Cardiology
Turning the tide in a hypertensive emergency
When a patient’s blood pressure goes stratospheric, the first priority is to check for signs of organ damage.
Are you prepared for malaria?
Global traveling brings about 1,000 cases of malaria to this country each year. Don’t be caught off guard if you encounter it in your…
Take Note – May 2008
One in four U.S. teenage girls has an STD According to a recent federal study, one in four American teenage girls has a sexually…
Take Note – April 2008
Pam Cipriano to receive ANA’s Distinguished Member Award American Nurse Today Editor-in-Chief Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive the Distinguished Member Award from…
Infants in peril: Assessing sepsis in newborns
The author explains not the Newborn Scale of Sepsis she developed helps nurses quantify the clinical signs and laboratory markers of severe bacterial infection.
Central venous catheter dressings put to the test
A nursing team’s research findings lead to hospital-wide savings.
Preventing hypovolemic shock
Identify the signs of hypovolemia and intervene before hypovolemic shock develops.
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Cardiovascular nursing: Dynamic and in demand
February is Cardiovascular Professionals Month. To mark the occasion, American Nurse Today asked Joanna D. Sikkema, MSN, ANP, President of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses…
Taking action against air embolism
Air enters a patient’s central venous catheter site. It’s all down hill from there.
Beyond the donor shortage: Mechanical help for the failing heart
For patients with severe heart failure, ventricular assist devices are being used in more ways than ever.
Attacking anterior-wall myocardial infarction in time
More than 1 million Americans a year suffer a myocardial infarction (MI). This article tells you how – and how quickly – you need…
Turning the tide in a hypertensive emergency
When a patient’s blood pressure goes stratospheric, the first priority is to check for signs of organ damage.
Are you prepared for malaria?
Global traveling brings about 1,000 cases of malaria to this country each year. Don’t be caught off guard if you encounter it…
Take Note – May 2008
One in four U.S. teenage girls has an STD According to a recent federal study, one in four American teenage girls has…
Take Note – April 2008
Pam Cipriano to receive ANA’s Distinguished Member Award American Nurse Today Editor-in-Chief Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN, will receive the Distinguished Member…
Infants in peril: Assessing sepsis in newborns
The author explains not the Newborn Scale of Sepsis she developed helps nurses quantify the clinical signs and laboratory markers of severe…
Central venous catheter dressings put to the test
A nursing team’s research findings lead to hospital-wide savings.
Preventing hypovolemic shock
Identify the signs of hypovolemia and intervene before hypovolemic shock develops.
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Cardiovascular nursing: Dynamic and in demand
February is Cardiovascular Professionals Month. To mark the occasion, American Nurse Today asked Joanna D. Sikkema, MSN, ANP, President of the Preventive…
Taking action against air embolism
Air enters a patient’s central venous catheter site. It’s all down hill from there.
Beyond the donor shortage: Mechanical help for the failing heart
For patients with severe heart failure, ventricular assist devices are being used in more ways than ever.
Attacking anterior-wall myocardial infarction in time
More than 1 million Americans a year suffer a myocardial infarction (MI). This article tells you how – and how quickly –…
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