Lippincott ® NursingCenter ® Wolters Kluwer Logo

NursingCenter Blog

 
 
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 1 2021
This Month in Nursing: March 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development. Nursing Recognition DatesCertified Nurses Day March 19, 2021 Are you certified or considering certification...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 25 2021
10 Nurses to Honor for Black History Month Nursing history is fascinating. There are so many nurses who have influenced our profession and paved the way for us. This Black History Month, here are 10 nurses whose stories are critical to nursing’s past and future. Sojourner Truth...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Feb 18 2021
Successfully Navigating the Night Shift Working the night shift is often a non-negotiable requirement for new nurses working in hospital settings. I remember my first few years as a nurse rotating to nights and struggling to stay alert and straining to keep my eyes open. I never felt...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Feb 10 2021
Mutations, Variants, and Strains! Oh My! While vaccinations against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), are underway, news of virus mutations, or variants, is causing significant anxiety and stress. Should...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 30 2021
Ear-Savers and Surgical Caps for Nurses Over the past year, nurses and other health care providers have sought out some new accessories and tools to add to our work uniforms. In addition to scrubs and comfortable shoes, many of us are now wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE)...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 23 2021
How to Calculate the Absolute Neutrophil Count The absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is the total number of neutrophils in the white blood cell (WBC) count. It’s typically part of the complete blood count (CBC) with differential. While some labs calculate the ANC for us, it’s...
See all trending posts
Continuing Education More
By: Karen Innocent, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, CMSRN Dec 21 2020
Lippincott® Professional Development: Change is Good! As a leading provider of learning content for nurses, Lippincott® has earned numerous awards and honors, including the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Premier Award and Accreditation with Distinction. To further our...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 5 2020
Are New Nursing Grads Prepared for Practice? The scene repeats itself over and over. It’s 2:30 am, monitor alarms ring at various pitches, the hum of the ventilator drones rhythmically and nurses perform their synchronized, yet frenetic dance between patients. I was fresh out of...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 15 2020
Virtual Conferences – What to Know Before You "Go" Learning. Networking. Fun. Meeting CE requirements. Exciting destinations. All in one place. Now cancelled.   Many associations and organizations are taking their conferences online. Virtual meetings are not the same as those in-person...
By: Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Oct 30 2019
Three Things I Learned This Month As nurses we are exposed to new information on a daily basis. We encounter information in so many formats – listening to the news on our way to work, learning about a new patient condition that we were not aware of, listening to lectures...
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...
Diseases & Conditions More
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Feb 10 2021
Mutations, Variants, and Strains! Oh My! While vaccinations against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), are underway, news of virus mutations, or variants, is causing significant anxiety and stress. Should...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 23 2021
How to Calculate the Absolute Neutrophil Count The absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is the total number of neutrophils in the white blood cell (WBC) count. It’s typically part of the complete blood count (CBC) with differential. While some labs calculate the ANC for us, it’s...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jan 8 2021
Common Questions (and Answers) on COVID-19 Vaccines Last December, two vaccines to prevent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granting distribution in the U.S. – Pfizer/BionTech and Moderna’s messenger RNA (mRNA...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Dec 4 2020
Immunizing the Masses: COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Like many of you, I am closely following the progress on the coronavirus vaccine as we continue to experience a significant burden on the health care system and a staggering loss of life. It was certainly encouraging to hear that the Pfizer Inc...
By: Anne Dabrow WoodsDNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN; Chief Nurse, Wolters Kluwer, Health Learning, Research & Practice; Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital; Adjunct Faculty, Drexel University Nov 18 2020
Don’t Believe the Science and Evidence? Just Look at Our Faces. COVID-19 has infected over 11.2 million in the U.S. and 248,000 have died (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, 2020). We are not alone; globally 55.3 million have been infected and over 1.3 million have died (Johns Hopkins University &...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 6 2020
Shortcutting the Long Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine Vaccine research is at the forefront of everyone’s minds as we collectively await a breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). I had the privilege to work in vaccine clinical development earlier in my career...
Patient Safety More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 1 2021
