The patient thinks she knows what’s causing her chest pain. Her nurse knows she must rule out myocardial infarction.
November 2008 Vol. 3 No. 11
BSN in ten
Nurse leaders nationwide promote measure to benefit patient care and RNs’ careers. To garner support for a measure that promotes…
Bullies in health care beware
Bullies in health care beware.
Buying time for patients with acute liver failure
Managing the complications of acute failure, so your patient’s liver has time to regenerate.
Climate Change
Nursing confronts climate change.
Collaborating to improve the financial health of health care
Nurses are collaborative by nature, especially when providing patient care. We embrace team-based care, and we welcome family members as…
Drugs Today – November 2008
Web Exclusive! An update of drug news, including alerts, approvals, and removals at www.AmericanNurseToday.com/journal.
Higher education bill creates new opportunities for nurses and schools
Higher education bill created new opportunities for nurses and schools; House joins Senate in supporting advanced practice registered nurses in home health.
Letters to the Editor – November 2008
Easy and inexpensive Thank you for Susan Fetzer’s excellent article, “Putting a stop to postop nausea and vomiting,” in the…
Oral care can be a matter of life and death
This oral-care protocol reduces the risk of hospital-acquired infection.
Patient’s voiding diary
You can view this patient voiding diary pdf by clicking the download now button.
Professional etiquette: The protocols you didn’t learn in nursing school
If you’re aiming for advancement and career success, you need more than clinical expertise, more than management savvy, more than…
References – November 2008
To view the complete list of references click on the download now button to view the pdf.
Reflections on the heart of nursing
In 1995, I toured the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. On the walls were letters that chronicled a lifetime of…
Take Note – November 2008
A monthly round-up of clinical and practice news and alerts.
Urinary incontinence: No one should suffer in silence
Start the conversation: Don’t let embarrassment prolong the problem.
Using catheter techniques to deliver analgesia
Make sure you’re up-to-date on how to deliver epidural, intrathecal, interpleural, and perineural analgesia and local anesthesia.
