October 2022 Vol. 17 No. 10

An ethical approach

Guidance for navigating complex healthcare dilemmas. From the joyous celebrations at the sound of a newborn’s first cries to the solemn moment when a patient takes their last…

ANA Enterprise News, October 2022

New educational opportunities on infection prevention Project Firstline, a partnership between the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), provides free online…

Asking difficult questions

Nurses play a prominent role in building equitable healthcare systems that address diversity and inclusion. Collecting information about race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity can help organizations…

Asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly

Antibiotic stewardship has gained much awareness, but inappropriate prescribing of these medications continues. For example, many patients, caregivers, and clinicians associate urinary tract infection (UTI) with falls, confusion,…

COVID-19 and PTSD in frontline nurses

PTSD occurs as the result of witnessed or experienced trauma or traumatic event, such as war, natural disaster, serious accident, abuse, violence, or shock. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Embrace the power of virtual

Use technology to support bedside nurses, increase care access, and expand education. The big experiment of providing services via virtual platforms, necessitated by the pandemic, resulted in positive…

Health knowledge is power

Carli Zegers is creating systems change from the inside out. Carli Zegers, PhD, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, has a passion for health literacy, the subject of her extensive research…

Is there a nurse in the House? Or the Senate?

Nurses can help heal the political divide. Imagine you’re on a break with work colleagues and the conversation turns to a policy topic you care about. Maybe it’s…

Moisture-associated skin damage: The basics

Moisture-associated skin damage (MASD), inflammation and erosion of the skin, results from prolonged exposure to different sources of moisture such as feces or urine, sweat, saliva, wound exudate,…

Overcoming misinformation and disinformation

Spreading falsehoods is a threat to nursing practice and patient safety. Lillee Gelinas How do you learn information, both true and false? How do you know the difference?…

Vaccine hesitancy

Breaking through public health barriers Nurses play an essential role in promoting recommended immunizations across patients’ life­spans. That effort includes providing education about vaccine benefits, understanding why individuals…

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