In doing some "catch up" with some things on my desk the other day I was reminded that it's that time of year in many of our professional nursing organizations to ask members to renew memberships and send in dues...and so I've been taking care of the necessary paperwork to do just that. And as I've done so, I've thought about what a privilege it is to have these nursing organizational memberships, and to be asked to renew and stay on, or to be encouraged to bring a new member, or maybe ...

The NY Daily News reported recently (Jan. 26) that anti-smoking laws are being given some of the credit for the fact that New York City life expectancy numbers have hit an historic high. Its residents are living longer (a baby born in 2007, the report said, can expect to live 79.4 years) and the experts say that the city's tough smoking laws may in part have contributed to this. Although we all know there are numerous factors that bring about increased life expectancy rates, to the degree that those ...