Eat, Sleep, Console
When people experience opioid use disorder in pregnancy, the fetus has prolonged exposure to the opioid. At birth, abrupt cessation of this exposure may…
Women’s Health
Nitrous oxide: Myths and misconceptions
Nitrous oxide (N2O) has been used as an analgesic during childbirth since the late 1800s, almost exclusively outside of the United States, until it…
Aging women and health research
Women’s health is usually portrayed as reproductive health, but in reality, women’s health starts at birth and extends throughout life. The average reproductive lifespan…
Women and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Why are new HIV cases still occurring when we have preventive treatment? One reason could be a lack of knowledge and experience among healthcare…
Unilateral DIEP flap: Reducing length of stay
Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap procedures use a patient’s own blood vessels, skin, and fat from the lower abdomen to reconstruct a breast…
Eclampsia
A 28-year-old woman who’s 8 months pregnant arrives at the obstetrics ED with right-side upper abdominal pain, a progressively worsening headache for the past…
My patient is a victim of human trafficking
The growth of human trafficking increases the odds that you’ll encounter a patient who’s a victim. We can’t afford to miss any opportunity to…
Competent care during pregnancy loss
I experienced an extremely traumatic miscarriage, which was directly affected by rude and incompetent nurses and other healthcare staff. After I began sharing my…
Turning the tide
The unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses, as the…
Postpartum hemorrhage
Freya Jenkins*, a 22-year-old woman, delivers 32 week gestation triplets via cesarean birth. In the operating room, she experienced quantitative blood loss of 1,050…
Healthy hearts
Our profession, predominantly female, reflects the CVD risk all women face: CVD remains the leading cause of death in women, yet less than half…
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
Amber White*, a 35-year-old woman who’s 21 weeks pregnant, arrives in the ED with an altered level of consciousness, blurred vision, weakness, and ataxia.…
Eat, Sleep, Console
When people experience opioid use disorder in pregnancy, the fetus has prolonged exposure to the opioid. At birth, abrupt cessation of this…
Nitrous oxide: Myths and misconceptions
Nitrous oxide (N2O) has been used as an analgesic during childbirth since the late 1800s, almost exclusively outside of the United States,…
Aging women and health research
Women’s health is usually portrayed as reproductive health, but in reality, women’s health starts at birth and extends throughout life. The average…
Women and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Why are new HIV cases still occurring when we have preventive treatment? One reason could be a lack of knowledge and experience…
Unilateral DIEP flap: Reducing length of stay
Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap procedures use a patient’s own blood vessels, skin, and fat from the lower abdomen to reconstruct…
Eclampsia
A 28-year-old woman who’s 8 months pregnant arrives at the obstetrics ED with right-side upper abdominal pain, a progressively worsening headache for…
My patient is a victim of human trafficking
The growth of human trafficking increases the odds that you’ll encounter a patient who’s a victim. We can’t afford to miss any…
Competent care during pregnancy loss
I experienced an extremely traumatic miscarriage, which was directly affected by rude and incompetent nurses and other healthcare staff. After I began…
Turning the tide
The unacceptably high level of maternal mortality in the United States reflects a failing of our entire healthcare system and calls nurses,…
Postpartum hemorrhage
Freya Jenkins*, a 22-year-old woman, delivers 32 week gestation triplets via cesarean birth. In the operating room, she experienced quantitative blood loss…
Healthy hearts
Our profession, predominantly female, reflects the CVD risk all women face: CVD remains the leading cause of death in women, yet less…
Wernicke’s encephalopathy
Amber White*, a 35-year-old woman who’s 21 weeks pregnant, arrives in the ED with an altered level of consciousness, blurred vision, weakness,…
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