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By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Jun 3 2020
Understanding Diagnostic and Antibody Testing for COVID-19 Between a lack of access, insufficient supplies, and inconsistent or inaccurate results, testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remains a very controversial and confusing issue. Here’s a breakdown of the key concepts based...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 2 2020
Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Beyond To put it mildly, the current climate of unrest in the United States is upsetting, but not surprising. From the beginning of time, racial disparities have existed. I cannot pretend to understand what I have not experienced, but I can support my...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 30 2020
Lessons Learned from the Frontline As I think about healthcare and nursing from when I graduated over 30+ years ago, I never imagined we would be fighting a foe we can’t see but, whose effects are relentless and omnipotent. Nature is clearly showing us she has the upper hand....
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: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 25 2020
Nurses: The Heart of Community Engagement Six months ago, our view about healthcare and community in this country was very different.  Nurses recognized the importance of addressing the  social determinants of health as part of the admission process and we would dutifully ask...
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...
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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...
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....
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By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Jun 3 2020
Understanding Diagnostic and Antibody Testing for COVID-19 Between a lack of access, insufficient supplies, and inconsistent or inaccurate results, testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remains a very controversial and confusing issue. Here’s a breakdown of the key concepts based...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 30 2020
Ten COVID-19 Pearls for Nurses There are task force briefings and news updates multiple times each day, but what do nurses really need to know about COVID-19? Here are takeaways from some of our recent posts and podcasts… 1.  Limit the number of staff in COVID-19...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 28 2020
COVID-19 Guidance for your Specialty We are all aware how quickly recommendations are changing. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization update their websites and clinician resources regularly, did you know that several specialty...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 27 2020
Contact Tracing: A Critical Component in Combatting COVID-19 Millions of Americans across the country have been practicing social distancing and following “shelter in place” orders, all united in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. These efforts have not been in vain as many cities are...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 18 2020
Convalescent Plasma Therapy – Is it a Viable Treatment for COVID-19? There are promising signs that the COVID-19 curve is beginning to flatten, however the pandemic is far from over. Scientists are working diligently to find a preventative vaccine and to prove the efficacy of many currently available drugs...
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...
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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...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 26 2020
Bringing Back the Team Approach: It’s Time for Alternative Staffing and Onboarding Models I have been a nurse since the mid 1980’s and during that time I have witnessed a variety of staffing and onboarding models. In the days of nursing shortages, we were using a team nursing approach where one RN directed the team of LPNs and...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 17 2020
COVID-19: Who Among Us Is At Greatest Risk? First Published: March 17, 2020 Last Update: March 23, 2020 The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has spread swiftly from person-to-person resulting in respiratory illness in thousands of individuals around the world. Now a...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 2 2020
COVID-19: Rational Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) The shelves are already empty, and those who need personal preventive equipment (PPE) the most will be feeling the effects. Fear and panic are causing members of the public to purchase and stockpile masks and other PPE supplies, and people are...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 10 2020
Human Trafficking: Important Facts & Potential Indicators January 11 is National Human Trafficking Day. Use this infographic to learn the facts and questions to help you identify potential victims. As nurses, we are on the front lines of health care and we have a responsibility to stay informed on this...
Leadership More
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 2 2020
Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Beyond To put it mildly, the current climate of unrest in the United States is upsetting, but not surprising. From the beginning of time, racial disparities have existed. I cannot pretend to understand what I have not experienced, but I can support my...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 21 2020
Nurses – Leaders at the Bedside and Beyond Right now, nurses are in the spotlight. And not because it’s the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, or because it’s Nurses Month…but because so many of you are there on the frontlines, along with colleagues in other disciplines...
