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Can you fire a patient?

The answer may surprise you. WHAT can you do with a patient who won’t comply with any of your directives? You’ve provided education until you’re blue in the…

Do you know the schedule for vaccinating children?

Learn how to promote pediatric immunizations in your practice. Part of ANA’s Bringing Immunity to Every Community campaign. this handout stresses the importance of vaccinating children and their…
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Getting comfortable with carbohydrate counting

Mr. Tucker,* a 20-year-old man with type 1 diabetes, is admitted to the hospital for a severe hypoglycemic event. For about a month, he’s experienced these events about…

Issues up close

To increase health literacy, we need to educate patients and consumers about health issues in a more meaningful, individualized, and patient-oriented way.

Motivational interviewing: A communication best practice

This collaborative approach can influence behavior change and improve healthcare literacy. Takeaways:  Motivational interviewing (MI) is collaborative conversation style that promotes positive health behavior change and strengthens an…

New guidelines for the management of school-based asthma

The Community Preventative Services Task Force (CPSTF) recently released new recommendations around the management of school-based asthma. These management strategies aim to reduce the amount of hospitalizations and…
Opening the lines of communication about HPV

Opening the lines of communication about HPV

When parents resits the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine, be prepared to listen and educate. Takeaways Patients and parents may have misconceptions about the purpose of the HPV vaccine.…

Oral Chemotherapy: Not just an ordinary pill

Fran, a triage nurse in a busy primary care office, receives a call from Marla Rodriguez, whose mother is a long-time patient. Marla says her mother has an intense red rash over most of her…
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Our readers respond

Concurring on “quantum” nursing I was delighted with Leah Curtin’s eloquent description of the beliefs I’ve embraced in my nursing career (“Quan­tum nursing,” September 2010). I have “preached”…
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Patient and family tele-education

Remote education is an effective teaching tool. Takeaways: Tele-education can serve as an alternative to in-person subcutaneous injection training for patients and families. Patients and families found tele-education…
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Education and surveillance are key for patients at risk for this rare but fatal complication.  Takeaways: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare demyelinating opportunistic viral infection of…
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Promoting patient portal engagement

Nurses can increase the use of a valuable healthcare tool. Editor’s note: This is an early release of a web exclusive article for the January 2022 issue of…

Teach-back: An underutilized tool

Making the evidence-based method a standard of care builds nurse confidence and improves patient education  Takeaways:  The teach-back method is an evidence-based intervention, but it’s poorly utilized in…

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