Lung cancer: Not just a smoker’s disease
Jill Smith, a 58-year-old waitress in a local bar, comes to the clinic complaining of shortness of breath and a persistent cough for the…
Nursing Education
The facts about your Nursing Career
Nursing is the nation’s largest health care profession with more 3.1 – 3.6 million registered nurses practicing nationwide. Despite its large size, many more…
Enteral feeding: Indications, complications, and nursing care
Enteral feedings deliver nourishment through a tube directly into the GI tract. They’re ordered for patients with a functioning GI tract who can’t ingest enough nutrition…
Pediatric otitis media: To treat or not to treat with antibiotics
A bacterial or viral infection of the middle ear, acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common childhood infection in the United States for which…
Addressing patient and caregiver suffering
Suffering—it’s a powerful word that evokes a visceral response. Actually, patient means “one who suffers” in Latin. To reduce patient suffering, we need to consider the experience of nurses…
Reducing intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to blunt or penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain functioning, causing impaired thinking and memory, personality changes, and possible sensory and motor changes. Some people…
Oral Chemotherapy: Not just an ordinary pill
Fran, a triage nurse in a busy primary care office, receives a call from Marla Rodriguez, whose mother is a long-time patient. Marla says her mother has an intense red…
Urgent care for stroke patients: Timing is everything
While relaxing at home at about 4 PM, Alan Sarangelo, a retired 62-year-old respiratory therapist, feels the left side of his face growing numb. His wife, a nurse, suspects…
Collaboration: The key to healthcare transformation
Transforming health care is a complex challenge that can best be met through a coordinated response from academia and clinical practice. Working together, chief nursing officers (CNOs) and…
Reducing readmissions in in COPD patients
A preventable and treatable lung disorder of adults, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common causes of hospitalizations and readmissions. It affects 15 million Americans; nearly one in five…
Psychiatric assessment strategies for inpatients: Resources with a purpose
Adults with psychiatric conditions who are admitted as inpatients need to be assessed carefully to ensure they receive the best possible care. Although staff nurses don’t make the diagnosis, your assessment…
The doorway assessment: Reducing anxiety and promoting critical thinking in nursing students
As a clinical instructor, I’m aware of my enormous responsibilities—to imbue nursing students with knowledge, teach them nursing skills, help them hone their critical thinking ability, and acculturate them to…
Lung cancer: Not just a smoker’s disease
Jill Smith, a 58-year-old waitress in a local bar, comes to the clinic complaining of shortness of breath and a persistent cough…
The facts about your Nursing Career
Nursing is the nation’s largest health care profession with more 3.1 – 3.6 million registered nurses practicing nationwide. Despite its large size,…
Enteral feeding: Indications, complications, and nursing care
Enteral feedings deliver nourishment through a tube directly into the GI tract. They’re ordered for patients with a functioning GI tract who can’t ingest…
Pediatric otitis media: To treat or not to treat with antibiotics
A bacterial or viral infection of the middle ear, acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common childhood infection in the United States…
Addressing patient and caregiver suffering
Suffering—it’s a powerful word that evokes a visceral response. Actually, patient means “one who suffers” in Latin. To reduce patient suffering, we need to consider the experience…
Reducing intracranial pressure in patients with traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to blunt or penetrating head injury that disrupts normal brain functioning, causing impaired thinking and memory, personality changes, and possible sensory and motor changes.…
Oral Chemotherapy: Not just an ordinary pill
Fran, a triage nurse in a busy primary care office, receives a call from Marla Rodriguez, whose mother is a long-time patient. Marla says her mother has an…
Urgent care for stroke patients: Timing is everything
While relaxing at home at about 4 PM, Alan Sarangelo, a retired 62-year-old respiratory therapist, feels the left side of his face growing numb. His wife,…
Collaboration: The key to healthcare transformation
Transforming health care is a complex challenge that can best be met through a coordinated response from academia and clinical practice. Working together, chief nursing officers…
Reducing readmissions in in COPD patients
A preventable and treatable lung disorder of adults, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common causes of hospitalizations and readmissions. It affects 15 million Americans; nearly one…
Psychiatric assessment strategies for inpatients: Resources with a purpose
Adults with psychiatric conditions who are admitted as inpatients need to be assessed carefully to ensure they receive the best possible care. Although staff nurses don’t make the…
The doorway assessment: Reducing anxiety and promoting critical thinking in nursing students
As a clinical instructor, I’m aware of my enormous responsibilities—to imbue nursing students with knowledge, teach them nursing skills, help them hone their critical thinking ability, and…
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