This Month in Nursing: March 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development. Nursing Recognition DatesCertified Nurses Day March 19, 2021 Are you certified or considering certification...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Feb 18 2021
Successfully Navigating the Night Shift Working the night shift is often a non-negotiable requirement for new nurses working in hospital settings. I remember my first few years as a nurse rotating to nights and struggling to stay alert and straining to keep my eyes open. I never felt...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Dec 15 2020
Team Nursing Model – What It Is and How to Make It Work Back in March, during the first surge of COVID-19 patients, alternative staffing and onboarding models were implemented by some institutions to improve care and maximize patient and staff safety. Now, as hospitals are in the midst of another surge...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 29 2020
What Do You Say When…? COVID Conversations with Science Skeptics I really struggled with the title of this post. There are many differences of opinion out there right now and I would never presume to be an authority on the right or wrong actions of any individuals. As a nurse, however, I do feel a...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 13 2020
Patient Education in the Time of COVID-19 Like everyone else, our patients are full of questions during these uncertain times of COVID-19. A cough that one might otherwise ‘wait out’ now consumes our thoughts that maybe it’s COVID-19 and makes us question our health and...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 29 2020
In the Event of Turbulence, One Patient at a Time You are called to a rapid response or a code blue and the patient is in isolation for COVID-19. It takes you several minutes to don your personal protective equipment, delaying life-saving interventions by several minutes. You go in and out of one...
Leadership More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 25 2021
10 Nurses to Honor for Black History Month Nursing history is fascinating. There are so many nurses who have influenced our profession and paved the way for us. This Black History Month, here are 10 nurses whose stories are critical to nursing’s past and future. Sojourner Truth...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Dec 15 2020
Team Nursing Model – What It Is and How to Make It Work Back in March, during the first surge of COVID-19 patients, alternative staffing and onboarding models were implemented by some institutions to improve care and maximize patient and staff safety. Now, as hospitals are in the midst of another surge...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Dec 11 2020
Beyond Burnout – The Moral Injury of Health Care Today Burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral distress – we use these terms often when talking about the effects of nursing job stress. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought so much into perspective, including the trauma that those on the frontlines...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Nov 8 2020
Celebrating Nurse Practitioners: Leaders in Clinical Practice This week, we take the time to celebrate nurse practitioners and the value they bring to healthcare. The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife; little did we know how impactful this designation would be as...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Nov 3 2020
Making Change or Changing Minds? A Conversation with Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FACHE, FAAN Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FACHE, FAAN is the President of Chamberlain University. As President, Dr. Cox is responsible for managing all undergraduate and graduate programs, which includes 22 physical campuses, as well as online programs.  ...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Oct 15 2020
Nursing, Tech, and Hackathons: A Conversation with Molly McCarthy, MBA, RN-BC Molly K. McCarthy MBA, RN-BC is the Managing Director, US Provider/Plans and Chief Nursing Officer for Microsoft. I had the pleasure of speaking with Molly about her journey in nursing, her work for Microsoft, nurses and board membership, and the...
Technology More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Oct 15 2020
Nursing, Tech, and Hackathons: A Conversation with Molly McCarthy, MBA, RN-BC Molly K. McCarthy MBA, RN-BC is the Managing Director, US Provider/Plans and Chief Nursing Officer for Microsoft. I had the pleasure of speaking with Molly about her journey in nursing, her work for Microsoft, nurses and board membership, and the...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 10 2020
Is Blockchain the New Pathway to Credentialing? For health care providers, credentialing is an important step in establishing a clinical practice and is critical to secure reimbursement from insurance companies and other third-party payers. Professional credentialing is complicated, expensive...
By: Lauren Waronker, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Oct 4 2019
A Nurse's Review of Activity Trackers: Top Picks for Monitoring Your Health I am always struck by the amount of people who are using wearable technology such as fitness trackers and smartwatches, but I didn’t know whether something like that would be right for me. At first, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to add...
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...
Inspiration More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 1 2021
This Month in Nursing: March 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development. Nursing Recognition DatesCertified Nurses Day March 19, 2021 Are you certified or considering certification...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 25 2021
10 Nurses to Honor for Black History Month Nursing history is fascinating. There are so many nurses who have influenced our profession and paved the way for us. This Black History Month, here are 10 nurses whose stories are critical to nursing’s past and future. Sojourner Truth...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 16 2021
