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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...
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: Apr 6 2020
Pregnancy and COVID-19 These are scary and uncertain times that COVID-19 is creating. We all have a story to tell – who we know, how we are being impacted, and how our lives are changing. Certain patient populations are facing unique experiences and challenges...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 31 2020
Calculating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Severity Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024 Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening disease, characterized by acute onset of hypoxia and pulmonary infiltrates, and incited by conditions such as...
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: 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? 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 global pandemic, COVID-19 is here in the U.S. and life as we...
By: Mar 12 2020
Pandemic or Epidemic? Isolation or Quarantine? Defining Terms related to COVID-19 Yesterday (March 11, 2020), the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, a pandemic. Let’s break down the terms for our own understanding and help keep our patients and the public informed...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 5 2020
Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP): What Nurses Need to Know Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024 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...
By: 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...
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