On May 6, the FDA approved Ruzurgi (amifampridine) tablets for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome in patients 6 to less than 17 years…
Cardiology
Learn the truth about safe administration. Many myths abound about I.V. push medications. To dispel these myths and outline evidence-based standards of practice, American…
The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association believes that all nurses should integrate the recently updated 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/multi-society cholesterol…
Nurses should have a high level of suspicion for spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) when patients, especially young women, present with chest pain and…
Learn about heart failure medications to ensure improved outcomes Takeaways: Learn about the newest medications to treat heart failure, including adverse effects, indications, and nursing…
Get your patients back on their feet with thorough assessments that lead to early and accurate diagnoses. POSTURAL orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) affects over…
Treatment risks and how to manage them Takeaways: Some cancer treatments can have cardiotoxic effects. Cardiotoxic effects include decreased heart function, chest pain, arrhythmias,…
Tailor your assessment, prevention, and treatment to individual patient needs and risks. Takeaways: Hypoglycemia places people with diabetes at risk for injury and prevents them…
Understand women’s unique risks and symptoms to ensure early identification and treatment of CVD. Takeaways: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality…
Technology continues to be debated. Do we rely on it too much? Do we not embrace it enough? But sometimes, there’s no debating the…
Quick action reverses SVT and prevents a disastrous outcome. Takeaways: Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are the most common subtypes of supraventricular tachycardia, which…
Learn to recognize the symptoms of this commonly overlooked condition. By Dorothy Moore, DNP, FNP-C, CCRN Sandra Reynolds, a 64-year-old homeless woman, is admitted…
FDA approves treatment for two rare diseases
On May 6, the FDA approved Ruzurgi (amifampridine) tablets for the treatment of Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome in patients 6 to less than…
Myths of I.V. push administration
Learn the truth about safe administration. Many myths abound about I.V. push medications. To dispel these myths and outline evidence-based standards of…
Cardiovascular nurses encourage use of updated guidelines for management of blood cholesterol and physical activity
The Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association believes that all nurses should integrate the recently updated 2018 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association…
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
Nurses should have a high level of suspicion for spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) when patients, especially young women, present with chest…
Medications for heart failure management: What nurses need to know
Learn about heart failure medications to ensure improved outcomes Takeaways: Learn about the newest medications to treat heart failure, including adverse effects, indications,…
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Get your patients back on their feet with thorough assessments that lead to early and accurate diagnoses. POSTURAL orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)…
Cardiotoxic effects of cancer therapy
Treatment risks and how to manage them Takeaways: Some cancer treatments can have cardiotoxic effects. Cardiotoxic effects include decreased heart function, chest…
Hypoglycemia: An unwelcome companion to effective diabetes management
Tailor your assessment, prevention, and treatment to individual patient needs and risks. Takeaways: Hypoglycemia places people with diabetes at risk for injury…
Women and cardiovascular disease
Understand women’s unique risks and symptoms to ensure early identification and treatment of CVD. Takeaways: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause…
Technology outperforms humans
Technology continues to be debated. Do we rely on it too much? Do we not embrace it enough? But sometimes, there’s no…
Supraventricular tachycardia
Quick action reverses SVT and prevents a disastrous outcome. Takeaways: Atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are the most common subtypes of supraventricular…
Hypothyroidism and nursing care
Learn to recognize the symptoms of this commonly overlooked condition. By Dorothy Moore, DNP, FNP-C, CCRN Sandra Reynolds, a 64-year-old homeless woman,…
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