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By: Lauren Waronker, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Sep 16 2019
Anion Gap Acidosis: How Do I Calculate It? How Do I Interpret It? Calculation: Serum anion gap (AG)= Na+ – (Cl- + HCO3-)The anion gap (AG) is a measure of acid-base balance. Your body maintains balance by holding onto or releasing carbon dioxide through the lungs (acid) or bicarbonate through the kidneys...
By: Lynne Centrella Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE Sep 12 2019
Ovarian Cancer...A Silent Killer September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, just like next month will be Breast Cancer Awareness Month. However, unlike breast cancer, there are no screening tests for ovarian cancer and unfortunately, minimal early signs and symptoms. Ovarian...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 9 2019
mHealth Apps for Nurses The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2018) supports the “development of mobile medical applications (apps) that improve health care and provide consumers and healthcare professionals with valuable health information.” About three...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 5 2019
Vaping Epidemic: A Public Health Crisis? Vaping has been a focus in recent headlines and the story continues to unfold. As of August 27, 2019, 215 people in 25 states were hospitalized for severe lung disease possibly linked to vaping nicotine or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 30 2019
The Power of Informal Conversations and Bold Relationships I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Connie Delaney, Professor & Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. We spoke about her nursing career, her current work and the importance of nurses getting involved as...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC  Aug 27 2019
Cardiac Power Output and Index The heart is fundamentally a muscular hydraulic pump that can create pressure as well as flow. It is comprised of a pump (heart) and pipes (arteries) that generate energy. Cardiac output is the flow through this closed circuit that is influenced...
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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 17 2019
Supporting Family Caregivers Did you know…? American Journal of Nursing (AJN) offers an important collection of evidence-based resources to benefit nurses and other healthcare professionals who care for older adults. This series of articles was published as a print...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Oct 9 2018
NCNP Fall '18: Pearls and Inspiration We headed west last month for the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (NCNP)! It was sunny and warm in Ahaheim, where nurse practitioners came together to learn, network, and have some fun! My experience at this NCNP really focused on...
By: Karen Innocent, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, CMSRN Jul 19 2018
Lippincott Professional Development Accepts ANCC Premier Award July 17, 2018 Lippincott Professional Development (LPD) has received the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Premier Accreditation Award for the second year in a row. As the Executive Director of Continuing Education at Wolters Kluwer, I...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 16 2018
NCNP Spring ‘18: Dissecting the Difference Between MDs and NPs How do primary care concerns differ between an MD and an NP? Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald, Conference Chairperson for the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (NCNP), explained it clearly during the opening session to the Spring 2018 NCNP...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Oct 27 2017
National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (NCNP): Fall 2017 Earlier this month, we had a great showing of advanced practice nurses for our fall National Conference for Nurse Practitioners (NCNP). It was one week after Nursing Management Congress2017 and one week after the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas....
By: Karen Innocent, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, CMSRN Aug 14 2017
ANCC Premier Prize Lippincott Professional Development (LPD) is the 2017 winner of American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Premier Program Award. We are very honored to receive this award which is given to very few organizations that compete each year...
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By: Lauren Waronker, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Sep 16 2019
Anion Gap Acidosis: How Do I Calculate It? How Do I Interpret It? Calculation: Serum anion gap (AG)= Na+ – (Cl- + HCO3-)The anion gap (AG) is a measure of acid-base balance. Your body maintains balance by holding onto or releasing carbon dioxide through the lungs (acid) or bicarbonate through the kidneys...
By: Lynne Centrella Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE Sep 12 2019
Ovarian Cancer...A Silent Killer September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, just like next month will be Breast Cancer Awareness Month. However, unlike breast cancer, there are no screening tests for ovarian cancer and unfortunately, minimal early signs and symptoms. Ovarian...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 5 2019
Vaping Epidemic: A Public Health Crisis? Vaping has been a focus in recent headlines and the story continues to unfold. As of August 27, 2019, 215 people in 25 states were hospitalized for severe lung disease possibly linked to vaping nicotine or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC  Aug 27 2019
Cardiac Power Output and Index The heart is fundamentally a muscular hydraulic pump that can create pressure as well as flow. It is comprised of a pump (heart) and pipes (arteries) that generate energy. Cardiac output is the flow through this closed circuit that is influenced...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC Aug 23 2019
Final diagnosis: Syncope or...is it a seizure? Achieving the correct final diagnosis with the presenting symptom of transient loss of consciousness can challenge even the most seasoned clinician. Syncope and epileptic seizures reign high on the list of differential diagnoses, followed by...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN CRNP Jul 25 2019
How and Where Did You Get That Antibiotic? In the community clinic where I volunteer, we provide services to the uninsured and underinsured, many of whom are migrant farm workers. They often don’t speak English and the cultural differences are many. I’ve learned much from...
