Tube feeding aspiration
Know the signs and symptoms of tube feeding aspiration: increased blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate; decreased oxygen saturation; and new onset audible…
This special edition of Critical Care Advisor provides you with relevant information that can be used in your practice immediately. American Nurse Journal is committed to delivering authoritative research translated into content that keeps nurses up to date on best practices. Articles are written by nurses…for nurses in all clinical specialties and practice settings. Read on to help maximize patient outcomes.
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Adjusting sports drills to prevent concussions
A study in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics reports that interventions such as reducing the speed of players engaged in contact, correcting tackling technique,…
Reducing readmissions in stroke patients
Stroke readmissions are multifaceted and complex. In addition to recognizing risk factors for recurrent stroke, nurses should focus on impacting potentially preventable readmission complications…
Critically ill obstetric patients
ALTHOUGH evidence-based nursing guidelines exist to direct the care of acute and chronic conditions in obstetric (OB) patients while they’re in OB settings, few…
Preventing falls in hospitalized patients
Fall prevention “bundles” applied to all patients are ineffective; fall prevention interventions must be tailored to each individual patient’s fall risk factors.
Hypoglycemia: An unwelcome companion to effective diabetes management
Hypoglycemia is generally defined in adults and children with diabetes as a blood glucose (BG) ≤ 70 mg/dL with or without hypoglycemia symptoms. A…
Initial assessment and management of burn patients
In 2016, more than 200,000 people in the United States were hospitalized with injuries from smoke, fire, or flame exposure; more than 6,000 died.…
Critical care of the skin
Intensive care unit (ICU) nurses face many challenges when caring for their patients and must sometimes focus on immediate life-saving interventions. Unfortunately, protecting the…
Families and post-intensive care syndrome
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) is defined as new or increased physical, cognitive, or mental health impairment in a patient after hospitalization in a critical…
Hypothyroidism and nursing care
Hypothyroidism, also known as myxedema, is second to diabetes mellitus as the most common endocrine disorder in the United States. It’s six times more…