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By: Dec 21 2021
Use, Misuse, and Abuse - What's the Difference? Words matter. And when it comes to speaking about – or documenting – sensitive information, they matter even more. As patient advocates and providers of unbiased care, it’s important that we use the correct terminology related to...
By: Nov 30 2021
This Month in Nursing: December 2021 In this final month of 2021, there are just two healthcare observances to share with you here.World AIDS DayDecember 1#WorldAIDSDay, #RockTheRibbonJournal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS CareNCPDHIV/AIDS  National Influenza Vaccination...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 19 2021
Revised Recommendation for an Old Medication: Aspirin Originating from the bark of the willow tree, aspirin has been used as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug dating back to ancient Greek civilizations. Extracted and purified into salicylic acid, it was first officially introduced in the early...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 2 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine for the Immunocompromised With the recent approval for COVID-19 boosters by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I wanted to touch on one specific high-risk population in which the recommendation differs slightly...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 25 2021
Science Behind Mixing & Matching COVID-19 Vaccines Last week, both the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended COVID-19 booster vaccinationsin specific populations and also endorsed a “mix-and-match” approach. This would...
By: Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Oct 24 2021
Surviving Sepsis 2021: How does it differ from 2016? Didn’t we just learn the sepsis guidelines? It didn’t seem that long ago; however, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) has been busy studying the evidence and ensuring that the best care possible can be delivered to those...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 20 2021
SIADH versus DI: What’s the Difference? Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) and diabetes insipidus (DI) are two disorders that are challenging to understand and often get confused. These complex conditions centered on the activity of antidiuretic hormone...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 14 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine Update: Common Questions Answered Information about the COVID-19 vaccines continues to evolve daily and it can be a challenge to keep up. Below are answers to a few commonly asked questions based on the science and data we have to date. Should I get a COVID-19 vaccine booster...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 13 2021
What's Hemoglobin A1C and Why Is It Important? According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) there were 34.2 million Americans (over 10% of the population) living with diabetes in 2018 and approximately 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year (ADA, 2020). For...
By: Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Aug 20 2021
5 Questions (and Answers!) About the Delta Variant As if COVID-19 couldn’t be more complicated, now we have the delta variant. Many people have questions for nurses, and sometimes the answers aren’t as easy as a Google search. There is a lot of misinformation (and disinformation) out...
By: Jul 22 2021
Understanding the Thyroid Negative Feedback Loop Regulation and release of the thyroid hormones occurs as a negative feedback loop. What does this mean? In simple terms, a negative feedback loop means that as something increases, the production of whatever is causing the increase slows down. So...
By: Jul 13 2021
Can Nurses Experience Impostor Syndrome? I experienced the feeling but didn’t know it had a name. How was I qualified to be titrating life-sustaining medications and managing airways of critically ill patients? What right did I have to be educating family members on end-of-life...
By: Jun 24 2021
HAT – A qSOFA Mnemonic We know that qSOFA can be used to identify patients at risk for clinical decline and sepsis-related organ dysfunction (Singer et al., 2016).  It encompasses three clinical variables: Respiratory rate > 22Altered mental status (Glasgow...
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