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When breathing is a burden: How to help patients with COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has an insidious onset and causes disabling symptoms. This article discusses its risk factors, pathophysiology, assessment, interventions, and nursing…

Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections related to I.V. connectors

The author provides an overview of the issue and suggests some solutions.

Patient-centeredness as algorithm

Patient-centeredness is a process that must be owned by all, from top to bottom.

Puzzling over family presence: Word search at the bedside

The patient’s family makes an initial judgment about a nurse within 60 seconds—so your first words are crucial. Find out how to make every…

How to recognize and intervene for hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome

For some people, this crisis is the first inkling that they have type 2 diabetes. The condition is fatal in up to 20% of…

Readers Respond

More on civility I have rarely responded with a note to the editor, but just want to thank you for the excellent article in…

Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia

The author covers how to recognize and treat this serious complication.

Care of clinical trial participants: What nurses need to know

The third in a series of articles on clinical trials from nurses at the National Cancer Institute.

ANA pays it forward

I am an organizational junkie with no apologies. As many of you know, I started my political activism in nursing when I served as…

Tripping over the welcome mat: Why new nurses don’t stay and what the evidence says we can do about it

The author discusses this issue and provides strategies for retaining new grads.

When closeness breeds cruelty: Helping victims of intimate partner violence

We may not realize it, but most nurses have frequent contact with domestic abuse victims. Shame and fear of reprisal keep many victims from…

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: New hope for patients with aortic stenosis

This new aortic stenosis treatment avoids the sternotomy, aortotomy, and cardiopulmonary bypass of traditional valve replacement

When breathing is a burden: How to help patients with COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has an insidious onset and causes disabling symptoms. This article discusses its risk factors, pathophysiology, assessment, interventions,…

Preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections related to I.V. connectors

The author provides an overview of the issue and suggests some solutions.

Patient-centeredness as algorithm

Patient-centeredness is a process that must be owned by all, from top to bottom.

Puzzling over family presence: Word search at the bedside

The patient’s family makes an initial judgment about a nurse within 60 seconds—so your first words are crucial. Find out how to…

How to recognize and intervene for hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome

For some people, this crisis is the first inkling that they have type 2 diabetes. The condition is fatal in up to…

Readers Respond

More on civility I have rarely responded with a note to the editor, but just want to thank you for the excellent…

Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia

The author covers how to recognize and treat this serious complication.

Care of clinical trial participants: What nurses need to know

The third in a series of articles on clinical trials from nurses at the National Cancer Institute.

ANA pays it forward

I am an organizational junkie with no apologies. As many of you know, I started my political activism in nursing when I…

Tripping over the welcome mat: Why new nurses don’t stay and what the evidence says we can do about it

The author discusses this issue and provides strategies for retaining new grads.

When closeness breeds cruelty: Helping victims of intimate partner violence

We may not realize it, but most nurses have frequent contact with domestic abuse victims. Shame and fear of reprisal keep many…

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: New hope for patients with aortic stenosis

This new aortic stenosis treatment avoids the sternotomy, aortotomy, and cardiopulmonary bypass of traditional valve replacement

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