West Nile Virus Interview and Episode 208




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Summary: The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network (http://promednetwork.com/). Unhappy nurses, lost kidneys, West Nile Virus hype and we're going to have a special interview segment with some virologists on West Nile Virus. If that's what you're looking for you found it. It's the Nursing Show. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeItunes.png)iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/nursing-show-online-radio/id271728764#) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeZune.png)Zune (zune://subscribe/?Nursing%20Show=http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/podcast/) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeRSS.png)Podcast (http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/podcast/) —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video Version (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeItunes.png)iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=386460885#) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeZune.png)Zune (zune://subscribe/?Nursing%20Show=http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/studio_video/) | (http://mediccast.com/images/SubscribeRSS.png)Podcast (http://www.nursingshow.com/feed/studio_video/) — Welcome to the Show (http://www.nursingshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/skeeter.gif)Welcome to this week's episode of the Nursing Show. I'm your host Jamie Davis. We have a lot of good stuff coming up for you including a very special interview segment later on this episode looking specifically at the hype and the facts surrounding West Nile Virus. I have some virologists from Columbia University coming in to talk to you, professional to professional, about what exactly is going on with West Nile Virus. What should you expect and what exactly is West Nile Virus? We'll find out more about that later on this episode. Before we get to that and the news, I want to remind you that we have all of the information, links and additional resources available for you over at the Nursing Show site at NursingShow.com (http://nursingshow.com). I'd urge you to head over there and follow up on anything here in this episode, including the links to the news articles, as well as all of the additional resource links that are provided whenever we have a tip segment, or as in today an interview segment. You can follow up on the information that we discussed in a short timeframe and really get in-depth and apply it to your specific nursing practice. If you want you back and hear from the Nursing Show, send those e-mails in to NursingShow@Gmail.com (mailto:nursingshow@gmail.com). I would love to hear from you and I respond back to every e-mail that comes in. Let's go ahead and in a sec get into the news. News— Unhappy Nursing Careers (http://money.msn.com/personal-finance/the-unhappiest-jobs-in-america) Nurse Throws Out Kidney (http://www.startribune.com/nation/167430295.html?refer=y) West Nile Viral Hype (http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/health/west-nile-virus/index.html) ———————————– Tip This Week – West Nile Virus Interview As we close out the news, it's time get to the interview segment. We're going to be interviewing two of the hosts of the This Week in Virology podcast (http://twiv.tv). They also have several other podcasts of a similar vein including This Week in Parasitism and This Week in Microbiology. Their site is all available for you over at TWiV.tv. You can look all that up over there and find all the programs. They're a great resource and they're very personable. We were also joined by Rick Russotti from the Mitigation Journal podcast (http://mitigationjournal.org). You may know Rick if you're involved with emergency response and preparedness. Rick speaks about preparedness issues from the view of first responders all the way up to the point of view of the hospitals and public health response. It's appropriate for people of all levels of healthcare so check out his show. Tip Links eMedicine on West Nile Symptoms