Sign up to receive the digital edition of South Carolina Nurse

Below are recent articles from
South Carolina Nurse, the official publication of the South Carolina Nurses Association.

Diversity in Nursing Leadership Cohort

The Diversity in Nursing Leadership Fellowship was presented by the North Carolina Nurses Association in partnership with the South Carolina Nurses Association and Georgia Nurses Association and supported by a…

SCNA President’s Message | December 2024

Angela E. Dykes, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCDear Nurse Colleagues, As I prepare to step down from my role as president of the South Carolina Nurses Association (SCNA), I find myself reflecting…

Surgical Smoke Dangers in the OR

OR nursing is a high-pressure, high-reward profession. It involves holding your patient’s hand and providing comfort as they fall into a drug-induced sleep before intubation. It’s about quickly anticipating the…

South Carolina Nurses Foundation (SCNF)

Welcome to autumn! This time of year, always presents the end of summer and beginning of the fall with schools returning for classroom education, and students working hard toward their…

Diversity in Nursing Leadership Cohort

The Diversity in Nursing Leadership Fellowship was presented by the North Carolina Nurses Association in partnership with the South Carolina Nurses Association…

Surgical Smoke Dangers in the OR

OR nursing is a high-pressure, high-reward profession. It involves holding your patient’s hand and providing comfort as they fall into a drug-induced…

Articles From American Nurse that you may be interested in

Women and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Why are new HIV cases still occurring when we have preventive treatment? One reason could be a lack of knowledge and experience among healthcare professionals to discuss, prescribe, and manage PrEP for vulnerable patients. Lack of information and discomfort with prescribing PrEP remain ongoing issues among healthcare professionals in the United States. Healthcare professionals should know how to identify appropriate candidates for PrEP, provide general education, and prescribe necessary preventive treatment.

Empathy in ostomy care

Empathy relies on understanding an experience from another’s perspective. A simulated learning activity such as wearing an ostomy bag for a day, in combination with reflective writing in preparation for debriefing, provides an opportunity for developing empathy, which is linked to improved patient experiences and outcomes.

Nurse leader rounds plus

Patients’ perceptions of their care may not correlate to the actual quality of care given but rather their beliefs about what they perceive as quality care. Nurse leaders must address the patient experience with approaches that impact multiple goals simultaneously. One such approach involves nurse leader rounds, or what we call “nurse leader rounds plus.” This underutilized initiative can improve the patient experience, enhance the culture of safety, and increase staff engagement.

Coaching and evaluating new graduate nurses

Ongoing research shows a decline in new graduate nurses’ clinical judgment. Effective mentorship plays a crucial role in ensuring patient safety while new nurses develop clinical judgment skills. A mentor is an experienced nurse who maintains a long-term relationship with a new nurse via coaching and evaluation to assist in professional development. Mentoring promotes patient safety, and Tanner’s Clinical Judgment Model can serve as a framework for developing these vital skills.

How to balance a bed shortage

Bed shortages remain a concern in hospitals across the country. For example, since the COVID-19 pandemic, most of Washington’s larger hospitals and…

Acute dystonic reaction

Acute dystonic reactions, movement disturban­ces, fall under the umbrella of extrapyramidal side effects. They’re associated with medications (including antipsychotics and antiemetics) that…