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No peeking allowed

Electronic health records give healthcare providers faster, more efficient access to patient information. Experts hope to make the data less vulnerable to security breaches.

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…

Telling our story

The public needs a better understanding of what nurses do, so tell your story.

Letters to the Editor – November 2008

Easy and inexpensive   Thank you for Susan Fetzer’s excellent article, “Putting a stop to postop nausea and vomiting,” in the August  issue. One treatment…

Taking it to the top

ANA and state associations promote health system reform The importance of health system reform can seem like a distant memory when gas prices are…

No peeking allowed

Electronic health records give healthcare providers faster, more efficient access to patient information. Experts hope to make the data less vulnerable to…

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…

Telling our story

The public needs a better understanding of what nurses do, so tell your story.

Taking it to the top

ANA and state associations promote health system reform The importance of health system reform can seem like a distant memory when gas…
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Which of the following clinical signs and symptoms should prompt a nurse to suspect acute angle glaucoma? Select all that apply.