Adult obstructive sleep apnea: Taking a patient-centered approach
Sleep apnea causes sleep deprivation and, over time, can lead to serious physiologic changes.
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Is your patient at risk for cerebral edema?
Learn the telltale signs of brain swelling and find out which patients are most at risk.
Understanding and managing alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Be sure your skills for caring for patients going through alcohol detoxification are up to date.
Fecal microbiota transplantation: Breaking the chain of recurrent C. difficile infection
The author describes an innovative technique that is helping patients with C. difficile infection, including patient selection; care before, during, and after the procedure;…
Rising to the top
Our editor-in-chief highlights nurse leaders, including Marilyn Tavenner, recently appointed as the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Taking a second look at stroke in women
You can help save lives by learning how stroke symptoms and risk factors differ in women and men.
Readers Respond
Billing by nursing intensity: One way to ease understaffing? Re: “Hospital nurse staffing for dummies” (March 2013): Perhaps changing how nurses’ time is billed…
Are extended work hours worth the risk?
Today, 75% of hospital nurses work 12-hour shifts. But studies show a link between nurse fatigue and preventable medical errors.
Teaching patients about vitamin and mineral supplements
More than one-third of Americans take vitamin and mineral supplements daily. Do you know what you should be teaching patients?
A geriatric family-centered care model for hospitalized elders
This innovative model has helped reduce falls and pressure ulcers, and RN turnover rates have dropped as well.
Through the kindness of strangers
Our editor-in-chief shares her the impact of a tendon transplant on her life and discusses the importance of organ and tissue donation.
Adult obstructive sleep apnea: Taking a patient-centered approach
Sleep apnea causes sleep deprivation and, over time, can lead to serious physiologic changes.
Is your patient at risk for cerebral edema?
Learn the telltale signs of brain swelling and find out which patients are most at risk.
Understanding and managing alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Be sure your skills for caring for patients going through alcohol detoxification are up to date.
Fecal microbiota transplantation: Breaking the chain of recurrent C. difficile infection
The author describes an innovative technique that is helping patients with C. difficile infection, including patient selection; care before, during, and after…
Rising to the top
Our editor-in-chief highlights nurse leaders, including Marilyn Tavenner, recently appointed as the new administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Taking a second look at stroke in women
You can help save lives by learning how stroke symptoms and risk factors differ in women and men.
Readers Respond
Billing by nursing intensity: One way to ease understaffing? Re: “Hospital nurse staffing for dummies” (March 2013): Perhaps changing how nurses’ time…
Are extended work hours worth the risk?
Today, 75% of hospital nurses work 12-hour shifts. But studies show a link between nurse fatigue and preventable medical errors.
Teaching patients about vitamin and mineral supplements
More than one-third of Americans take vitamin and mineral supplements daily. Do you know what you should be teaching patients?
A geriatric family-centered care model for hospitalized elders
This innovative model has helped reduce falls and pressure ulcers, and RN turnover rates have dropped as well.
Through the kindness of strangers
Our editor-in-chief shares her the impact of a tendon transplant on her life and discusses the importance of organ and tissue donation.
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