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How to Really Make Money Blogging

May 20, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 2 Comments

Making money in the internet is not a myth. It’s no as simple as playing $19.99 and have Freddy in India set you up a website and have it go on autopilot, either. Making money online takes work. Nothing in this life is for free.

Many people have looked to blogging as a way to generate income for themselves. I’ll be completely honest. When I started blogging, making money was the last thing I had in mind. In fact, for a very long time I felt as if I wasn’t supposed to make money off of it. Sort of coincides with how I sometimes feel guilty that I get paid to work as a nurse. Something inside me always told me that people would or already were judging me harshly for receiving compensation for caring for others or in this case, blogging.

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Protecting Your Reputation Online

May 10, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 1 Comment

I’ve recently written a few articles about identity theft and keeping you and your children safe online. Doing this has made me more aware that since I am actively involved in social media and have a personal brand, I expose myself to a greater risk of identity theft and other personal attacks online.

I’ve built a personal brand and reputation that are important to me. It’s important that I have some form of reputation management in order to protect what I have built.

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Once You Go Mac You Never Go Back is Totally Whack

May 8, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 2 Comments

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I had been pining for a Mac for a couple of years now. Several times I came very close to buying one, but just couldn’t bring myself to part with the cash. I’ve always heard that once you go Mac you never go back. But after my experience with a MacBook Pro, I’m hear to tell you that “Once you go Mac you never go back” is Totally Whack!

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Online Password Safety Tips For You and Your Family

May 4, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse Leave a Comment

But do your children know about password safety?

Have you taken the time to explain to them how to protect their privacy online by properly managing their passwords?

If you aren’t already discussing password safety with your child, you should start. Password security is one of many child identity theft tips that Identity Guard help you be aware of.

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Exergen TemporalScanner Thermometer Review and Giveaway

May 2, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 9 Comments

Temporal Thermometer | Forehead Thermometers | Exergen Corporation

Recently I received an Exergen TemporalScanner Thermometer to review and was pleasently surprised with just how simple and efficient it is. It’s so easy to use that even my toddler had it mastered in a matter of seconds and was going around the house attempting to get the temperature of everyone in sight.

In my opinion temporal artery scanning is the most efficient and therefore the best way to take the temperature of your child. In my experiences both as a nurse and a patient, temporal artery scanning caused the least discomfort and inconvenience for both the healthcare provider and the patient as well as providing and accurate temperature.

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Post Hospital Musings from The Nerdy Nurse

April 19, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 23 Comments

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So now that I have had the surgery and I am sitting at home, tumor free I have a wealth of emotion of commentary I need to filter through. I’ll be honest with the fact that I’m really quite annoyed to have had a brain tumor and had to deal with it. I think most people would be. But I’m also annoyed with other things and I am not sure if I have yet had the time to take into consideration all relevant information to make a decision about how I feel about many of the scenarios brought about by my pituitary macroadenoma and the surgery to remove it.

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CAPTCHAs are Killing the Internet

April 2, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 1 Comment

A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot. For example, humans can read distorted text as the one(s) shown below, but current computer programs can’t.

The term CAPTCHA (for Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper and John Langford of Carnegie Mellon University.

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The Iowa Nurses Association Needs a Lesson in Social Media Etiquette

March 20, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 8 Comments

The executive director of the Iowa Nurses Association made a comment on the American Nurses Association’s facebook page in response to other comments made on a wall post by Terri Polick questioning the censorship of the ANA. This representative of the Iowa chapter of the ANA essentially called Vernon Dutton (a nurse advocate and social media enthusiast) an ass and questions his credibility and motives.

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The Effect of an Aging Nurse Workforce on the Nursing Shortage [Infographic]

February 24, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 4 Comments

While many new grad nurses are struggling to find their first job, it seems that the nursing population as a whole is aging. Although, the folks at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics need only do a quick google search or browse slightly on linked in to find gobs of young nurses sink their teeth into their first nursing gig. Twitter is filled with many new grads eager to nurse as well. So managers, there are grads, they want to work,and they’d love to hear from you! Use social media for it’s benefits, because based upon this infographic, there are areas that do have shortages of nurses, or will have them soon.

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18 Patient Identifiers HIPAA Defines as Off Limits

February 14, 2012 By The Nerdy Nurse 7 Comments

Hospitals and healthcare providers every start shaking in their boots when they think of social media and healthcare. They freak out about the possibly of a HIPAA violation. But the fear that is struck in many of their hearts is really unneeded. There are 18 patient identifiers that are off limits when it comes to [...]