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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Aug 1 2021
Nursing Education Innovation: Using Simulation to Build Clinical Experience The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive effect on learning and academic organizations. Undergraduate nursing programs had to pivot quickly from providing in-person education to digital or hybrid models. Clinical partners were forced to suspend in...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 29 2021
This Month in Nursing: August 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development. Healthcare Observances Here are some of the healthcare observances being recognized in August.National...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jul 23 2021
Drug Calculations: How to Use the Universal Formula Medication administration is a core competency for all nurses in every clinical setting. A key skill required to safely dispense drugs is the ability to perform accurate dosage calculations. New technologies such as bar code administration and...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 22 2021
Understanding the Thyroid Negative Feedback Loop Regulation and release of the thyroid hormones occurs as a negative feedback loop. What does this mean? In simple terms, a negative feedback loop means that as something increases, the production of whatever is causing the increase slows down. So...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 13 2021
Can Nurses Experience Impostor Syndrome? I experienced the feeling but didn’t know it had a name. How was I qualified to be titrating life-sustaining medications and managing airways of critically ill patients? What right did I have to be educating family members on end-of-life...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Jul 1 2021
Collaboration: Fostering Workforce Resiliency and Wellbeing in Four Easy Steps As we move away from the pandemic crisis into a time of healing and rebuilding, many nurses ask, “what can we do at this time to further build our own resilience?” That question should not be how can nurses can further build their...
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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...
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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 22 2021
Understanding the Thyroid Negative Feedback Loop Regulation and release of the thyroid hormones occurs as a negative feedback loop. What does this mean? In simple terms, a negative feedback loop means that as something increases, the production of whatever is causing the increase slows down. So...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 13 2021
Can Nurses Experience Impostor Syndrome? I experienced the feeling but didn’t know it had a name. How was I qualified to be titrating life-sustaining medications and managing airways of critically ill patients? What right did I have to be educating family members on end-of-life...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 24 2021
HAT – A qSOFA Mnemonic We know that qSOFA can be used to identify patients at risk for clinical decline and sepsis-related organ dysfunction (Singer et al., 2016).  It encompasses three clinical variables: Respiratory rate > 22Altered mental status (Glasgow...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jun 7 2021
Cytochrome Enzymes and Drug Interactions As nurses, we are accustomed to administering hundreds of different types of medications. We might even give patients five or six medications at a time and even more throughout the day, with the expectation that we know the dosage, mechanism, side...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 27 2021
Autism Spectrum Disorder Acceptance My nephew was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at the age of eight, over a decade ago when ASD often went unrecognized. He experienced many challenges throughout his childhood; however, he was able to overcome them with the dedicated...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 16 2021
Hitting Pause on the J&J COVID-19 Vaccine [Update April 26, 2021] As of April 25, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommend the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen (J&J/Janssen) COVID-19 vaccine...
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By: Nursing2022 Drug Handbook, Wolters Kluwer Jun 10 2021
What's New in the Nursing2022 Drug Handbook® Nursing2022 Drug Handbook® is nursing’s #1 drug guide.It’s not easy being on the frontline of today’s time-stressed and rapidly-evolving healthcare environment. Every clinician needs to stay current on the newest drug...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 15 2021
Aromatherapy Use in the Hospital Setting: Considerations for Nurses Aromatherapy is the use of inhaled essential oils to improve health and overall well-being. This is not a new practice, in fact, essential oils were used dating back to about 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Even Florence Nightingale applied...
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...
Leadership More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 3 2021
Nurses Month 2021 Series: Sharing What We’ve Learned In case you missed it, last month I had the pleasure of interviewing four nurses to learn how they are doing after a year of COVID-19, what they learned, how they persevered, and what advice they have for others. I encourage you to read and/or...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 20 2021
Sharing What We’ve Learned: A Conversation with Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL Dr. Rosanne Raso is the Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President at New York-Presbyterian/Weill-Cornell Medical Center, as well as the Editor-in-Chief of Nursing Management.   As a nurse leader in New York City, the responsibilities that Dr...
