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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Aug 3 2012
​Self-Care and Lymphedema My first preceptor was a nursing assistant who had been treated for breast cancer several years prior to my orientation. While I didn’t know the extent of her disease or treatment, I can still remember the tight wrap that she wore on her...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN May 3 2012
Presenting the Evidence: Poster Presentations Last week I had the pleasure of attending Nursing2012 Symposium in Orlando, Florida. One of the sessions, titled Faculty-Guided Poster Tour: Ask the Experts, was a highlight for me. This session was exactly what the title implies; an informal tour...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Apr 16 2012
Comfort in terminal extubation: Minimal evidence, maximal need Studying the dying process and terminal extubation in particular, is clearly a challenge. Are the measures we choose even relevant to the person in the bed? We may never know. Nevertheless, some brave souls have attempted to offer their best...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Apr 9 2012
A Lesson from the Evidence: Replacing Emergently Placed Peripheral IVs When a patient has a peripheral line placed in an emergency, whether it is out in the field or in an acute care setting, the intravenous infusion device is discontinued and replaced as soon as possible and certainly within 48 hours (CDC, 2002...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Apr 2 2012
Are meal replacement plans better than low calorie diets? Meal replacement plans such as Slimfast and Medifast have been around a long time now. Is there any evidence on their effectiveness? The hesitant answer is yes. Why hesitant? Many of these studies are funded by these vendors. Certain populations...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 16 2012
An Integrative Review of the Evidence on IM and SC Injection Aspiration Thirty years ago, when I was in my Bachelor's program for nursing, I was taught to aspirate for intramuscular (IM) injections to make sure I didn't puncture an artery or vein. I am confident that all of you reading this post were taught...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 12 2012
Specialty certification ---Updated March 15, 2021--- March 19th is Certified Nurses Day. A large number of nursing certification programs exist (I count 92!). This number alone tells me that this is something important that all nurses should consider. I was proud to use...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 2 2012
​Patient Education of Hospitalized Cardiovascular Patients We all know the importance of patient and family education. Many tools have been developed over the years, strategies have been explored, and recommendations have changed. We know that our approach must be individualized for each patient...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 4 2012
Family Presence on Rounds Family presence has always been a hot topic in the healthcare community. I can remember when family presence in an ICU meant visiting for 15 minutes three times per day. At least that was the policy in the local hospital where my grandparents were...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 18 2011
Ghosts in the Machine When you appraise research, do you look at who was the principle investigator and wrote the article? I recently attended a session at a symposium that has made me question how I review articles for credibility. Inappropriate authorship (honorary...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 29 2011
PICOT Format: What is Your Question? Along the lines of my recent posts on evidence-based practice, I have one more thing I’d like to share. It’s something I wish I had known back in nursing school and especially in graduate school while working on my final research paper...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 10 2011
Systematic review During my days of nursing school and research classes, we did literature reviews to determine relevant research surrounding a topic of interest. While we did learn about ensuring that studies in our literature reviews were solid, with...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 2 2011
An equation for EBP I recently had the pleasure of attending a webinar on evidence-based practice (EBP) hosted by our own Anne Dabrow Woods, MSN, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC. Anne brought the concept of evidence-based practice into a whole new light for me with this simple...
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