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March 2017 Vol. 12 No. 3

ANA on the Frontline

Learn about the top issues facing ANA member nurses, how ANA is working for you, and what ANA is doing to advance nursing. This month’s feature: posttraumatic stress…

Becoming a wound and ostomy nurse

People sometimes ask how I can tolerate my work, but I love being a wound and ostomy nurse. I’ll admit that, when performing an assessment, I don’t always love…

Better focus in a too-busy world

Are you doing multiple things? Thumbing through this month’s edition of American Nurse Today while watching television? Listening to a colleague while writing care notes? You may believe doing two…

Bringing nursing orientation back to life

Our hospital systems’ journey to obtain Magnet® recognition led to an excellent opportunity: the chance to revamp and improve our nursing orientation program as part of the effort to…

Costs of gun violence identified

From 2006 to 2014, the cost of initial hospitalizations for firearm-related injuries averaged $734.6 million per year, according to a study in the American Journal of Public Health.…

Creating a nursing dream team

Teamwork is fundamental to successful nursing care. But many nursing teams struggle with poor communication, lack of confidence in fellow team members, lack of unity around shared goals,…

FDA allows marketing of consumer genetic tests

On April 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was allowing marketing of 23andMe Personal Genome Service Genetic Health Risk (GHR) tests for 10 diseases…

FDA approves new drug for eczema

On March 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Dupixent (dupilumab) injection to treat adults with moderate-to-severe eczema. Read more

FDA approves new drug for Parkinson’s disease

On March 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xadago (safinamide) tablets as an add-on treatment for patients with Parkinson’s disease who are currently taking levodopa/carbidopa…

How to plan a successful Magnet® site visit

After preparing and submitting documents to the Magnet Recognition Program®, you and your colleagues wait, hoping for a phone call to announce a site visit, the next step…

How to recognize and intervene for pediatric sepsis

A life-threatening, life-altering emergency, sepsis can have catastrophic effects. When the condition progresses undetected, it can lead to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and death. Mortality ranges from 9% to…

Learning from mistakes

Today’s healthcare organizations need to improve patient safety, which includes effectively communicating information to nurses about safety incidents and how to address them. After all, frontline nurses are…

Look inward and lead

At first, Faith’s excited to be selected as director of critical care, but after spending time with her fellow directors she has second thoughts. She’s not as outgoing…

Patient care in the dawn of the genomic age

Application of genetics and genomic science to health care is emerging in full force and having a powerful effect on nursing practice. Genomic medicine—using an individual’s genomic information to…

Radiation for older women with breast cancer

More than half of older women with early stage breast cancer receive more radiation therapy than what might be medically necessary and following evidence-based guidelines for radiation would…

Seizing opportunities for positive change

A summer job changed Christopher Otto’s career path—and ultimately his life—igniting a passion for providing care to critically ill cardiac patients and working to prevent heart disease among the…

Self-compassion, mistakes, and moral behavior

I read the following case study online; although I have shortened it considerably, here is the gist of it: “I made the worst medication error today and feel horrible about…

Self-releasing alarm belts: It takes two

Patient falls from chairs are increasing at an alarming rate: What can a hospital’s nursing staff do to stop this trend? That was the challenge faced by unit leaders…

Spring break? Think Zika.

More than half of U.S. college students traveled during spring break in 2015, with many heading to warm-weather destinations. Unfortunately, most top vacation locations for spring break also pose…

What works: Reducing falls in the home

Would you like to learn a practical strategy for reducing falls in the home? We are two home care nurses addressed the problem with a creative solution—a pictorial…

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