Erectile Dysfunction is Red Flag for Silent Early Cardiovascular Disease
In addition to being an important health and quality of life issue for men, erectile dysfunction has long been associated with CV disease. Risk factors for erectile dysfunction and CV disease are...
View ArticleInfographic: The Role of Nurse Leadership in Today’s Healthcare Industry
A nurse practitioner degree not only sets NPs apart from their peers, but also makes NPs a leader among other nurses. As a leader, NPs are responsible for inspiring the next generation of nurses to...
View ArticlePublic Disclosure Law Improves Nurse Staffing Ratios
After enactment of N.J. law mandating reporting of staffing info, patients per RN fell for 10 specialties
View ArticleMore Awareness of Choosing Wisely Campaign Needed for Nurses
Only 38.3 percent of nurses who were members of AACN reported being familiar with Choosing Wisely
View ArticleSurvey of U.S. Registered Nurses Points to Worsening Shortages
Problem likely will be exacerbated with one in five nurses saying they will retire in the next five years
View ArticleTobacco Screening & Counseling in the Pediatric ED
Previous studies have shown that the pediatric ED tends to underuse parental tobacco screening and brief cessation counseling. Recently, a study was conducted to look at the attitudes and perceived...
View Article13 apps to help nurses improve patient care
Nurses play a crucial role in improving the care of a hospital’s patients. As technology comes increasingly into play, health apps may be particularly beneficial to improve patient care. Here are 13...
View ArticleNurse Practitioners Step in to Fill Growing Need for House Calls
Researcher: States could revisit regulations on NPs to help meet demand. Nurse practitioners are increasingly providing house calls for frail and elderly patients, eclipsing any other specialties in...
View ArticleEach State’s Predicted Nursing Demand
NURSING@GEORGETOWN The demand for health care professionals — especially those who work in primary care — is predicted to increase through 2020. This is due in large part to an aging baby boomer...
View ArticleVIDEO: A Tribute to Nurses
Carolyn Jones spent five years interviewing, photographing and filming nurses across America, traveling to places dealing with some of the nation’s biggest public health issues. She shares personal...
View ArticleEmergency Nursing & Workplace Violence
ED nurses are too commonly exposed to workplace violence, according to findings of a study involving those who reported experiencing such violence by patients or visitors in their hospital system. The...
View ArticleEmergency Nursing & Workplace Violence-Infographic
In a survey published in the May 2014 Journal of Emergency Nursing, nearly 800 participants responded: Source: Emergency Nursing &...
View ArticlePreparing for Avian Influenza Outbreaks
Who Flew the Coop? Click here to learn what patients are at highest risk for doctor shopping. Few studies have determined the likelihood of emergency nurses reporting to work during an avian influenza...
View ArticleDiabetes in the ED: Opportunities for Improvement
According to 2011 estimates, about 79 million Americans had prediabetes and another 7 million were undiagnosed. By 2025, it is estimated that the number of people with prediabetes will increase to 472...
View ArticleMedical Fiction: Brandi, Brian, and the Cupid
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would...
View ArticleOvercoming Barriers to Clinical Research in the ED
Clinical research in the ED is important to providing supporting evidence for the development of practice guidelines and is vital to enhancing patient outcomes. A recent study was conducted to describe...
View ArticleA Data-Driven Approach for Nurse Staffing
Unplanned nurse turnover is a primary threat to a hospital’s sustainability. Foremost, the price of replacing new nurses is exorbitantly expensive, costing a hospital up to $82,000 or more per nurse....
View ArticleLogistics Programs Benefit ED Wait Times
A Focus on Improving Patient Flow Click here to see more indepth stats from this study. With ED crowding continuing to be an important public health issue, hospitals across the United States are...
View ArticleAre Traveling Nurses Better Compensated Than Physicians in the COVID-19 Era?
In a recent article for The Associated Press, “US hospitals hit with nurse staffing crisis amid COVID,” it’s stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a nurse staffing crisis that is forcing US...
View ArticleDo BSN Nurses Provide Better Care?
A paper entitled “An increase in the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees is linked to lower rates of postsurgery mortality” appeared in Health Affairs in March and generated quite a lot of buzz...
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