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April 2007 Vol. 2 Num. 4
Rapid withdrawal from antidepressant drugs can cause serious problems in acute-care patients. This article explains why acute-care nurses need to put antidepressant discontinuation syndrome on thier radar screen.
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Can you interpret arterial blood gas (ABG) values with confidence? To find out, test yourself with the case studies in this article.
When a dehydrated patient falls into a stupor and her vital signs head south, a rapid response team can help unit nurses stabilize her quickly – and avoid…
Is a Magnet facility for you? Explore the benefits.
Even if you’re accustomed to inserting feeding tubes, the procedure can cause complications. The authors provide safety guidelines to help you make feeding-tube insertion safer.
Technological advances, special equipment, and screening algorithms help healthcare facilities and nurses meet the needs of bariatric patients while reducing worker injury.
Fluid loss…poor tissue perfusion…oxygen deprivation…acidosis…multisystem organ failure. Unless interrupted, the scary chain of events in hypovolemic shock leads to death. Learn how to hault this perilous process with…
Is your facility doing enough to help stroke patients survive and regain functional independence? Find out how a national evidence-based initiative helps hospitals deliver better stroke care.
Original nursing research explores nurses’ rationales for using sterile technique instead of clean technique in particular circumstances – and reveals wide practice discrepencies.
A smoking cessation instructor helps you ditch cigarettes forever. Find out which cessation method suits you best, ways to cope with cigarette cravings, and how to get back…
Provocative cover art? Although I’m impressed with the overall quality of your publication, the cover of your February issue (“Heart disease: A woman’s worst enemy”) surprised me. Was…
A glimmer of hope after breast cancer I want to thank Mary K. Hughes for her article “Sex after breast cancer: Helping your patient cope” (October). I was…
Terry Ratnre, RN, MFA, asks American Nurse Today Editor-in-Chief Pamela Cipriano to weigh in on some of the most pressing issues in nursing.
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a nurse. No one in my family had any occupational connection with healthcare. After starting college en route to becoming a…
ANA pledges to work with new leaders of the 110th Congress. ANA seeks Nurses for its political action leader (N-PAL) program.
Through focused soul-searching, you can create a more fulfilling and enriching career. The author tells how to brainstorm to find the nursing career that really floats your boat.
This article kicks off our series that examines the distinguishing traits of Magnet hospitals and discusses strategies that can make healthcare facilities more “magnetic.”
If you’re a nurse-manager who continually struggles to fill open shifts, find out how online shift-bidding technology can boost staffing efficiency, decrease costs, and enhance nurses’ satisfaction and…
A monthly round-up of clinical, practice, and career news, updates, and alerts.
We are hearing much talk about the unseasonably warm weather in some areas and extreme conditions in others. Frequently, we hear something about the role of global warming.…
Too tired to be safe? ANA position statements call for RNs and employers to prevent working fatigued
Two recent ANA position statements discuss the dangers of worker fatigue and recommend solutions.
A North Dakota nurse makes photography her second calling
Becky Graner’s photographs capture nature in all its facets – fierce, serene, or on the cusp of extinction.
Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome: What every acute-care nurse should know
Rapid withdrawal from antidepressant drugs can cause serious problems in acute-care patients. This article explains why acute-care nurses need to put antidepressant discontinuation syndrome…
Are you an ABG ace?
Can you interpret arterial blood gas (ABG) values with confidence? To find out, test yourself with the case studies in this article.
Derailing potentially deadly dehydration
When a dehydrated patient falls into a stupor and her vital signs head south, a rapid response team can help unit nurses stabilize her…
Energize your career with the forces of magnetism
Is a Magnet facility for you? Explore the benefits.
Fine-tuning your feeding-tube insertion skills
Even if you’re accustomed to inserting feeding tubes, the procedure can cause complications. The authors provide safety guidelines to help you make feeding-tube insertion safer.
Handling with care: The bariatric patient
Technological advances, special equipment, and screening algorithms help healthcare facilities and nurses meet the needs of bariatric patients while reducing worker injury.
How to recognize and respond to hypovolemic shock
Fluid loss…poor tissue perfusion…oxygen deprivation…acidosis…multisystem organ failure. Unless interrupted, the scary chain of events in hypovolemic shock leads to death. Learn how to hault…
Improving the care of stroke patients
Is your facility doing enough to help stroke patients survive and regain functional independence? Find out how a national evidence-based initiative helps hospitals deliver better…
Investigating nurses’ dressing change techniques
Original nursing research explores nurses’ rationales for using sterile technique instead of clean technique in particular circumstances – and reveals wide practice discrepencies.
Kick the cigarette habit!
A smoking cessation instructor helps you ditch cigarettes forever. Find out which cessation method suits you best, ways to cope with cigarette cravings, and…
Letters to the Editor – April 2007
Provocative cover art? Although I’m impressed with the overall quality of your publication, the cover of your February issue (“Heart disease: A woman’s worst…
Letters to the Editor – December 2008
A glimmer of hope after breast cancer I want to thank Mary K. Hughes for her article “Sex after breast cancer: Helping your patient…
On the record with Pamela Cipriano, Editor-in-Chief
Terry Ratnre, RN, MFA, asks American Nurse Today Editor-in-Chief Pamela Cipriano to weigh in on some of the most pressing issues in nursing.
Passion – the ultimate motivator
I didn’t grow up wanting to be a nurse. No one in my family had any occupational connection with healthcare. After starting college en…
Patton attends ceremonies to celebrate opening of 110th congress. ANA wants YOU! Apply to N-PAL today!
ANA pledges to work with new leaders of the 110th Congress. ANA seeks Nurses for its political action leader (N-PAL) program.
Plan a career, not just a job
Through focused soul-searching, you can create a more fulfilling and enriching career. The author tells how to brainstorm to find the nursing career that…
Spotlight on nurse staffing, autonomy, and control over practice
This article kicks off our series that examines the distinguishing traits of Magnet hospitals and discusses strategies that can make healthcare facilities more “magnetic.”
Staffing though Web-based open-shift bidding
If you’re a nurse-manager who continually struggles to fill open shifts, find out how online shift-bidding technology can boost staffing efficiency, decrease costs, and…
Take Note – April 2007
A monthly round-up of clinical, practice, and career news, updates, and alerts.
The environment and the nurse
We are hearing much talk about the unseasonably warm weather in some areas and extreme conditions in others. Frequently, we hear something about the…
Too tired to be safe? ANA position statements call for RNs and employers to prevent working fatigued
Two recent ANA position statements discuss the dangers of worker fatigue and recommend solutions.