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Amniotic fluid embolus

Amniotic fluid embolus

Author: Elizabeth Avis, MSN, RN, CCRN, and Gina Gardingan, BSN, RNC-OB, CBC

Immediate treatment to optimize hemodynamic function, cardiac output, respiratory support, combined with aggressive management of volume and coagulopathy, enhances maternal outcome.

pediatric hypoglycemia

Pediatric hypoglycemia

Author: Lisa Wallace, DNP, RNC-OB, NE-BC 

While watching a children’s softball game on a sunny 88° F day, you see one of the players, Mia Smith*, suddenly collapse. Mia’s mother runs to her child’s side, and you and the coach quickly follow. You gently shake the 8-year-old’s shoulders asking, “Are you okay?” You palpate for a pulse and inspect her breathing.

Acute hypopituitarism, healthcare, registered nurse, nursing, nursing journal

Acute hypopituitarism

Author: Alicia Arias, DNP, APRN, NP-C, and Jana Zeller, MSN, RN
Your recognition of troubling signs and symptoms results in prompt diagnosis and treatment. Takeaways: Hypopituitarism is the deficient secretion of one or more pituitary hormones. The most common cause is…
TURP

Transurethral resection of the prostate

Author: Norine D. Pulliam, PhD, PHCNS-BC, RN
Quick response to postsurgical complication.     Takeaways: Benign prostatic hypertrophy, if left untreated, may lead to chronic urinary retention. Medical therapy failure may warrant urologic outflow studies and lead to…

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