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By: May 23 2012
Communication and relationships Each week we select 3 articles to feature on our Recommended Reading list. We rotate the items on this list so there are always 10 articles available – and they are all free to read! It’s fun for me to choose these articles for several...
By: May 6 2012
Yes, Nurses do Make a Difference Every year Nurses Week rolls around and nurses are told “thank you” by their institutions; if you are lucky, you may receive a token of appreciation like a lunch bag, a water bottle, or a beach towel. The research is clear, nurses do...
By: May 3 2012
Presenting the Evidence: Poster Presentations Last week I had the pleasure of attending Nursing2012 Symposium in Orlando, Florida. One of the sessions, titled Faculty-Guided Poster Tour: Ask the Experts, was a highlight for me. This session was exactly what the title implies; an informal tour...
By: May 2 2012
Spreading the word about sun safety My eyes have really been opened over the past year. Since launching the Skin Care Network in collaboration with the Dermatology Nurses’ Association and becoming a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses&rsquo...
By: Apr 16 2012
Comfort in terminal extubation: Minimal evidence, maximal need Studying the dying process and terminal extubation in particular, is clearly a challenge. Are the measures we choose even relevant to the person in the bed? We may never know. Nevertheless, some brave souls have attempted to offer their best...
By: Apr 13 2012
Resources for Alcohol Awareness I was taken aback when I read that “one in five patients admitted to a hospital suffers from alcohol use disorder” in Managing alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients in the April issue of Nursing2012 (here’s the pdf for...
By: Apr 9 2012
A Lesson from the Evidence: Replacing Emergently Placed Peripheral IVs When a patient has a peripheral line placed in an emergency, whether it is out in the field or in an acute care setting, the intravenous infusion device is discontinued and replaced as soon as possible and certainly within 48 hours (CDC, 2002...
By: Apr 2 2012
Are meal replacement plans better than low calorie diets? Meal replacement plans such as Slimfast and Medifast have been around a long time now. Is there any evidence on their effectiveness? The hesitant answer is yes. Why hesitant? Many of these studies are funded by these vendors. Certain populations...
By: Apr 1 2012
What happened? Acute PE. He came in on room air – somewhat dyspneic with a respiratory rate of 28 and shallow breathing. His O2 saturation was 95%. He was a young guy, 32 years old, with no prior medical or surgical history. After settling him into his ICU room, I...
By: Mar 31 2012
A pill a day won't keep heart disease away...on its own "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." "Take an aspirin and call me in the morning." We're all familar with these sayings and it appears there will be another added shortly.  If you had the opportunity to take a...
By: Mar 23 2012
One of those quirky nursing things Have you ever cared for one of those patients who is ‘borderline’ unstable? You know --- kind of stable, but not well enough for you to feel too optimistic that they won’t crash? In the Medical Intensive Care Unit where I worked,...
By: Mar 16 2012
An Integrative Review of the Evidence on IM and SC Injection Aspiration Thirty years ago, when I was in my Bachelor's program for nursing, I was taught to aspirate for intramuscular (IM) injections to make sure I didn't puncture an artery or vein. I am confident that all of you reading this post were taught...
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