Thank you for entering.

Enter everyday to increase your odds of winning. Good Luck!

American Nurse Heroes

From the publisher

These past 15 months brought nurses’ exceptionalism to the forefront of the nation’s collective conscience—not just the qualities of compassion, dedication, and self-sacrifice, but the ability to be leaders, innovators, and decision makers during the defining healthcare crisis of our…
myocarditis

Myocarditis and COVID-19

In a COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination world, nurses should raise their clinical suspicion for myocarditis when healthy, young, or athletic patients present with fatigue, palpitations, and chest pain. Understanding the basic mechanisms underlying myocardial injury from COVID-19 and who’s at…
all pro nursing team awards

All-Pro Nursing Team Awards

In celebration of Nurses Week, American Nurse Today launched the All-Pro Nursing Team Awards. First Place: Quick action grants a family’s final wish Coordinators of patient placement and staffing, Boston Children’s Hospital (more…)

Video surveillance and nursing workforce safety

This strategy can benefit both nurses and patients. Takeaways: Patient-engaged video surveillance is a reliable method to accurately determine the incidence of patient aggression and violence on the nursing workforce for those under surveillance. Trained monitor technicians, who work 24-hours…
ANA

A journey of healing

“This is a journey.” So starts the American Nurses Association (ANA) Racial Reckoning Statement, which the ANA Membership Assembly—the governing and official voting body of ANA—approved by unanimous consent at its June 2022 meeting in Washington, DC.
Shortages

Retaining nurses to mitigate shortages

The pandemic uncovered new opportunities to explore flexible staffing options, address organizational policies, and experiment with new care models to leverage nursing expertise and retain new nurses.

Let’s hear it for the boys

To say that 2020 has been noteworthy so far would be an understatement. Globally, COVID-19 has rewritten what it means for humans to interact socially with one another safely. As a result, nursing school pinning and graduation ceremonies across the…

The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool 2.0

The Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool 2.0 (BMAT 2.0) addresses immobility using a simple functional assessment and selection of appropriate equipment to safely mobilize the patient.

Lead toxicity in children

Assessment and prompt intervention can prevent harm. Takeaways: Lead toxicity can cause behavioral, cognitive, or motor problems in children. Nurses’ role is to educate, monitor, and manage lead toxicity treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),…

Cybersecurity awareness

How to protect yourself, your coworkers, and your patients. Takeaways: Healthcare data breaches reached record levels in April 2019, with 44 attacks affecting nearly 687,000 people. Security breaches can lead to serious consequences, including complete system or network shutdown and…
UNI

Special and unique: You

Using a unique nurse identifier recognizes your contributions to quality patient care. Intelligent systems surround us. They include automated robotic vacuums to clean floors, facial recognition programs to operate phones, and online personalized shopping suggestions based on our purchase patterns.…
rotating peripheral iv catheters

Rotating peripheral IV catheters based on clinical indication

How one hospital used lean methodology coupled with evidence-based practice to update nursing care. Takeaways: Healthcare organizations must strive to update policies to reflect the most current updated standard of practice from the Infusion Nurses Society and rotate peripheral IVs…
Laura Swoboda at the European Gaza Hospital

From the Midwest to the Middle East

In the light from the hospital courtyard where refugees were cooking and doing laundry, I read the dedication in War Surgery, a book by the International Red Cross Red Crescent Society, which reads, “Our common goal is to protect and…

Shared decision making and patient-centered care

Engage patients in healthcare decisions to ensure patient autonomy. Takeaways: Patients should be actively involved in making decisions about their care. Shared decision making is a process by which nurses help patients make informed healthcare decisions. Shared decision making improves…

Academy designates five nurse leaders as Living Legends

The American Academy of Nursing will officially designate five exceptional leaders as Living Legends at the Academy’s Transforming Health, Driving Policy conference in Washington, DC, on October 24. As change agents and champions, these individuals have demonstrated a lifelong commitment…
compassionate connections

Compassionate Connections

Improve outcomes, promote trust, and keep patients safe. Takeaways: Creating meaningful, compassionate connections with patients can improve outcomes, promote trust, and help patients feel safe while their hospitalized. Effective communication happens when we listen carefully to patients, treat them with…
Palliative Care

Palliative care in the emergency department

The fast-paced environment of the emergency department makes it difficult to have lengthy care goal conversations, even with patients who chronic, progressive illnesses. Studies indicate that palliative care consults in the ED can improve patient quality of life.
nurse make difference

You make a difference

Honoring nurses and our profession in May This Nurses Month, we honor RNs for their skillful, creative, and compassionate care during the most significant public health crisis in our time. We hear countless stories of nurses’ impact on the frontlines…