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By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 28 2018
Why Don’t We Use Trendelenburg? When I first started my nursing career in the early 1990s, I remember watching my preceptor in the critical care unit reflexively place her patient in the Trendelenburg position during episodes of acute hypotension and shock. She explained that...
By: Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Jun 14 2018
The New “Hour-One” Sepsis Bundle: Key Takeaways and Controversies Since 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 increase awareness of sepsis to both those in healthcare and the public. In the...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 7 2018
Apgar Score: A lecture by Dr. Virginia Apgar [Podcast] Have you seen today's Google Doodle? Today, June 7th, is the birthday of legendary physician, Virginia Apgar, the creator of the Apgar score. The Apgar score is used in delivery rooms around the world to assess newborn well-being. If you work...
By: Jessica Ann Emmons, MSN, CRNA Mar 10 2018
Incivility in Nursing- Enough is Enough! [VIDEO] At some point, we have all likely witnessed behavior from one colleague toward another that was disrespectful, impolite, or downright rude.  The topic of workplace incivility calls to mind several examples from my own experience, where I had...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 17 2018
Preparing for the Worst: Active Shooter Training In the fall of 2017, after returning from Nursing Management Congress2017 and the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners, both of which took place in Las Vegas immediately following the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, I...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 6 2018
Palliative Care and Hospice Care: What’s the Difference? [VIDEO] As caregivers, educators, and advocates, we must understand the differences between palliative care and hospice care so that we can ensure that patients and families are getting appropriate care and services at the appropriate times. Both...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Dec 3 2017
Why Handwashing Makes Us Healthier – and Happier too! As nurses, we all know the importance of handwashing. We understand that germs can spread disease, and that hand hygiene can help defend against it. But still, 78 percent of all healthcare professionals tested in a recent study presented at a...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Nov 6 2017
The Opioid Epidemic: Are Women Most Vulnerable? The opioid epidemic is a serious public health problem that impacts us professionally, as well as many of us personally. Asking about drug use is something we were taught while in nursing school. Assessing and managing pain has always been a big...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Sep 5 2017
Collaboration, communication, cooperation Nurse Wubbels…If you haven’t heard, seen, or read this story, here is a link to The Washington Post article, which includes the video. Briefly, nurse Alex Wubbels was arrested after refusing to allow a detective to obtain a blood...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Aug 30 2017
Using the art and science of nursing to fight the opioid crisis Every day we see it in the news and in our emergency departments, a person overdosing on prescription or street drugs. Every day, 90 Americans die due to an opioid overdose and in 2015, 33,000 lives were lost (Rudd, et al., 2016).  Age...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Aug 23 2017
Body Mass Index and Body Surface Area: What's the Difference? Body mass index (BMI) and body surface area (BSA) are two measures used frequently in health care, however, they are not well understood. While they are both indicators of body size, they provide very different information. What exactly do each of...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 9 2017
Transmission-based isolation precautions for common pathogens As a follow-up to our previous post on isolation guidelines, here is a list of transmission-based precautions recommended for common pathogens.    Megan Doble, MSN, RN, CRNP   References: Centers for Disease Control (CDC...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 6 2017
Brushing up on isolation guidelines As the influenza season begins to subside, we can take a step back and reflect on best practices. Isolation guidelines in the health care setting continue to come up year after year as an area that brings some confusion to the clinical realm...
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