Essential Skills for Nurses: Skills that are Anything but “Soft” To be successful nurses, there is no doubt that we need specialized skills to perform clinical tasks. These are often referred to as “hard” skills – those things that we learn through our education programs and on-the-job...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Dec 31 2020
Celebrate Nursing in 2021 Nurses, you rose to the challenges of 2020 and deserve so much recognition as we move on to 2021. Here are the “official” nursing recognition dates for the upcoming year, but please know that you are appreciated and celebrated every...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Dec 19 2020
Staying Safe While Staying Connected This Holiday Season It’s that special time of year and this holiday season is like no other. We’ve received hopeful news that the highly anticipated Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine for the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is being shipped across the US and...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Nov 8 2020
Celebrating Nurse Practitioners: Leaders in Clinical Practice This week, we take the time to celebrate nurse practitioners and the value they bring to healthcare. The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife; little did we know how impactful this designation would be as...
Evidence-Based Practice More
By: Myrna Schnur Sep 5 2020
Is There a Link Between COVID-19 and Stroke Risk? In a previous blog, we discussed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease COVID-19, can cause a cytokine storm leading to inflammation and a hypercoagulable state, both processes that place a patient at high risk for stroke...
By: Rachel Dicker, Wolter Kluwer Health, Ovid Product Strategy Aug 26 2020
Making Time for Evidence Dissemination We all know the importance of using the best available evidence to support our clinical practice to improve outcomes. While there is a set of nurses and other healthcare professionals who actually complete research or implement it into practice...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Aug 14 2020
Does Vaping Increase COVID-19 Risk? In 2019, over 5 million youths in the U.S. used e-cigarettes, and as of January 2020, approximately 2600 individuals (adults and youths) were hospitalized with e-cigarette, or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) (Centers for Disease...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Jul 31 2020
Can We Count on Herd Immunity to Stop COVID-19? There has been a great deal of discussion around the term herd immunity and whether it can be achieved in the current setting of COVID-19. What is herd immunity, and can we count on it to halt the spread of this novel coronavirus? Fine, Eames &...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Apr 10 2020
COVID-19 – Not Your "Typical" ARDS Over the past few months of managing patients with COVID-19, one thing has become abundantly clear, we are continually learning how to treat this infection and its complications. While the majority of people who contract COVID-19 have mild...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 8 2020
Is COVID-19 Fueled by a Cytokine Storm? SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to baffle even the most knowledgeable infectious disease experts. One perplexing concern is the increasing number of younger individuals, between the ages of 20 and 60, who contract COVID-19...
Education & Career More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 16 2021
Essential Skills for Nurses: Skills that are Anything but “Soft” To be successful nurses, there is no doubt that we need specialized skills to perform clinical tasks. These are often referred to as “hard” skills – those things that we learn through our education programs and on-the-job...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Nov 3 2020
Making Change or Changing Minds? A Conversation with Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FACHE, FAAN Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FACHE, FAAN is the President of Chamberlain University. As President, Dr. Cox is responsible for managing all undergraduate and graduate programs, which includes 22 physical campuses, as well as online programs.  ...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 5 2020
Are New Nursing Grads Prepared for Practice? The scene repeats itself over and over. It’s 2:30 am, monitor alarms ring at various pitches, the hum of the ventilator drones rhythmically and nurses perform their synchronized, yet frenetic dance between patients. I was fresh out of...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Sep 18 2020
Reshaping Nursing Education Nursing students are back to learning, but not necessarily back to school in the traditional brick and mortar building. In a profession such as nursing, where so much of our learning happens with hands-on experiences, how is nursing education...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN May 28 2020
U.S. Nurses in 2020: Who We Are and Where We Work The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife,” honoring the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. Nurses have always served on the frontline of health crises, natural disasters, and...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 23 2020
Navigating Nursing – My Personal Journey Did I always want to be a nurse? No. First I wanted to be a Rockette. Many years of dancing school and several trips to New York City planted the seed of being a dancer at a young age. But as that childhood dream faded, I realized that my passion...

CE Resources

Nursing Resources

About NursingCenter

 

© 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. – Terms & Conditions – Privacy Policy – Disclaimer -- v7.7.7