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By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 5 2019
Vaping Epidemic: A Public Health Crisis? Vaping has been a focus in recent headlines and the story continues to unfold. As of August 27, 2019, 215 people in 25 states were hospitalized for severe lung disease possibly linked to vaping nicotine or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Aug 2 2019
What is a Nurse Care Coordinator? Imagine the following. Your grandmother was admitted to the hospital a few days ago for congestive heart failure exacerbation and is to be discharged from the hospital today. During her hospital admission, she was seen by many specialists that she...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, RN, MSN Jul 31 2019
CBD vs Cannabis/THC - What's the Difference? I live in Denver, Colorado and since the legalization of recreational marijuana in 2014, I have witnessed an explosion of the industry with cannabis dispensaries popping up on most major city blocks. One cannabis-based product that is garnering...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 11 2019
10 Things Nurses Should Know about Kratom Kratom is one of the newer psychoactive substances derived from natural elements and used for pain relief. It’s an unscheduled opioid receptor agonist, and while banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), it is widely available and...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Jun 12 2019
My Professional Poster Presentation I recently had the opportunity to create a professional poster for the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) conference in Baltimore, Maryland. CPC+ is a national advanced primary care medical home model that aims to strengthen primary care...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 12 2019
Patient Safety: Medication Errors that Result in Criminal Indictment Serious medication errors occur in healthcare as a result of both human and system factors. When a practitioner makes a mistake due to human error that results in a patient death, should that clinician be criminally indicted? Unfortunately, that...
Leadership More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 30 2019
The Power of Informal Conversations and Bold Relationships I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Connie Delaney, Professor & Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. We spoke about her nursing career, her current work and the importance of nurses getting involved as...
By: Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, PhD, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, and Kathy Easter, MSN, RN, CCRN-K Jun 24 2019
Visionary Nurse Leader - Who Will You Nominate? The following excerpt was published in Nursing Management’s January 2019 issue. This winning 2018 Richard Hader Visionary Leader Award entry was submitted by Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, PhD, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, and Kathy...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Jun 12 2019
My Professional Poster Presentation I recently had the opportunity to create a professional poster for the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) conference in Baltimore, Maryland. CPC+ is a national advanced primary care medical home model that aims to strengthen primary care...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Jun 10 2019
Creating a Professional Poster: Start to Finish Producing a professional poster is a wonderful opportunity to share your passions in nursing and have the opportunity to present your findings at conferences and your organization. The poster allows you to connect with professional healthcare...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN May 28 2019
The Caring Art of Nursing “Maybe this one moment, with this one patient is the very reason were here on earth at this time.”-Dr. Jean Watson   I recently had the opportunity to hear Dr. Jean Watson give a presentation to honor Nurses’ Week. In Dr...
By: Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN May 7 2019
The Value of Nursing Leadership on the Frontlines and Beyond As we celebrate Nurses Week, it is a good time to consider those nurses whose leadership inspires the ability to survive and thrive amidst the current challenges inherent in our profession. No doubt many nurses might relate that it is not a &ldquo...
Technology More
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 9 2019
mHealth Apps for Nurses The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (2018) supports the “development of mobile medical applications (apps) that improve health care and provide consumers and healthcare professionals with valuable health information.” About three...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 30 2019
The Power of Informal Conversations and Bold Relationships I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Connie Delaney, Professor & Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. We spoke about her nursing career, her current work and the importance of nurses getting involved as...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Jan 4 2019
The Leadless Pacemaker: A Game Changer For over fifty years, cardiac pacing systems have been surgically implanted for symptomatic bradycardia (Reynolds et al., 2016). Approximately 200,000 pacemakers are implanted annually in the United States, and due to an aging population and...
By: Karen Innocent, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, CMSRN May 11 2018
Think Differently about Innovation in Nursing Karen Innocent, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, CMSRN Executive Director of Continuing Education Wolters Kluwer - Health Learning, Research & PracticeMy colleague, Denise Felsenstein, tested an intervention during her Doctor of Nursing practice...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 31 2016
Introducing Your NursingCenter.com Dashboard! You may or may not have yet noticed that we’ve begun implementing more personalized features here on NursingCenter.com. Take some time to explore your very own dashboard of content related to your area(s) of practice! Here’s how&hellip...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 19 2016
Mobile Healthcare Applications Part 3: Nursing Education at Your Fingertips Rounding out this blog series on mobile health applications (apps) or mHealth apps, I wanted to touch on apps specifically designed to provide educational tools and quick references for the nursing profession. According to a survey conducted by...
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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 18 2019
Top 5 Things Nurses Need to Address Nursing Shortage As baby boomers age and eventually leave the nursing workforce, we can expect to experience a significant shortage of nurses. Researchers project that one million registered nurses will retire by 2030 (Buerhaus et al, 2017). Think about the years...
