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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Nursing
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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More Than Half a Million U.S. Children Already Infected With COVID-19
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — More than 500,000 U.S. children had been...
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