By obtaining a thorough history and conducting a careful assessment, you can help patients avoid this condition.
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SWAT nursing: A unique specialty
What does SWAT stand for? So Where Are They? Smart, Witty, and Talented? Smiling, Willing, Able, Technical? (more…)
Improving patient education with Health Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Learn how this tool helped an ICU analyze and correct flaws in its patient-education process
Resurgence of pertussis in infants and children
Learn more about this dangerous disease in children.
Psychiatric emergencies in med-surg patients: Are you prepared?
Rodney, age 47, was admitted to the hospital 2 days ago with rib and femur fractures and facial contusions. He appears well nourished and well groomed.
Precision and perfection
Our Editor-in-Chief tells the story of her experience as a patient.
Preventing organ damage from hypertensive crisis
A recent stroke, a history of hypertension and renal disease, and a sudden surge in blood pressure alert caregivers to a patient’s hypertensive urgency.
New minimally invasive technique treats acute DVT
Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy removes dangerous clots to restore healthy function in hours.
Emergency nursing: A specialty unlike any other
The president of the Emergency Nurses Association tells why she’s proud to be an emergency nurse.
Never fear—the critical-care resource nurse is here
Creating a critical-care resource nurse role has helped one hospital
ensure that critically ill patients get the same level of care no
matter where they’re admitted.
Defeating horizontal violence in the emergency department
The authors share how they defused horizontal violence in their ED.
From our readers…How my bad experiences with call lights formed my nursing practice
I have been a critical care nurse since 2008. In our unit, patients have call lights, and of course, patients and families want them answered immediately. My practice is partly…