May 2015 Vol. 10 No. 5

improve collaboration

A bold move to improve collaboration

Interdisciplinary collaboration is the cornerstone of high-quality patient care. Several years ago at Orlando Health (Florida), we made a bold move and flipped the existing hierarchy to improve…

Attitude adds to a toxic work environment

Richard Aldington, a well-known British writer, poet, and reviewer, insisted that the best review he ever wrote wasn’t published. He explained, “In the early days of Dada [the…

Combining alcohol with cannabis increases THC levels

The simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis produces significantly higher blood concentrations of cannabis’s main psychoactive constituent, THC, and THC’s active metabolite, than cannabis alone, according to a…

Effects of patient migration in bed

Patient migration to the foot of the bed flattens the torso, according to a study in Nursing Research, indicating that clinicians need to manage both the head of…
Patient engagement

Enhance patient engagement through sharing

We are in the midst of a patient experience revolution. The e-patient movement is igniting patients to become empowered, engaged, equipped, and enabled in their health and healthcare…

FDA approves drug for rare lung disease

On May 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Rapamune (sirolimus), to treat lymphangioleiomyomatosis, a rare, progressive lung disease that primarily affects women of childbearing age.…
Flipping your classroom

Flipping your classroom

As a teacher, do you ever feel as if your words sound like a string of jumbled trombone notes? Instead of doing all the talking, do you wish…

From your ANA President

Every May we celebrate National Nurses Week—a time when our profession and, ideally, our individual achievements, are acknowledged on some level. I don’t know of any nurse who…
patients moving

Get your patients moving— now!

To keep patients on the move, healthcare professionals need to make planned mobility a priority intervention. Progressive mobility (also known as early mobilization) starts slowly and moves the patient…
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Headlines from the Hill

Minnesota Deputy House Minority Leader Erin Murphy, MA, BSN, RN, is an example of how nurses’ talent and skills can translate to accomplishments in the political arena. First…

How to get off the anger-go-round

One of the most complex emotions, anger is a normal response to certain situational triggers. It’s associated with physiologic changes, including increases in heart rate, blood pressure, and…
care boards

In with care boards, out with care plans

To promote patient-centered care, healthcare professionals are striving to find new ways to respond to individual patient preferences, needs, and values. Traditionally, nurses created the patient’s plan of…

Issues up close

The fourth recommendation in the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) groundbreaking report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, is a straightforward call to action for the nursing profession…

Long-term depression increases stroke risk

Persistent depression may double the risk of stroke in adults over 50, and stroke risk remains higher even after symptoms of depression go away, according to a study…

Nursing practice and work environment

A mother spent 3 agonizing days in the hospital with her 10-month-old son. Too young for the measles vaccine, he had contracted measles from an unvaccinated child in…

Potential treatment for Ebola

A research team has identified potential drug candidates that successfully treated up to 90% of mice exposed to the Ebola virus, according to a study in ACS Infectious…
essence of nursing

The essence of nursing

In health care today, technological advances grab headlines while clinicians’ documentation duties mount almost daily. Is basic nursing care receding into the background? Recently, American Nurse Today’s Editorial…

The importance of executive presence

Paula is excited when her health system announces the position of chief nursing informatics officer. With her strong informatics background and years of leadership experience as her hospital’s…
lean tool

The magic of kaizen

For more than 20 years, cutting-edge healthcare systems have used lean tools and principles adopted from the Toyota Production System. Ample literature supports the efficacy of these tools…

The pressure is on

Pressure ulcers are painful, life-threatening, and expensive —with medical costs of up to $11 billion annually in the United States. Medicare and private insurers know they’re largely preventable…
nurse educator

Your path to becoming a nurse educator

Looking for new professional challenges? Consider teaching nursing. This country has a growing need for academic nurse educators—nurses who teach students enrolled in formal academic nursing courses. The…

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