April 2012 Vol. 7 No. 4

200 years of surgery reviewed

Author Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, has written a fascinating article on the history of surgery for The New England Journal of Medicine. Read more. You can also access…

Clinical trials 101

Don’t miss the second in a four-part series on clinical trials written by nurses from the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, which covers phases…

FDA approves new imaging agent to help identify AD

A study of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in the ICU presented at the 22nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases found that inpatient mortality was significantly higher…

Letter to the Editor

Consider adoption You are skilled at the art of patience. You know you to give excellent care under pressure. You know how to show care and then say…

More Baby Boomers facing old age alone

Statistics from the Bowling Green State University’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research show that one-third of adults aged 45-63 are unmarried —a more than 50% increase…

New abdominal surgical set clears FDA

On April 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is allowing marketing of the Percutaneous Surgical Set, the first instrument set that can be…

Our Readers Respond

Break the bullying cycle I read with great interest the article “Break the bullying cycle” in the January 2012 edition of American Nurse Today. Terri Townsend provides an…

Quiz Time

The body’s most efficient pH-balancing force is the: a. chemical buffer system. b. respiratory system. c. renal system. d. metabolic system. Correct answer: a. Chemical buffers, substances that…

Study: Patients commonly misuse medications

A study of 75,997 urine specimen results found that 63% of patients did not have results consistent with a physician’s order. Of those with inconsistent results, 60% tested…

Unite to Fight the Flu – Influenza Season Update

There is a saying that if you’ve experienced one influenza season, you’ve experienced one influenza season. Influenza is a highly unpredictable virus, and the 2011-2012 season has proved…

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