View informaticsnurse.com news, job postings, and events as RSS feeds

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What is RSS?

"RSS" is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content. Using this standard, Web publishers provide updates, such as the latest news headlines or weblog postings. Meanwhile, consumers use RSS reader applications (or one of a growing number of online services) to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one place (RSS content from a publisher, viewed in one of these readers, is often called a "feed").

Consumer Bottom Line: RSS makes reviewing a large number of sites in a very short time possible.

Publisher Bottom Line: RSS permits instant distribution of content updates to consumers.

How do I read RSS Feeds?

If you want to collect and browse feeds you have many choices, but there are two primary categories of feed reading applications: installable desktop programs and online services. There are many desktop applications for Windows and Mac OS system users, but two popular RSS readers are FeedDemon (Windows) and NetNewsWire (Mac OS X). Both require a small purchase price but are tops for ease of use and ship with dozens of feeds pre-loaded so you can explore the syndication "universe" right away. Free readers are available as well; a search for "RSS Readers" at popular search sites will yield many results.

If you would prefer to use an online service to track and manage your feeds, you have the advantage of being able to access your feed updates anywhere you use a web browser (and in some cases, on mobile devices). Also, any upgrades or new features are added automatically. The trade-off comes in different (some would say fewer) features and slightly slower performance versus desktop systems. NewsGator, Bloglines, and MyFeedster are probably the three best-known examples of web-based feed reading services.

If you are using the Mozilla Firefox web browser, you can use the Live Bookmarks functionality to view RSS feeds for a site.

What are Mozilla Firefox Live Bookmarks?

Live Bookmarks is a new technology in Firefox that lets you view RSS news and blog headlines in the bookmarks toolbar or bookmarks menu. With one glance, quickly see the latest headlines from your favorite sites. Go directly to the articles that interest you—saving you time.

A site is enabled for Live Bookmarks when you see this icon on the bottom right corner of your Mozilla Firefox browser. Clicking on the icon and selecting an RSS feed will bring up the Add Bookmark dialog. Select 'OK' and you will see Live Bookmarks with the rest of your bookmarks. Many people find it especially convenient to save Live Bookmarks in their Bookmarks Toolbar folder.

RSS feeds offered by informaticsnurse.com

We currently are offering 3 RSS feeds of our content:

• The 20 newest posts at informaticsnurse.com
• The last 10 post in the Employment Opportunities forum
• The last 15 posts in the Conferences and Events forum

To view the 20 newest posts at informaticsnurse.com as an RSS feed:

• Click on the image above and enter the URL of the new page in your RSS reader.
• You may also bookmark the page and review the RSS feed in your browser.

• Click on the image above to add this RSS feed to your MyYahoo page.

• Click on the image above to add this RSS feed to your NewsGator account page.

To view last 10 posts in the Employment Opportunities forum as an RSS Feed:

• Click on the image above and enter the URL of the new page in your RSS reader.
• You may also bookmark the page and review the RSS feed in your browser.

• Click on the image above to add this RSS feed to your MyYahoo page.

• Click on the image above to add this RSS feed to your NewsGator account page.

If you have any questions or if you need assistance in receiving the above RSS feeds, please post a message in the Forum Feedback & Support area.

Additional RSS Readers:

List of Web Based RSS Feed Readers

Bloglines - Web-based news aggregator, free membership.
Rocket RSS Reader
Active Web Reader - Web based news aggregator - free. Requires IE6.
NewsGator Online - Web-based news aggregator, free membership.

List of Desktop RSS Feed Readers

Klipfolio free desktop reader.
AmphetaDesk - Mac, Linux, Windows versions. free.
Awasu - Windows, free personal edition
FeedDemon - Windows, free beta release
Headline Viewer - Windows, free beta release
NetNewsWire -- Macintosh, free and commercial ($39.95) versions
NewzCrawler - Windows, $24.95, free 14 day trial version available
RSS Reader - Windows, freeware.

PDA RSS Readers:
Hand/RSS for Palm OS® v.1.17 - $14.95
FeedBurner™ Mobile Feed Reader v2.0

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Additional RSS Readers:

List of Web Based RSS Feed Readers

Bloglines - Web-based news aggregator, free membership.
Rocket RSS Reader
Active Web Reader - Web based news aggregator - free. Requires IE6.
NewsGator Online - Web-based news aggregator, free membership.

List of Desktop RSS Feed Readers

Klipfolio free desktop reader.
AmphetaDesk - Mac, Linux, Windows versions. free.
Awasu - Windows, free personal edition
FeedDemon - Windows, free beta release
Headline Viewer - Windows, free beta release
NetNewsWire -- Macintosh, free and commercial ($39.95) versions
NewzCrawler - Windows, $24.95, free 14 day trail version available
RSS Reader - Windows, freeware.

PDA RSS Readers:
Hand/RSS for Palm OS® v.1.17 - $14.95
FeedBurner™ Mobile Feed Reader v2.0