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Latest updates on sepsis, zika, and other topics disrupting the healthcare industry
By: 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...
By: Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Jan 26 2019
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Part 1 Reviewed and updated by Megan Doble, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C: April 22, 2024A 42-year-old patient with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with severe abdominal pain and was diagnosed with acute...
By: Christina Gresh, MSN, RN Jan 22 2019
Adenovirus – What Nurses Need to Know Reviewed and updated by Jennifer Collins, MSN, CRNP, ACACNP-BC: February 23, 2024 Adenovirus is a group of common viruses that can affect both animals and humans. These viruses typically cause mild cold- or flu-like illness in people of all ages...
By: Lynne Centrella Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE Jan 8 2019
STD and STI – What’s the difference? The first time you probably heard the term sexually transmitted disease (STD) was in the awkward years of middle school in a mandatory health class that everyone dreaded. The classroom echoed with giggles and eyes roamed about! The teacher saying...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 26 2018
SGLT2 and SGLT1: What's the Difference? Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: April 10, 2024 Diabetes mellitus remains a very complex disorder to medically manage requiring insulin for Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Nov 16 2018
Think it could be ACS? How do you know? Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C: May 15, 2024 Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in adults in the United States, accounting for every 1 in 5 deaths (CDC, 2023). In 2018 the American...
By: Grace Eisen, Oct 30 2018
Inspired Nurses Calendar 2018: You Saved My Life Lippincott NursingCenter.com is partnering with Lippincott Solutions to bring you an inspired nurse’s story every month. Here is the October 2018 inspired nurse story, You Saved My Life.  You Saved My Life Grace Eisen...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 29 2018
Why Don’t We Use Trendelenburg? Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: March 20, 2024 When I first started my nursing career in the early 1990’s, I remember watching my preceptor in the critical care unit reflexively place her patient in the Trendelenburg...
By: Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C Oct 2 2018
MINOCA… What is that? Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC: March 8, 2024 A 54-year-old female with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with two hours of substernal chest pain, rated 8/10, and associated with...
By: Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Jun 14 2018
The 2018 “Hour-One” Sepsis Bundle: Key Takeaways and Controversies Reviewed and updated by Megan Doble, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C: April 22, 2024Since its inception in 2002, the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SCC) has sought to improve the quality of sepsis care, improve survival for patients with sepsis and...
By: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD  Mar 27 2018
Working Together to Promote Nutritional Health Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD  Editor-in-Chief, Nutrition Today   Registered dietitians and community nutritionists have long understood that America’s nurses are essential allies in promoting nutritional health, and preventing and...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 15 2018
T3 vs T4: What is the Difference? Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: March 6, 2024Thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3’-triiodothyronine (T3) are important hormones produced by the thyroid gland that are essential for brain and physical development in infants and for...
By: Jan 23 2018
Nurses: Be Flu-Ready! We are deep into flu season and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting widespread activity across most of the U.S. Influenza especially poses a serious threat to certain populations; however, everyone is at risk for influenza...
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