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Latest updates on sepsis, zika, and other topics disrupting the healthcare industry
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 11 2017
Laboratory signs of sepsis [Infographic] Reviewed and updated by Megan Doble, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C: March 4, 2024 Sepsis and septic shock are serious life-threatening responses to an infection that impacts millions of patients worldwide. Early identification and management of...
By: Kim Fryling-Resare Mar 3 2017
March is a great month to introduce you to LiveWiseMS.org! March is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month and a great opportunity to spread the word about multiple sclerosis, a chronic, unpredictable autoimmune disease of the central nervous system (CNS), as well as to introduce you to a new patient...
By: Jan 31 2017
World Cancer Day and How Nurses Can Help February 4th is World Cancer Day, and the theme for the day between 2016 and 2018 is “We can. I can.” Here, at Lippincott Nursingcenter, we know there are a number of ways nurses can help bring awareness to this day, along with ways...
By: Dec 13 2016
Cardiac Output and Cardiac Index – What's the Difference? Reviewed and updated by Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN: February 13, 2024 Mastering hemodynamics can be tricky, but the first step is understanding the terminology. Let’s look at cardiac output and cardiac index – how to calculate...
By: Megan Doble, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Oct 11 2016
Breath Sounds: What Do They Mean? Reviewed and updated by Megan Doble, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C: March 4, 2024 Below are the results of a nursing quiz about lung auscultation. This revealed a need for clarification of common adventitious lung sounds and the commonly associated...
By: Jul 29 2016
Preventing mosquito-borne illnesses [Infographic] With Zika virus in the news and on our minds this season, we know some of the best advice for preventing this illness is to prevent infection via mosquito bites. See the infographic below for recommendations to prevent transmission of Zika virus...
By: Jul 29 2016
Zika Virus: 5 More Things for Nurses to Know In January of 2016, we shared 5 Things Nurses Need to Know about Zika Virus. Since that time, ongoing research and monitoring has increased what we know, and recommendations have been updated based on the latest evidence. Here are five more things...
By: Collette Bishop Hendler, RN, MS, CIC May 9 2016
Who you gonna call? ...Bugbusters! Don’t you wish it was that easy? You could just pick up the phone, hire Bugbusters, and they’d come out and use their Sci-fi equipment to rid your facility of all those nasty “bugs” or organisms that cause health care...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 22 2016
The Essentials of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT): Part 2 Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: January 25, 2024 I have learned quite a bit on my journey to gaining a better understanding of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT). In Part 1 of this series, I provided an overview of NPWT,...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 18 2016
The Essentials of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT): Part 1 Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: January 25, 2024 Since I began working in a reconstructive surgery clinic several years ago, I have been exposed to a myriad of complex acute and chronic wounds that require advanced treatment...
By: Mar 28 2016
5,000+ Calories/Day: A sports nutrition challenge As National Nutrition Month comes to an end, I am reminded how nutrition isn’t just about cutting calories and eating healthy. There is so much more that we don’t think about on a regular basis, unless it affects the patients in our...
By: Megan Doble, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 13 2016
Making Sense of the Updated Sepsis Definitions Last month, new definitions for sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis-3) were released and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) is the...
By: Kim Fryling-Resare, Lippincott NursingCenter's Managing Editor Mar 8 2016
For me, every month is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month – a patient’s perspective I was going to put together a collection of information and statistics to share about multiple sclerosis, but as I started to write, it became more about what I personally do to raise MS awareness. My hope is that my story will give insight and...
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