November 2008 Vol. 3 No. 11 Archives

November 2008 Vol. 3 No. 11

Anxiety attack or myocardial infarction?

November 11, 2008

The patient thinks she knows what’s causing her chest pain. Her nurse knows she must rule out myocardial infarction.

BSN in ten

November 11, 2008

Nurse leaders nationwide promote measure to benefit patient care and RNs’ careers. To garner support for a measure that promotes initiatives requiring future nurses to obtain their BSN…

Bullies in health care beware

November 11, 2008

Bullies in health care beware.

Buying time for patients with acute liver failure

November 11, 2008

Managing the complications of acute failure, so your patient’s liver has time to regenerate.

Climate Change

November 11, 2008

Nursing confronts climate change.

Collaborating to improve the financial health of health care

November 11, 2008

Nurses are collaborative by nature, especially when providing patient care. We embrace team-based care, and we welcome family members as partners. We know that collaboration adds value—it allows…

Drugs Today – November 2008

November 11, 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

November 11, 2008

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

November 11, 2008

Easy and inexpensive Thank you for Susan Fetzer’s excellent article, “Putting a stop to postop nausea and vomiting,” in the August issue. One treatment that wasn’t mentioned is…

Nurses in AIDS care: Promoting education and safe care worldwide

November 11, 2008

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Oral care can be a matter of life and death

November 11, 2008

This oral-care protocol reduces the risk of hospital-acquired infection.

Patient’s voiding diary

November 11, 2008

You can view this patient voiding diary pdf by clicking the download now button.

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Professional etiquette: The protocols you didn’t learn in nursing school

November 11, 2008

If you’re aiming for advancement and career success, you need more than clinical expertise, more than management savvy, more than leadership skills. You need to practice professional etiquette.…

Reflections on the heart of nursing

November 11, 2008

In 1995, I toured the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. On the walls were letters that chronicled a lifetime of dedication, spent caring for others—letters that were preserved…