Improving how we use and respond to clinical alarms
Nuisance alarms, false alarms, and hard-to-identify alarms can imperil patient safety. The author describes ways to manage clinical alarms more efficiently. This article is…
Technology
How integrated information systems will change health care
Integrated and interoperable information systems mean patient data entered by one healthcare provider can be shared by provciders across the entire care continuum. This…
Innovations in patient-monitoring systems
With Bluetooth devices, system interfaces, and other high-tech advances, clinicians can make more accurate and timely treatment decisions. This article is available to American…
Pulse oximetry: An essential tool for the busy med-surg nurse
Pulse oximetry helps med-surg nurses meet the challenge of caring for the greater numbers of acutely ill patients they’re seeing.
Get on board the technology express
“Technology: No place for wimps!” —Scott Adams, “Dilbert” cartoonist Technology surrounds us, supports us, and sometimes smothers us. It is indeed no place for…
Vaccines, antivirals are crucial aspects of influenza strategy
To aid ongoing safety surveillance for the H1N1 vaccine, be sure to report patients’ postvaccination events. This article is available to American Nurses Association…
Prealbumin testing for early malnutrition detection
Malnutrition is surprisingly common in hospital patients-but detecting it can be easy when prealbumin levels are measured This article is available to American Nurses…
Take Note – Sept/Oct 2009
Patients lose when nurse staffing is insufficient Heavy workloads and insufficient staffing affect patient care, according to about 2,000 nurses surveyed worldwide by the…
A catastrophic diagnosis puts nursing care to the test
The complicated case of a retiree with a newly diagnosed lung tumor kicks off our new “Case Study” department.
Headlines from the Hill
Nurses need to promote ANA’s health system reform principles and recommendations.
Peril on Periphery
Peripheral arterial disease is all too common – and all too often goes unrecognized.
Improving how we use and respond to clinical alarms
Nuisance alarms, false alarms, and hard-to-identify alarms can imperil patient safety. The author describes ways to manage clinical alarms more efficiently. This…
How integrated information systems will change health care
Integrated and interoperable information systems mean patient data entered by one healthcare provider can be shared by provciders across the entire care…
Innovations in patient-monitoring systems
With Bluetooth devices, system interfaces, and other high-tech advances, clinicians can make more accurate and timely treatment decisions. This article is available…
Pulse oximetry: An essential tool for the busy med-surg nurse
Pulse oximetry helps med-surg nurses meet the challenge of caring for the greater numbers of acutely ill patients they’re seeing.
Get on board the technology express
“Technology: No place for wimps!” —Scott Adams, “Dilbert” cartoonist Technology surrounds us, supports us, and sometimes smothers us. It is indeed no…
Vaccines, antivirals are crucial aspects of influenza strategy
To aid ongoing safety surveillance for the H1N1 vaccine, be sure to report patients’ postvaccination events. This article is available to American…
Prealbumin testing for early malnutrition detection
Malnutrition is surprisingly common in hospital patients-but detecting it can be easy when prealbumin levels are measured This article is available to…
Take Note – Sept/Oct 2009
Patients lose when nurse staffing is insufficient Heavy workloads and insufficient staffing affect patient care, according to about 2,000 nurses surveyed worldwide…
A catastrophic diagnosis puts nursing care to the test
The complicated case of a retiree with a newly diagnosed lung tumor kicks off our new “Case Study” department.
Headlines from the Hill
Nurses need to promote ANA’s health system reform principles and recommendations.
Peril on Periphery
Peripheral arterial disease is all too common – and all too often goes unrecognized.
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