By: M. Lindell Joseph, PhD, RN, FAAN, AONL Foundation Board of Directors and The University of Iowa College of Nursing, and Laurie Benson, BSN, Executive Director, Nurses on Board Coalition May 8 2020
Building a Healthier America: Transforming Health and Healthcare During and After a Pandemic This blog is part of the series, Nurses on Boards: Building a Healthier America. Wolters Kluwer is a Founding Strategic Partner of the Nurses on Boards Coalition.   Now more than ever, the public has become increasingly aware of the...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Apr 9 2020
WHO: State of the World's Nursing 2020 April 7th marked the celebration of World Health Day. This year, the World Health Organization (WHO), in concert with the International Council of Nurses and Nursing Now, released the State of the World’s Nursing 2020 report. This report...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 26 2020
Bringing Back the Team Approach: It’s Time for Alternative Staffing and Onboarding Models I have been a nurse since the mid 1980’s and during that time I have witnessed a variety of staffing and onboarding models. In the days of nursing shortages, we were using a team nursing approach where one RN directed the team of LPNs and...
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...
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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...
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...
Inspiration More
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 30 2020
Lessons Learned from the Frontline As I think about healthcare and nursing from when I graduated over 30+ years ago, I never imagined we would be fighting a foe we can’t see but, whose effects are relentless and omnipotent. Nature is clearly showing us she has the upper hand....
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 25 2020
Nurses: The Heart of Community Engagement Six months ago, our view about healthcare and community in this country was very different.  Nurses recognized the importance of addressing the  social determinants of health as part of the admission process and we would dutifully ask...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 21 2020
Nurses – Leaders at the Bedside and Beyond Right now, nurses are in the spotlight. And not because it’s the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, or because it’s Nurses Month…but because so many of you are there on the frontlines, along with colleagues in other disciplines...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN May 19 2020
Unimaginable Challenges and Changing Care Models We’re in the most unbelievable of times with COVID-19, where the healthcare world has been turned upside down. COVID-19 is making extraordinary demands on nurses and other healthcare workers, as they work tirelessly and at great personal...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN May 17 2020
My Nursing Story – A Filipino Perspective Growing up, I wasn’t certain that nursing was my calling. My mother was a nurse, an excellent, well-respected surgical intensive care nurse. I remember her leaving before 6 am for work and coming home at 8 pm, exhausted after a long 12-hour...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN May 14 2020
Honoring Unsung Heroes: School-Based Nurse Practitioners Schools across the nation have been closed for weeks and many are questioning whether or not they will re-open. We don’t have answers today as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and experts predict we will experience another wave this fall...
Evidence-Based Practice More
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...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 25 2020
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases COVID-19 Guidelines In December 2019, a novel acute respiratory virus called COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) created an epidemic in Wuhan, China and in a few short months grew to an unprecedented incidence of infection and mortality across the globe leading to a pandemic...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 17 2020
COVID-19: Who Among Us Is At Greatest Risk? First Published: March 17, 2020 Last Update: March 23, 2020 The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has spread swiftly from person-to-person resulting in respiratory illness in thousands of individuals around the world. Now a...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 5 2020
Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP): What Nurses Need to Know The skull is filled with brain tissue, blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Cerebral autoregulation allows these components to adjust to each other to preserve cerebral blood flow. Intracranial pressure (ICP) is normally ≤15 mmHg in adults...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Feb 27 2020
HDL versus LDL Cholesterol: Understanding the Lipid Profile When we think of heart health, we often think about diet and how we can lower our cholesterol. For our patients, assessing their lipid profile helps determine their risk for cardiovascular disease. The lipid profile also helps to identify patients...
Education & Career More
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...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Apr 9 2020
WHO: State of the World's Nursing 2020 April 7th marked the celebration of World Health Day. This year, the World Health Organization (WHO), in concert with the International Council of Nurses and Nursing Now, released the State of the World’s Nursing 2020 report. This report...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 3 2020
Adapting to Changes in Clinical & Educational Roles Researchers, retirees, and others who’ve been away from clinical practice now back in scrubs and caring for patients…Dermatologists, gynecologists, orthopedists and others specialty clinicians relocating to COVID-19 testing sites...
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: Emmanuel College, first published on September 11, 2019. Jan 3 2020
Nursing Interview Questions and Answers: What to Expect This article is sponsored by Emmanuel College and was first published on September 11, 2019. Once you’ve completed your nursing program of choice and passed the state licensing exam, there’s one last hurdle to jump before entering the...

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