Caring for patients with traumatic brain injuries: Are you up to the challenges?Many patients face prolonged recovery and permanent disability after a traumatic brain injury. This article reviews appropriate assessment and intervention and highlights family care.
Recognizing a ruptured right bronchial arteryFollow the signs and symptoms to this unusual source of life-threatening bleeding.
Drugs Today – July/August 2009A weekly update of drug news, including alerts, approvals, and removals.
From your ANA PresidentAs healthcare professionals, we all know CPR to mean “cardiopulmonary resuscitation,” and we have all been trained in how to perform it. But CPR…
Teaching patients to tame their hypertensionThis review of the six classes of antihypertensives tells you what you need to know and what you need to teach patients.
Aortic aneurysm: Causes, clues, and treatment optionsIncrease your ability to recognize aortic aneurysms and provide postop care.
Halting heparin-induced thrombocytopeniaThis rare and sometimes hard-to-detect condition can jeopardize your patient’s life and limb.
Controlling blood glucose in hospital patientsRecent studies shed light on the importance of maximizing glycemic control in inpatients with diabetes.
Peril on PeripheryPeripheral arterial disease is all too common – and all too often goes unrecognized.
Learning the language of pediatric heart soundsUse these tips and techniques to identify heart sounds and murmurs in children.
Caring for patients with traumatic brain injuries: Are you up to the challenges?Many patients face prolonged recovery and permanent disability after a traumatic brain injury. This article reviews appropriate assessment and intervention and highlights…
Recognizing a ruptured right bronchial arteryFollow the signs and symptoms to this unusual source of life-threatening bleeding.
Drugs Today – July/August 2009A weekly update of drug news, including alerts, approvals, and removals.
From your ANA PresidentAs healthcare professionals, we all know CPR to mean “cardiopulmonary resuscitation,” and we have all been trained in how to perform it.…
Teaching patients to tame their hypertensionThis review of the six classes of antihypertensives tells you what you need to know and what you need to teach patients.
Aortic aneurysm: Causes, clues, and treatment optionsIncrease your ability to recognize aortic aneurysms and provide postop care.
Halting heparin-induced thrombocytopeniaThis rare and sometimes hard-to-detect condition can jeopardize your patient’s life and limb.
Controlling blood glucose in hospital patientsRecent studies shed light on the importance of maximizing glycemic control in inpatients with diabetes.
Peril on PeripheryPeripheral arterial disease is all too common – and all too often goes unrecognized.
Learning the language of pediatric heart soundsUse these tips and techniques to identify heart sounds and murmurs in children.