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Advanced skill certification

Historically, nurses are required to obtain only Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and/or Pediatric Emergency Assessment,…
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Medical cannabis

In 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the opioid epidemic caused 70,237 deaths. Of those 70,237 deaths, 47,600…
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Gun safety

As a nurse, it’s hard to hear news reports about children younger than 5 years old in hospital emergency departments (EDs) with…
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To the New Nurse

As an educator for the nurses of the future, My job is to teach, inspire, cultivate and care I want them to…
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Effective communication is the key

In the article, “Providing effective communication to patients who are deaf or hard of hearing,” Omobola Awosika Oyeleye presented the legal obligations…
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CNAs Need Training, Support for Learning

The September 2020 American Nurse Journal article “Implementation of evidence-based practice in long-term care” addresses high turnover and job dissatisfaction. First, seeing…

Rewards of neuro nursing

I am a nurse at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV, on the Neuro Intensive Care Unit. I work with some of…
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