Ethical Issues in Healthcare
High ethical standards are essential in healthcare. Four fundamental principles lay the foundation for healthcare ethics. Autonomy honors patients’ right to make their own decisions.…
Public Health
Nurses meet homeless patients where they live…on the street
By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today When you don’t know where your next meal will come from or where you’re going to…
You want to refuse a flu shot? Welcome to the epidemic!
I cradled a very sick child with the flu in my arms this week and asked why the mother had insisted on her child…
Why some people are healthy, and others are not
What we know…and how long we’ve known it By Leah Curtin, RN, ScD(h), FAAN Why do some people stay healthy, while others get sick?…
Community-acquired pneumonia
Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is exactly what it sounds like—a lung infection acquired while out and about in the world. The cause may be a…
Managing mental health emergencies in the ED
The most important consideration when caring for this special population is ensuring, first and foremost, staff and patient safety. Both psychiatric patients and the…
Assessing and preventing cognitive impairment in the elderly
All segments of the international population are living longer, and many will experience dementia. Policymakers are focused on the cost estimates of caring for…
A guide for adhesive removal: Principles, practice, and products
All nurses have struggled with removing pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs)—medical tape, plastic bandages, wound dressings—from fragile skin, next to healing wounds, or from sites…
Lyme disease prevention and treatment
SCENARIO: When you meet your patient Tom for the first time, he reports fever, headaches, a rash on his stomach, and muscle aches. As you perform your assessment,…
Improving nurses’ attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders
People with substance use disorders suffer not just from the disorder itself but also from discrimination. In a 2014 survey, more than half of respondents…
Protecting communities from the syphilis epidemic from birth through adulthood
There are many colloquialisms for syphilis, the sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Treponema pallidum. Whether it’s called “syfy,” “siff,” “pox,” “VD,” “the bug,”…
Ethical Issues in Healthcare
High ethical standards are essential in healthcare. Four fundamental principles lay the foundation for healthcare ethics. Autonomy honors patients’ right to make their…
Nurses meet homeless patients where they live…on the street
By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today When you don’t know where your next meal will come from or where you’re…
You want to refuse a flu shot? Welcome to the epidemic!
I cradled a very sick child with the flu in my arms this week and asked why the mother had insisted on…
Why some people are healthy, and others are not
What we know…and how long we’ve known it By Leah Curtin, RN, ScD(h), FAAN Why do some people stay healthy, while others…
Community-acquired pneumonia
Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is exactly what it sounds like—a lung infection acquired while out and about in the world. The cause may…
Managing mental health emergencies in the ED
The most important consideration when caring for this special population is ensuring, first and foremost, staff and patient safety. Both psychiatric patients…
Assessing and preventing cognitive impairment in the elderly
All segments of the international population are living longer, and many will experience dementia. Policymakers are focused on the cost estimates of…
A guide for adhesive removal: Principles, practice, and products
All nurses have struggled with removing pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs)—medical tape, plastic bandages, wound dressings—from fragile skin, next to healing wounds, or…
Lyme disease prevention and treatment
SCENARIO: When you meet your patient Tom for the first time, he reports fever, headaches, a rash on his stomach, and muscle aches. As you perform…
Improving nurses’ attitudes toward patients with substance use disorders
People with substance use disorders suffer not just from the disorder itself but also from discrimination. In a 2014 survey, more than half…
Protecting communities from the syphilis epidemic from birth through adulthood
There are many colloquialisms for syphilis, the sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Treponema pallidum. Whether it’s called “syfy,” “siff,” “pox,” “VD,”…
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