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Nurses find new ways to combat opioid epidemic
As efforts to address the opioid epidemic have intensified in recent years, a nurse and her research team started noticing an unprecedented trend — an increasing number of people needed emergency services after receiving naloxone (Narcan), an opioid antagonist used for complete or partial reversal of opioid overdose.
Patients feel impact of home care nursing shortage
The nursing shortage. For years, those three words have invoked concern among nurses, healthcare leaders and recruiters. Though the phrase is usually mentioned regarding hospital settings, a shortage of nurses is being felt in home care as well, specifically by families who have children with complex medical needs.
RN breaches patient confidentiality policy to check work schedule
Maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy is a fundamental obligation for every nurse. Most often, a breach can happen when a nurse shares patient information with a person who is not a member of the healthcare team or when a patient’s electronic medical record is accessed for a personal reason.
Goal Mama app helps Nurse-Family Partnership connect with new moms
Nurse-Family Partnership launched its Goal Mama app this year.The Nurse-Family Partnership encourages young new moms to use the app between at-home visits with the partnership’s 2,000-plus nurses, to help meet and track their goals.
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How confidence and closeness transformed my family’s NICU stay
My son Jackson was born 16 weeks premature. Weighing just 1 pound, 8 ounces, he was considered a micropreemie and would experience a long stay in the neonatal ICU.
Nurses are in a better position to advocate for higher RN salaries, benefits
In an era when nursing shortages are expected to persist into 2025 nurses may have the upper hand when it comes to commanding top RN salaries.
Emergency nurse certification helps nurses stand out
Daniel Andrews, BSN, MBA, RN, CEN, said not knowing what kind of patient is going to walk through the door drew him into the emergency nursing and still keeps him engaged today. Andrews is among the speakers of the Relias emergency nurse certification review course.
The BSN by 2020 push: How close are we to achieving this milestone?
With 2019 coming to an end, nurses are asking where we are in meeting the goal set by the landmark 2010 Institute of Medicine report on the Future of Nursing to have 80% of practicing RNs with a BSN by 2020. Thanks to lot of hard work during the past decade we’ve made important, positive strides.
Nurse’s care of hospice patient is not what family ordered
A reader expressed concern about her care of an elderly hospice patient. The patient’s family did not want the patient to have any comfort care, except for a prescribed sleeping pill and a prescribed opioid. But the nurse found a different approach. Did she do the right thing?
Kickstart your wound care specialist training with PrepSmart
For nurses today, one of the biggest challenges is caring for an increasing number of patients with chronic wounds. In fact, an estimated 67 million people around the world are suffering with chronic wounds, making access to a wound care specialist of utmost importance to these patients.
Vaping health risks raise alarm about educating younger generations
When Sophia Thomas, DNP, FNP, PNP, FAANP, saw a 16-year-old patient suffering from a chronic cough, she immediately considered the possibility that vaping could be the source of the problem. Thomas was right. And statistics are showing the need for increased education on vaping health risks.
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