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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 25 2019
Nurses – Natural Leaders and Collaborators: An Interview with Mike Singer [Podcast] I recently had the privilege of speaking with Mike Singer, CEO of Strategic Partners, Inc (SPI). Mr. Singer’s extensive and successful business career has been – and continues to be – deeply engaged with nurses. In our...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 22 2019
What DO Nurses Do? Unless someone is a nurse, is related to a nurse, or has depended on care from nurses, it’s clear that there is a knowledge gap about our work. We learned this a few years ago, when Joy Behar referred to one of our most important tools as a ...
By: Jessica Clark, Senior Conference Coordinator for Wolters Kluwer Apr 2 2019
World Autism Awareness Day - It's Our Normal Everyday Today is World Autism Awareness Day. And while many people take this day to celebrate milestones, start discussions of awareness and advocate for inclusion...my feelings are different. I’ll be honest and say not every day is a celebration...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Apr 1 2019
Patients Must Always Be at the Center of Healthcare Patients must always be at the center of healthcare. Even though the practice of clinical care is constantly evolving, along with technology and information delivery, patient expectations are not. Patients always expect a high-quality experience...
By: Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Mar 26 2019
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Part 2 Do you recall our 42-year-old patient admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis who subsequently developed severe ARDS? (See ARDS: Part 1.) Several days into his illness, our patient developed respiratory distress that rapidly progressed to...
By: Kim Fryling-Resare Mar 19 2019
A Million Reasons to Raise MS Awareness I am one in a million. Literally. Or rather, I should say that I am one of the million. Earlier this year, the National MS Society released a study that says nearly one million people in the United States are living with multiple sclerosis, which...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Mar 15 2019
Rare Diseases - More Common than you Think? I recently had the opportunity to attend the Rare Disease Day at PRA Health Sciences in Blue Bell, PA on February 28, 2019. Like many nurses, I had never heard of Rare Disease Day, which takes place around the world on the last day of February...
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...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Mar 9 2019
Top 10 Soft Skills for Nurses What if you were excellent at inserting IVs and the nurse your colleagues came to when they had a patient with “impossible veins,” but you could not effectively communicate important details about your patient’s care at change of...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 22 2019
Does Nursing ‘Spark Joy’ For You? Have you seen the Netflix show, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo? If you’re like me and need inspiration and guidance to get – and stay – organized, you may want to check it out. In the show, Ms. Kondo has a set strategy for...
By: Margaret Smith, MJ, BSN, RN, CRNI Feb 6 2019
LGBTQIA Patients: Initiating a Positive Healthcare Experience with Open Lines of Communication As nursing students, one of the first things we learn is to treat our patients with dignity and respect. Part of treating patients with dignity and respect is addressing patients by the appropriate name and/or pronoun. This can prove challenging...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 1 2019
Measles: A Preventable Illness Making Headlines…Again Four years ago, when an outbreak was occurring in California, we reviewed the basics of the measles and what nurses need to know. We are seeing yet another resurgence of this preventable illness. New York is fighting its worst outbreak ever and...
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