Lets Users Solve Disease Outbreaks

You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home.

The nation’s public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called “Solve the Outbreak.” It allows users to run through fictional outbreaks and make decisions: Do you quarantine the village? Talk to people who are sick?

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/02/cdc-app-lets-users-solve-disease-outbreaks

Just downloaded it! I’m so excited to play over lunch break!

Awww! I got a shoutout from PHMC, my former employer, over at phmcblog:

Happy Valentine’s Day! Check out these lovely V-Day cards created by Michelle Holshue a former PHMC nurse, for the APHA. In her own words:

“Get Ready is all about educating the general public about preparing for emergencies. We want people to realize that preparedness is a normal part of every day life,” said Michelle Holshue, the APHA fellow responsible for the e-cards. “So we try to make it seem easy — and hopefully, fun!” To that end, Get Ready has also produced other materials, such as a music video and even a preparedness–themed cat calendar called “Catastrophes.”

Thanks for showing this nurse some love on Valentine’s Day!

amprog:

How U.S. paid maternity leave stacks up internationally. Hint: Not well. More info: here.  

publichealthmemes:

Every mother, every pregnancy, TDAP.

I was so delighted to get this news yesterday!

newyorker:

Cartoon by Tom Cheney. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/T6MyJh

(via kimrrn)

Time to study up!

publichealthmemes:

Stomach flu is NOT FLU.

Listen to the memes. Influenza doesn’t usually cause GI symptoms like vomiting or diarrhea. If you’ve got those, you don’t have the flu. 

plannedparenthood:

Pop the question.

Re: My previous post. Safe sex saves lives! What could be more romantic than that?

publichealthmemes:

Brace yourselves, incurable gonorrhea is coming

Yikes.

laboratoryequipment:

Exercise Routine May Soon Be Included in Medical Charts

Roll up a sleeve for the blood pressure cuff. Stick out a wrist for the pulse-taking. Lift your tongue for the thermometer. Report how many minutes you are active or getting exercise. Wait, what? If the last item isn’t part of the usual drill at your doctor’s office, a movement is afoot to change that. One recent national survey indicated only a third of Americans said their doctors asked about or prescribed physical activity.

Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health insurance plans, made a big push a few years ago to get its southern California doctors to ask patients about exercise. Since then, Kaiser has expanded the program across California and to several other states. Now almost 9 million patients are asked at every visit, and some other medical systems are doing it, too.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2013/01/exercise-routine-may-soon-be-included-medical-charts

This is a GREAT idea. Normalize exercise!

Apparently I’m being twitter-bombed by pathogens. What have I done to anger the #pathogenposse?

Aside from fighting to eradicate them for my whole career?