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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jul 3 2016
Mobile Healthcare Applications Part 1: Your Health at Your Fingertips If you own a Smart mobile phone, chances are you have downloaded a mobile application (app) or have used one at some point. According to a 2015 Pew Research Study, two-thirds of Americans own a Smart phone and more than half have used their phone...
By: Joan M. Robinson, MSN, RN May 10 2016
Medication Safety: Go beyond the basics For any nurse working in a direct care setting, preparing medications and administering them to patients is part of the daily routine. Mistakes can happen at any point in the process. Administration errors are one of the most serious and most...
By: May 2 2016
Nursing Informatics Day: Celebrate with NursingCenter and CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing “The most important thing for nurses to understand about informatics is that it’s not technology. Informatics is not about hard drives, and it’s not even necessarily about programming, and we certainly cannot fix someone’s...
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: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Dec 7 2015
New NursingCenter YouTube Channel We are excited to share the launch of Lippincott NursingCenter’s YouTube Channel! Our first nursing videos are compilations of inspiration from nurses at the ANCC National Magnet Conference® this past October. Learn how your nursing...
By: Sep 30 2014
Join our nursing community! Since starting at Lippincott’s NursingCenter.com this past January as their Digital Editor, my favorite part about my job is talking with our nurses and members. I really enjoy the sense of community I get from speaking with nurses, whether...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 21 2014
Go ahead and share! You may have noticed these new ‘share’ options on each of our article pages. Since we can't all read everything (although I do try!), if there is something that really interests you or that you think will benefit your friends...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jul 28 2011
A question about social media and nursing Since you are here reading this on our blog, chances are you are pretty familiar with the world of social media. You may even have navigated your way here from Facebook, twitter, or another social media “avenue.”It’s amazing how...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 7 2011
Call ahead to see which ED has the shortest wait time I just returned from another business trip and this time I was at a conference in Las Vegas. What intrigued me most were the number of signs that post a number where you could call to find out wait times for the Emergency Departments of local...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 14 2011
Knowledge, A Power Source for Nurses In relation to patient care delivery, knowledge can give nurses greater power to take action and lack of knowledge can leave nurses powerless to provide safe or effective care. Evidence of knowledge as a source of power is that many employers...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 6 2011
Social media ~ proceed with caution By now, most of us have read about, heard about, discussed, seen the picture, etc., of the nursing student who posted a picture on Facebook of herself with a placenta.  While we may have differing opinions about the ethics involved, whether...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 1 2010
Free mobile apps In each issue of Nursing2010 Critical Care, Karen Innocent demonstrates the important relationship between technology and nursing. In the September issue she educates us about mobile applications and describes how easy access to current...
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