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Let’s really celebrate nursing by making a difference together
It’s the time of year when nurses start to reflect on the birth of the founding mother of our profession, Florence Nightingale. At hospitals…
Superbugs trump wonder drugs
Our grandparents’ generation first witnessed the wonders of antimicrobial agents. These drugs saved millions of lives and rendered harmless a number of previously untreatable…
Providing effective patient teaching on the Internet
A study compares two approached to high-tech teaching.
2008 state legislative wrap-up
Legislatively, 2008 was a good year for nursing. In many states, safe nurse staffing laws, mandatory overtime restrictions, and safe patient-handling legislation got the…
Recognizing spinal cord compression
For a postoperative laminectomy patient, sudden left-sided weakness and sensation loss warrant a STAT return to the OR.
Seeing Red
American Heart Month is a time to celebrate the wealth of information that if acted on, can help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Improving palliative care and communication in the ICU
More than 500,000 people die in American intensive care units (ICUs) every year. And many of the deaths occur after the patient or family…
Environmental health and the pediatric patient
Save the children. Every pediatric assessment should include a complete environmental health history.
Let’s really celebrate nursing by making a difference together
It’s the time of year when nurses start to reflect on the birth of the founding mother of our profession, Florence Nightingale.…
Superbugs trump wonder drugs
Our grandparents’ generation first witnessed the wonders of antimicrobial agents. These drugs saved millions of lives and rendered harmless a number of…
Providing effective patient teaching on the Internet
A study compares two approached to high-tech teaching.
2008 state legislative wrap-up
Legislatively, 2008 was a good year for nursing. In many states, safe nurse staffing laws, mandatory overtime restrictions, and safe patient-handling legislation…
Recognizing spinal cord compression
For a postoperative laminectomy patient, sudden left-sided weakness and sensation loss warrant a STAT return to the OR.
Seeing Red
American Heart Month is a time to celebrate the wealth of information that if acted on, can help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Improving palliative care and communication in the ICU
More than 500,000 people die in American intensive care units (ICUs) every year. And many of the deaths occur after the patient…
Environmental health and the pediatric patient
Save the children. Every pediatric assessment should include a complete environmental health history.
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