Logistics Programs Benefit ED Wait Times
A Focus on Improving Patient Flow With ED crowding continuing to be an important public health...
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Nursing
A Data-Driven Approach for Nurse Staffing
Unplanned nurse turnover is a primary threat to a hospital’s sustainability. Foremost, the price...
Read MoreOvercoming Barriers to Clinical Research in the ED
Clinical research in the ED is important to providing supporting evidence for the development of practice guidelines and is vital to enhancing patient outcomes. A recent study was conducted to describe barriers and lessons...
Read MoreDo BSN Nurses Provide Better Care?
A paper entitled “An increase in the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees is linked to lower rates of postsurgery mortality” appeared in Health Affairs in March and generated quite a lot of buzz on the...
Read MoreImproving Sepsis Care in the ED
For patients with severe sepsis and septic shock in the ED, studies have shown that goal-directed therapy is effective. However, many EDs throughout the country have not implemented such protocols. In a recent study, a survey...
Read MoreFinding a Teachable Moment in Nursing
Patient education is one of the most important aspects of nursing care. It builds patients’ self-esteem, self-awareness, sense of responsibility, and provides them with effective coping mechanisms. Furthermore, it reduces...
Read MoreThe “Second Victims” in Nursing
Tears rolled down my face as I came across an article written 2 years ago. A veteran pediatric nurse took her own life several months after administering a fatal overdose of an electrolyte to an infant. After investigations and...
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Male Nurses Up 7% – And Earning 19% More Than Women
The influx of patients spurred by healthcare reform as well as today’s shortage of primary care...
Read MoreMild TBI: Identifying Patients at Risk
For emergency nurses, it can be challenging to identify patients with a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and how best to manage these individuals at discharge. A study has found that emergency nurses need to be aware that...
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The Impact of the Next Generation of Nursing
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will mean the addition of as many as 35 million...
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NPs Practicing Independently? AAFP Says No
The idea of advanced practice nurses directing primary care practices on their own without a...
Read MoreWhat Happens When a Doctor Is Paged
It’s 8:15 p.m. I am at home. My beeper goes off, and I check it instantly. It reads, “555-1212” [Number changed to comply with HIPAA regulations]. It’s the inpatient surgical floor. Within 10 seconds, I have dialed the number....
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Nursing Shortage? Mmm, Maybe Not
While the retiring baby-boomer nurses have warned of a dangerous nursing shortage, the number of...
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Legislating Semantics: Should a Nurse Be Called ‘Doctor’?
Nurses introducing themselves as “doctor” may not be too common today, but by 2015 doctorates may...
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Identifying Families at High Genetic Risk of Cancer
Cancer can be defined as sporadic, familial, or hereditary. This classification can assist nurses...
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Nurses Keep Silent on Physicians’ Shortcuts
Almost 60% of nurses report they have at one time or another felt unsafe to speak up or were...
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Growing Concerns About Invasive Fungal Infections
The incidence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has risen sharply in the past 2 decades. A...
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Identifying Cancer-Related Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome
Nutritional status has been shown to greatly impact treatment tolerance and the long-term...
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New Initiatives to Improve Patient Care
Nurses have the opportunity to make valuable contributions to the growing community of cancer...
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Catching the Warning Signs of DVT
In the United States, more people die each year from pulmonary embolism (PE) than motor vehicle...
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