By: Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, PhD, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, and Kathy Easter, MSN, RN, CCRN-K Jun 24 2019
Visionary Nurse Leader - Who Will You Nominate? The following excerpt was published in Nursing Management’s January 2019 issue. This winning 2018 Richard Hader Visionary Leader Award entry was submitted by Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, PhD, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, and Kathy...
By: Lynne Centrella Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE Jun 5 2019
The Best Gift... My amazing niece graduated high school this past weekend and like thousands of other eager 18-year-olds, she will be heading off to college in the fall. The special thing about this situation though is that she will be starting her nursing career!...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN May 28 2019
The Caring Art of Nursing “Maybe this one moment, with this one patient is the very reason were here on earth at this time.”-Dr. Jean Watson   I recently had the opportunity to hear Dr. Jean Watson give a presentation to honor Nurses’ Week. In Dr...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 12 2019
Elevating Our Nursing Profession As I pondered what I would write for this blog, I kept going back to a chapter I wrote for the commemorative edition of Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not, that has just been published to celebrate Nurses...
By: Maureen “Shawn” Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN May 11 2019
Evidence-Based Practice: Something to Celebrate (Really!) As we think about reasons to celebrate nurses’ work during Nurses Week, we shouldn’t overlook significant changes that have changed how we approach our work and that have, I think, done much to improve our credibility as a profession...
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By: Lauren Waronker, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Sep 16 2019
Anion Gap Acidosis: How Do I Calculate It? How Do I Interpret It? Calculation: Serum anion gap (AG)= Na+ – (Cl- + HCO3-)The anion gap (AG) is a measure of acid-base balance. Your body maintains balance by holding onto or releasing carbon dioxide through the lungs (acid) or bicarbonate through the kidneys...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC  Aug 27 2019
Cardiac Power Output and Index The heart is fundamentally a muscular hydraulic pump that can create pressure as well as flow. It is comprised of a pump (heart) and pipes (arteries) that generate energy. Cardiac output is the flow through this closed circuit that is influenced...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC Aug 23 2019
Final diagnosis: Syncope or...is it a seizure? Achieving the correct final diagnosis with the presenting symptom of transient loss of consciousness can challenge even the most seasoned clinician. Syncope and epileptic seizures reign high on the list of differential diagnoses, followed by...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN CRNP Jul 25 2019
How and Where Did You Get That Antibiotic? In the community clinic where I volunteer, we provide services to the uninsured and underinsured, many of whom are migrant farm workers. They often don’t speak English and the cultural differences are many. I’ve learned much from...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Jun 20 2019
Can You Really Die From a Broken Heart? Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a diagnosis that refers to a clinical syndrome characterized by acute and transient left ventricular dysfunction. The word Takotsubo, which translates to “octopus trap,” refers to the hallmark sign of apical...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Jun 14 2019
A New Classification System for Cardiogenic Shock The advances in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over the past five decades, including immediate percutaneous coronary intervention, have been proven to dramatically improve outcomes. Patients suffering from AMI may develop...
Education & Career More
By: Myrna Schnur Aug 19 2019
Starting My First Clinical Rotation - What Do I Need? It’s been over twenty-five years since I graduated from nursing school, but I will never forget my first day of clinical rotations. I had learned quite a bit in the classroom and skills lab: how to assess my patients, administer medications,...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 16 2019
Shopping for Stethoscopes - Do You Hear What I Hear? You use your stethoscope countless times each shift.  As an indispensable tool for rapid patient assessment, your stethoscope has a constant presence with you as you care for patients. Now that it’s time to purchase your first or a...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Aug 12 2019
Nurse Apparel & Tools - Look Good, Feel Good & Be Prepared To have a successful shift, having the right apparel and tools for the job is essential! Whether you are a new graduate or a seasoned professional, we’ll look at some tools of the trade help you get your job done with ease. As always, keep...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Aug 5 2019
Shoe Shopping - Putting Your Best Foot Forward As a nurse, you are constantly on the move. It is important to remember that wearing good shoes can help you to feel your best and help prevent injuries. We will look at some factors to consider before you purchase a new pair of nursing shoes...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Aug 2 2019
What is a Nurse Care Coordinator? Imagine the following. Your grandmother was admitted to the hospital a few days ago for congestive heart failure exacerbation and is to be discharged from the hospital today. During her hospital admission, she was seen by many specialists that she...
By: Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, PhD, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, and Kathy Easter, MSN, RN, CCRN-K Jun 24 2019
Visionary Nurse Leader - Who Will You Nominate? The following excerpt was published in Nursing Management’s January 2019 issue. This winning 2018 Richard Hader Visionary Leader Award entry was submitted by Kathleen Evanovich Zavotsky, PhD, RN, CCRN, CEN, ACNS-BC, FAEN, and Kathy...

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