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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 9 2015
An Ethical Perspective on Elder Abuse Nurses have a duty to report and to protect vulnerable populations including older adults. Yet it can be difficult for nurses to intervene successfully or to feel that they have made a difference in clients’ lives when older adults choose to...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 8 2015
Informed Consent: An Ethical Way of Nursing As nurses, we deal with informed consent a lot—on admission to a hospital/clinic or before a procedure/surgery. Nurses typically are assigned the task of obtaining and witnessing written consent for healthcare treatment. I’ll never...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 7 2015
Ouch! Safely keeping patients pain-free A few weeks ago my husband was in the emergency room with a broken rib, which resulted from a fall. His nurse was very attentive to his need for pain management. He had never had morphine before and after his second dose, he asked the nurse &ldquo...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 6 2015
A Tale of Two Patients In 1859, Charles Dickens wrote the book, "The Tale of Two Cities," which was a comparison of life in London and Paris and compared life of the aristocracy versus life of the peasantry in those two cities. Throughout my 30 plus years of...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP May 4 2015
Ethics in Nursing – Upcoming blog series We face ethical issues and make related decisions – or help others to do so – every day. As we focus on nursing ethics for National Nurses Week, we will be bringing you daily blog posts related to nursing ethics. We have some guest...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 10 2015
Complications of Peripheral I.V. Therapy If you are administering I.V. fluids or medications to a patient through a peripheral I.V. site, be alert for signs and symptoms of complications, institute preventive measures, and know how to intervene when complications do occur.   ...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 20 2014
Suicide assessment – an important nursing responsibility As we continue to mourn the loss of Robin Williams, an iconic entertainer and comedian, it’s important for us to take a step toward learning from his death. As nurses, our responsibilities to our patients are numerous, but we know that...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Sep 25 2013
Oral anticoagulant resources & a cool blog! One of our most popular CE collections is Anticoagulant Medications. Since our members and readers have expressed such an interest in this topic, I want to share some other good resources about these medications, specifically dabigatran. The...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Apr 18 2013
Emergency preparedness in light of recent events in Boston Unfortunately, as healthcare providers, we must be prepared to intervene during emergencies that we would never imagine.  The bombings at the Boston Marathon have left me with a heavy heart, yet I am inspired by the stories of heroism that...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 29 2013
Standardizing nursing handoffs Handoffs are a known “trouble spot” when it comes to patient safety. As nurses, we participate in handoffs any time we transfer care to another provider, whether at change of shift, transfer to another floor or unit, or transfer to...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 4 2013
Pause and listen How many times has a patient said “I feel funny” or “I don’t feel right” and then proceeded to code shortly thereafter? That happened to me twice.How many times have you felt pulled in different directions &ndash...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Nov 2 2012
To Those Affected By Hurricane Sandy... What to say here? I am still in shock by the devastation caused by this hurricane. I grew up on Long Island. My parents, my brother and his family, and many childhood friends still live there. Yes, they experienced loss of ‘things&rsquo...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP Aug 12 2012
Nurses Increase Vigilance for Fungal Meningitis Nurses must increase vigilance for identifying patients at risk for fungal meningitis following the September 26, 2012 recall of injectable methylprednisolone acetate that was packaged by New England Compounding Facility in Framingham, MA...
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