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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jul 23 2011
The heat is on It has been incredibly hot here in the outskirts of Philadelphia as well as in the rest of the northeastern United States.  Last night, as my family and I walked out of an air-conditioned sporting event, I was amazed at the wall of heat and...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jun 7 2011
Memories of a medication error A recent study published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality looks at medication errors from the perspective of nurses.  While the researchers sought information about reporting of errors, importance of technology in reducing errors, and...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 27 2011
8 rights of medication administration Chances are that some of you may not have known that in addition to the well-known 5 right of medication administration, some experts have added 3 more to the list. When it comes to patient safety, it’s never a bad time to review some of the...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 7 2011
Patient Safety This week is Patient Safety Awareness Week, an annual education and awareness campaign led by the National Patient Safety Foundation. I did a quick search of articles from our nursing journals to bring you some of the great content we have related...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 13 2011
And the winner is... Just last month, two articles from our journals and one entire journal issue received prestigious Eddie & Ozzie Awards. Please allow me to offer my congratulations here and share this content with you.In the B-to-B, healthcare/medical/nursing,...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 27 2011
You guessed it, another health care emergency... It always happens whenever I travel on business, there is almost always a health care emergency. I seem to be a magnet for them.I recently returned from a business trip to China and had the opportunity to see the Chinese Health Care System up...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 11 2011
In case of emergency As nurses, it is in our nature to want to intervene and “make things better.” Add fundamental medical knowledge and clinical skills to that desire to help and we are the ideal candidates to promptly respond to any emergency situation...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Dec 20 2010
Family meetings I can remember a patient with an upper GI bleed, Minnesota tube in place, on maximum vent support and two pressors, who clearly was not doing well. I was checking yet another blood product with a nurse colleague, when a consulting clinician came...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Nov 29 2010
Complexity Compression Have you ever heard the term complexity compression? I first learned of this term when reading Preserving a positive image of nursing in a complicated healthcare environment. This article caught my eye because although I had never heard the...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Nov 22 2010
Come Monday, it'll be all right? During the month of November, two studies came across our newsfeed with regard to hospital admission on weekends. Researchers in the first study, Association between weekend hospital presentation and stroke fatality, published in Neurology on...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Oct 27 2010
Drug shortages...putting people at risk I was made aware of a serious problem with drug availability to consumers and health care institutions recently. My youngest daughter is allergic to milk and cheese which requires her to have an epipen available at all times and have an...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Oct 11 2010
The art of giving report Have you ever left after a shift and realized you forgot to relay some important piece of information to the next nurse? It can be tough to organize and prioritize your communication in a timely manner. A structured format or even the use of a...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Sep 28 2010
Universal principles for culturally sensitive care In the latest issue of the Journal of Christian Nursing, Anthony Hoffman BSN, RN, describes his experiences as a diabetic educator in Nouakchott, Mauritania (located on the west coast of Africa). In his article, Universal Principles for Culturally...
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