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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: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jul 15 2019
How Are Cancer Cells Different from Normal Cells? Scientists have made great strides in the area of cancer research. We now have a better understanding of how cancer cells transition from normal cells as they “gradually become malignant through a progression of alterations” (Cooper...
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: 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: Myrna Schnur, MSN, RN Jun 18 2019
Meat Allergy from a Tick Bite? Summer is here and many of us are spending more time in the great outdoors. We know the importance of wearing insect repellant not only to protect us from annoying bug bites but more importantly, from contracting diseases that are carried by...
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...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 2 2019
How Helpful is Fractional Excretion of Sodium? Fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) utilizes urine chemistry to distinguish between different causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). Is it a prerenal cause (decreased perfusion), acute tubular necrosis (ATN), or a post-renal cause (obstruction...
By: Myrna Schnur, MSN, RN May 21 2019
Oncology Genetic Testing The World Cancer Research Fund (2019) estimates that there were over 18 million cases of cancer in 2018. Most people are affected by cancer in one form or another and I am no exception - cancer seems to run in my family. My mother passed away from...
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: 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: 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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