By: M. Lindell Joseph, PhD, RN, AONE Board of Directors and The University of Iowa College of Nursing , and Laurie Benson, BSN, Executive Director, Nurses on Board Coalition Apr 20 2021
Building A Healthier America: Innovating in the Boardroom Board members are often asked to envision new ways to shape strategies to fulfill the board’s mission. For nurses, this is a natural role to contribute to board discussions. Nurses have significant and lived experience encountering...
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...
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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...
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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 29 2021
This Month in Nursing: August 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development. Healthcare Observances Here are some of the healthcare observances being recognized in August.National...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Jul 1 2021
Collaboration: Fostering Workforce Resiliency and Wellbeing in Four Easy Steps As we move away from the pandemic crisis into a time of healing and rebuilding, many nurses ask, “what can we do at this time to further build our own resilience?” That question should not be how can nurses can further build their...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 29 2021
This Month in Nursing: July 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development. Healthcare Observances Here are some of the healthcare observances being recognized in July.Juvenile Arthritis...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jun 16 2021
Nursing: Not Just a Career, But a Lifestyle I don’t believe that most people go into the nursing profession wanting to be a hero or seeking recognition for altruistic, yet demanding work. It certainly isn’t a glamorous job by any means. But I do believe that most nurses are...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 3 2021
Nurses Month 2021 Series: Sharing What We’ve Learned In case you missed it, last month I had the pleasure of interviewing four nurses to learn how they are doing after a year of COVID-19, what they learned, how they persevered, and what advice they have for others. I encourage you to read and/or...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Jun 1 2021
Innovation: The Future of Nursing and the Key to Health Equity In May of this year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, released, “The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity.” This long-awaited blueprint for the future of nursing, along with...
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By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jul 23 2021
Drug Calculations: How to Use the Universal Formula Medication administration is a core competency for all nurses in every clinical setting. A key skill required to safely dispense drugs is the ability to perform accurate dosage calculations. New technologies such as bar code administration and...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 26 2021
Follow Your Gut and Get Screened Fifty. It’s just around the corner for me, as much as I hate to admit it, and it’s time to schedule my first colonoscopy. It’s certainly not something that anyone really looks forward to, but it is a critical cancer screening...
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 &...
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By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Aug 1 2021
Nursing Education Innovation: Using Simulation to Build Clinical Experience The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive effect on learning and academic organizations. Undergraduate nursing programs had to pivot quickly from providing in-person education to digital or hybrid models. Clinical partners were forced to suspend in...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 13 2021
Can Nurses Experience Impostor Syndrome? I experienced the feeling but didn’t know it had a name. How was I qualified to be titrating life-sustaining medications and managing airways of critically ill patients? What right did I have to be educating family members on end-of-life...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 12 2021
Sharing What We’ve Learned: A Conversation with Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski, DNP, CRNP, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Dr. Elizabeth Tomaszewski is the Program Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program at Drexel University, an active critical care nurse practitioner, and one of our Lippincott authors. ...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 5 2021
Sharing What We’ve Learned: A Conversation with Kristle Akau, ADN, RN Kristle Akau is a recent ADN graduate and a current RN-to-BSN student. Kristle is also the Resolutions Chairperson for the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA). Finishing up a nursing program during a pandemic was not only challenging,...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 23 2021
Now is the Time to Share Your Nursing Voice Nurses have topped the list for the most honest and ethical profession for nearly two decades, and in 2020, we earned a record 89% very high/high score, four percentage points greater than last recorded in 2019 (Saad, 2020). In fact, since 1999...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 10 2021
Save Your Back! Proper Body Mechanics for Nurses We know that nursing is demanding work – mentally, emotionally, and physically – but did you know that musculoskeletal injuries in health care occupations are among the highest of all US industries? Both the American Nurses Association...

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