While not an actual degree, nurse certification in your specialty may make sense You want to take that next step on your career path and you’re wondering what it should be. You are asking yourself whether the time is right to Read More

One nurse’s research has created a waiting to bathe newborns policy for newborns in half of Advocate Health Systems hospitals. This includes Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., a Chicago Tribune news article reported o Read More

According to an Amarillo Globe-News article published June 7, a nurse practitioner has been granted full practice authority in the state of Texas. Charlene Seale is a certified nurse practitioner at the Thomas E. Creek VA Medic Read More

Nurse sees bruises, suspects child abuse I ran across an online article from a newspaper in Alaska that told a true story about a school nurse and a 7-year-old student in her school. According to the article, a nurse at the Al Read More

Women with early-stage breast cancer who receive specific types of scalp-cooling treatments are much more likely to keep at least some of their hair during chemotherapy, according to two recent studies published Feb. 14 by JAMA. Read More

This flu season, researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using the emergency room setting for clinical trials on patients who present with acute respiratory illness, according to a Baltimore Sun article published online Nov. 2 Read More

In today's world, we are much more aware of instances of bullying, harassment, intimidation and threats, and there's no doubt that good interpersonal skills in all healthcare settings can mitigate those issues and aid surgical pa Read More

Our nurse educator colleagues are an important part of our nursing careers. From the first day of nursing school to the day we defend our dissertation, they are there for us. But how much do we know about their roles? Nurse edu Read More

Hypothetical Case The School of Nursing’s board pass rate for its BSN program has dropped steadily in the last five years from an impressive 98% rate to the current 82%. The long-serving director of the program retired four yea Read More

Nurses play a lead role in helping patients get and stay healthy. But they also are being encouraged to set a good example for patients by becoming healthier themselves. From now until January, nurses across the U.S. should exp Read More

Although some nurses work in a certain specialty field their entire career, others may seek new challenges or want to change units or specialties. “Nurses have a strong desire to learn and grow,” said Elaine Foster, PhD, MSN, Read More

In big or small emergencies, the nurse is always in. Did you ever think about the many patient care situations emergency nurses are called upon to deal with, even during just one shift? “The waiting room is full.” “The Read More

Dealing with daily human tragedies remains a hallmark of emergency nursing; and caring for children in the ED often requires nurses to take steps to prevent compassion fatigue and burnout while helping the patients as well as thei Read More

ED practice can be a rewarding professional choice. However, it is no easy calling. It requires quick decision-making, masterful patient assessment, and capable and current skill sets. It has its challenges, too, including treatin Read More

Hypothetical Case Gayle Greer has worked at an inner-city hospital for 20 years — mostly in the ED. She’s been the ED charge nurse for five years. Recently, she’s been finding herself less able to cope with daily work stres Read More

Children in households with parental substance abuse are at higher risk for mental health and behavioral problems, according to a new study slated for publication in the August print edition of Pediatrics, according to a news rele Read More

A study conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that anti-HIV medications suppressed the viral load of people living with HIV and provided protection against heterosexual transmission, according to a Jul Read More

The Emergency Nurses Association announced 14 emergency nurses will be inducted into the Academy of Emergency Nursing. “Since 2004, has honored emergency nurses who have made enduring, substantial contributions to emergency n Read More

Florence Vanek, MSN, RN, believes that though nurses work in a stressful environment, they don’t need to live in an environment of stress and anxiety. Aiming to relieve some of the work stress nurses experience, Vanek, a prof Read More

Kathleen E. Carlson, MSN, RN, CEN, FAEN, an ED staff nurse at Sentara Virginia Beach (Va.) General Hospital, is the president of the Emergency Nurses Association. Carlson worked the majority of her career as an emergency and traum Read More

Sexually abused children is a topic no one likes to think about, but according to the U.S. Department of Justice, it’s a significant problem in this country with nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults affecting children ages Read More

Since the early 1990s, Jeff Solheim, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN, FAEN, has worked in just about every facet of emergency nursing. Most recently, however, Solheim has added the entry of author to his biography, leading a team of othe Read More

Hospitalizations related to opioid abuse and dependence have increased by 67% from 2002 to 2012, according to a recent study by two Harvard Medical School instructors. In addition, inpatient charges for these hospitalizations more Read More

Sixty-eight percent of nurse practitioners who took part in a marketing research study indicated the No. 1 job attribute for NPs is the holistic, comprehensive management of patients. The study was conducted by Nurse.com, the lead Read More

As Americans awoke to the news on June 12 of the deadliest mass shooting in the country’s history, Sarah Duran, BSN, RN, and her co-workers were just beginning to grasp the full extent of the Pulse Nightclub attack in Orlando, F Read More

In 2010, Jill Drew’s father-in-law developed irreversible end-stage renal failure and elected to have an AV fistula placed for hemodialysis. The anxiety expressed by her father- and mother-in-law about protecting his fistula dur Read More

With each passing year, nurse practitioners become an increasingly vital part of our national healthcare system. They are the principal nursing group delivering primary care in the U.S. Their practice is at the heart of improved c Read More

By Carol Taylor, PhD, RN and Sydney Howk, BSN, RN Hypothetical Case Jenny Adamchak is a new nurse practitioner working in a busy inner-city emergency room, but questions the hospital's commitment to achieving high patient e Read More

Researchers are concerned about the limits to telemedicine, particularly in rural areas, according to a JAMA news release from May. A study showed that Medicare telemedicine visits increased more than 25% each year over the past d Read More

When Rhonda Goodman, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, NCSN, AHN-BC, looks back at her nursing education, she remembers how she mastered some of her most important lessons in patient care during a medical immersion program in Africa, rather tha Read More