Diseases & Conditions

By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC  Aug 27 2019

Cardiac Power Output and Index Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC: February 5, 2024 The heart is fundamentally a muscular hydraulic pump that can create pressure as well as flow. It is comprised of a pump (heart) and pipes (arteries) that...

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By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC Aug 23 2019

Final Diagnosis: Syncope or Seizure? Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC: March 20, 2024 Achieving the correct final diagnosis with the presenting symptom of transient loss of consciousness can challenge even the most seasoned clinician. Syncope and...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Jun 21 2019

Can You Really Die From a Broken Heart? Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC: March 6, 2024 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a diagnosis that refers to a clinical syndrome characterized by acute and transient left ventricular dysfunction. The word Takotsubo,...

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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...

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By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Jun 14 2019

The Classification System for Cardiogenic Shock Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC: February 5, 2024 The advances in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) over the past five decades, including immediate percutaneous coronary intervention, have...

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By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 2 2019

How Helpful is Fractional Excretion of Sodium? Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024 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...

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By: Myrna Schnur, MSN, RN May 21 2019

Oncology Genetic Testing Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: February 21, 2024 The World Cancer Research Fund (n.d.) estimates that there were over 18 million cases of cancer globally in 2020. Most people are affected by cancer in one form or another...

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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...

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By: Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Mar 26 2019

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Part 2 Reviewed and updated by Megan Doble, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C: April 22, 2024 Do you recall our 42-year-old patient admitted to the hospital with acute pancreatitis who subsequently developed severe ARDS? (See ARDS: Part 1.) ...

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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...

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