Tag: nursing
Top 5 COVID-19 Online Training Courses For Nurses
Nurses all around the country are being cross-trained to work in higher acuity or critical care patient areas as fast as possible to maximize efforts against COVID-19. But as nurses step out of their comfort zones, there... read more
Emergency & Critical Care Pocket Guide
The most popular pocket reference in emergency nursing - now in a new edition! The Emergency amp; Critical Care Pocket Guide has been an essential resource for physicians, paramedics, and nurses for over a decade. The... read more
7 Nursing Technologies Helping Patient Care
From pizza ordering to financial security, new technology is changing the way we live our lives every day. And now more than ever before, new technology is finding ways to impact the healthcare industry. A new survey of... read more
Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care Nursing
Understanding the Essentials of Critical Care Nursing provides novice critical care nurses with a firm foundation so that they are able to understand the complexities of care; deliver safe, effective care; and begin their... read more
Hypertonic vs. Hypotonic, Osmolality, and Other Fun Nursing Concepts
The basic concepts underlying the body's mechanisms for keeping systems functioning are complex processes involving the ebb and flow of fluid and molecules controlled by several systems. It is a delicate balance and one... read more
2019 Elf on the Shelf
It is time for the second annual Elf on the Shelf social media photo sweepstakes! Your creative entries help make the season bright. So, just snap a photo of an Elf on the Shelf scene in your unit, and submit it here. Three... read more
Tales From The Bedside: True Stories From A Night-Shift ICU Nurse
Tales From The Bedside is a collection of short stories from a caring and brilliant ICU nurse. Her stories will captivate you, make you laugh, warm your heart, shake your head, and just maybe... will inspire you, too. Step... read more
Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation
Learn to provide state-of-the-art care to any patient in any setting with the most comprehensive trauma nursing resource available. Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through... read more
Palliative Care in the Emergency Department As Seen By Providers and Users
This study provides insights into targets for changes in Italian Emergency Departments. Room for improvement relates to training for healthcare professionals on palliative care, the development of a shared care pathway for... read more
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine
Evidence-Based Practice of Palliative Medicine is the only book that uses a practical, question-and-answer approach to address evidence-based decision making in palliative medicine. Dr. Nathan E. Goldstein and Dr. R.... read more
Palliative Care Nursing: Quality Care to the End of Life
This fourth edition of a comprehensive text/reference that has been valued by students, educators, and practicing nurses for many years, Palliative Care Nursing continues to reflect the fundamental hospice and palliative... read more
The Speaker Gender Gap at Critical Care Conferences
There is a speaker gender gap at critical care conferences, with male faculty outnumbering female faculty. This gap is more marked among physician speakers than those speakers representing nursing and allied health professionals.... read more
Sedation is Necessary to Minimize Patients’ Discomfort During Mechanical Ventilation
More than half of critical care nurses believe sedation is needed to minimize discomfort and distress among patients receiving mechanical ventilation, according to survey results published recently in the American Journal... read more
Effect of a Nurse-Led Preventive Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of PTSD Among Critically Ill Patients
Among critically ill patients in the ICU, a nurse-led preventive, complex psychological intervention did not significantly reduce patient-reported Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity at 6 months. These findings... read more
The Language of Kindness
Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to... read more
Mechanical Ventilation Sedation Necessary for Comfort According to Nurses
Nurses' attitudes toward sedating patients receiving mechanical ventilation have shifted in the past decade, with fewer nurses now believing that all patients should be sedated. However, more than half of nurses still agree... read more
Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing
As the role of the nurse continues to expand in today's healthcare environment, APRNs and DNPs are more frequently tasked with quantifying, evaluating, and improving their individual care processes, as well as demonstrating... read more
Inter-Rater Reliability Between PICU Nurses Performing a Modification to the Glasgow Coma Scale
The objective of this study was to estimate the inter-rater reliability of critical care nurses performing a pediatric modification of the Glasgow Coma Scale in a contemporary pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). All... read more
The Poor Man’s Tox Screen: ECG Findings in the Acute Overdose
In the middle of a busy ED shift the tech runs up to you with an ECG. Just prior to signing the top "No STEMI" you think: "wait, why do the QRS complexes look like that?" You walk back to triage with the tech to see a... read more
Few Ideas on How Nurses Can Recover After Difficult Shifts
Most medical professionals agree that a nursing career can be constantly stressful. It comes with the territory of caring for those who are ill and injured. On an average day, well-trained nurses are more than capable of... read more
Recognizing Acute Delirium as Part of Your Routine
The screening tool (RADAR) proved to be efficient, reliable, sensitive and very well accepted by nursing staff. Consequently, it becomes an appropriate new option for delirium screening among older adults, with or without... read more
Factors Nurses in the ICU Consider When Making Decisions About Patient Mobility
Nurses are often responsible for mobilizing patients, but how they overcome barriers and make decisions to mobilize patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is not understood. Deciding to mobilize patients in the ICU... read more
