From the other side of the bed
How long has it been since you looked at the ambience of a hospital with a critical eye? If you practice there, have you…
Patient Safety
Herbal facts, herbal fallacies
Your sister-in-law gets frequent migraines and wants to try a “natural” therapy to help prevent them. A preoperative patient tells you she’s taking a…
FDA posting postmarketing drug safety evaluations
You can access U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) postings on postmarketing drug safety evaluations online. For more information, click here.
Drug shortages unprecedented says ISMP
The July 29 issue of the Institute for Safe Medication Practice’s ISMP Medication Safety Alert! states that the number of drug shortages in the…
Patient handling: Fact vs. Fiction
Although the hazards of manual patient lifting and transferring are well known, misinformation persists.
What every nurse needs to know about the clinical aspects of child abuse
Child-abuse cases can be the most difficult ones for nurses to cope with. But with the right knowledge and tools, you can care for…
Going from the gut
The current emphasis on best practices, guidelines, and checklists make cause healthcare professionals to turn off their judgment and go by the book –…
Emergency cardiac drugs: Essential facts for med-surg nurses
In the hospital setting, emergencies typically occur in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units (ICUs). But many also take place in progressive care…
Infusion pump resource from FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has devoted a section of its website to infusion pump safety. It includes a link for reporting an…
ISMP issues guidelines for standard order sets
Access guidelines, developed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, for standard order sets here.
Colorado only state with obesity less than 20%
According to the report F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, Colorado stands alone as the state with obesity rates 15%…
Case study: Coerced consent
“Coercion is commonly said to invalidate consent, and that is always true if the source of the coercion is the physician.
From the other side of the bed
How long has it been since you looked at the ambience of a hospital with a critical eye? If you practice there,…
Herbal facts, herbal fallacies
Your sister-in-law gets frequent migraines and wants to try a “natural” therapy to help prevent them. A preoperative patient tells you she’s…
FDA posting postmarketing drug safety evaluations
You can access U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) postings on postmarketing drug safety evaluations online. For more information, click here.
Drug shortages unprecedented says ISMP
The July 29 issue of the Institute for Safe Medication Practice’s ISMP Medication Safety Alert! states that the number of drug shortages…
Patient handling: Fact vs. Fiction
Although the hazards of manual patient lifting and transferring are well known, misinformation persists.
What every nurse needs to know about the clinical aspects of child abuse
Child-abuse cases can be the most difficult ones for nurses to cope with. But with the right knowledge and tools, you can…
Going from the gut
The current emphasis on best practices, guidelines, and checklists make cause healthcare professionals to turn off their judgment and go by the…
Emergency cardiac drugs: Essential facts for med-surg nurses
In the hospital setting, emergencies typically occur in emergency departments (EDs) and intensive care units (ICUs). But many also take place in…
Infusion pump resource from FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has devoted a section of its website to infusion pump safety. It includes a link for…
ISMP issues guidelines for standard order sets
Access guidelines, developed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, for standard order sets here.
Colorado only state with obesity less than 20%
According to the report F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010, Colorado stands alone as the state with obesity…
Case study: Coerced consent
“Coercion is commonly said to invalidate consent, and that is always true if the source of the coercion is the physician.
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