What’s the latest on lipoproteins
A new lab technique called segmented gradient gel electrophoresis identifies subclasses of cholesterol and more precisely predicts your patient’s cardiac risk.
Patient Safety
Workplace programs promote healthy behaviors
Workplace health promotion programs are an efficient approach to improving the health of a relatively large group of individuals because worksite interventions are more…
Pressure mapping: A new path to pressure-ulcer prevention
Pressure mapping shows you high risk areas, so you can take steps to help prevent pressure ulcers.
Protect your patients from venous thromboembolism
How an evidence-based protocol for risk assessment and risk-based prophylaxis can decrease venous thromboembolism in your institution.
Letters to the Editor – November 2007
A timely expression of support “Being with dying” in the September issue was timely for my staff and me. I am an RN Unit…
Take Note – October 2007
Medicare to stop reimbursing hospitals for eight preventable conditions Medicare will stop paying hospitals for the extra costs of treating eight conditions stemming from…
Meeting your patients spiritual needs
When a patient says, “I’m afraid I’m going to die,” do you offer empty reassurances? Find an excuse to leave the room? Read this…
A question of disclosure: RNs often struggle with revealing their health conditions to employers
It’s no secret that Americans are living longer and that deaths from heart disease, stroke, and cancer are on the downswing. It’s also true…
In God we trust. All others – show me the data.
Ms. Patton makes it perfectly clear why she loves and believes in ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators.
Understanding high-frequency oscillatory ventillation
To survive acute lung injury, patients need all the help they can get. High-frequency oscillatory ventillation protects their lungs by maintaining a constant mean…
To sleep, perchance to heal
Sleep doesn’t come easily for ICU patients. Many suffer chronic sleep deprivation, which can raise stress levels, depress immune responses, and impair wound healing. To…
Recognizing depression in children
All kids can be moody and unpredictable. But for roughly 5% of children, behavioral changes reflect depression. Learn why depression holds added dangers for children…
What’s the latest on lipoproteins
A new lab technique called segmented gradient gel electrophoresis identifies subclasses of cholesterol and more precisely predicts your patient’s cardiac risk.
Workplace programs promote healthy behaviors
Workplace health promotion programs are an efficient approach to improving the health of a relatively large group of individuals because worksite interventions…
Pressure mapping: A new path to pressure-ulcer prevention
Pressure mapping shows you high risk areas, so you can take steps to help prevent pressure ulcers.
Protect your patients from venous thromboembolism
How an evidence-based protocol for risk assessment and risk-based prophylaxis can decrease venous thromboembolism in your institution.
Letters to the Editor – November 2007
A timely expression of support “Being with dying” in the September issue was timely for my staff and me. I am an…
Take Note – October 2007
Medicare to stop reimbursing hospitals for eight preventable conditions Medicare will stop paying hospitals for the extra costs of treating eight conditions…
Meeting your patients spiritual needs
When a patient says, “I’m afraid I’m going to die,” do you offer empty reassurances? Find an excuse to leave the room?…
A question of disclosure: RNs often struggle with revealing their health conditions to employers
It’s no secret that Americans are living longer and that deaths from heart disease, stroke, and cancer are on the downswing. It’s…
In God we trust. All others – show me the data.
Ms. Patton makes it perfectly clear why she loves and believes in ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators.
Understanding high-frequency oscillatory ventillation
To survive acute lung injury, patients need all the help they can get. High-frequency oscillatory ventillation protects their lungs by maintaining a…
To sleep, perchance to heal
Sleep doesn’t come easily for ICU patients. Many suffer chronic sleep deprivation, which can raise stress levels, depress immune responses, and impair wound…
Recognizing depression in children
All kids can be moody and unpredictable. But for roughly 5% of children, behavioral changes reflect depression. Learn why depression holds added dangers…
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