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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jun 16 2024
The Role and Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Nursing Is there a place for artificial intelligence (AI) in nursing? The position statement from the American Nurses Association (ANA) emphasizes that “the appropriate use of AI in nursing practice supports and enhances the core values and ethical...
By: The Editorial Team, Nursing2025-2026 Drug Handbook® May 23 2024
10 Essential Medications Every Nurse Should Know Nurses play a critical role in medication administration. Understanding the fundamentals about common drugs will help provide safe and effective patient care. From managing pain to controlling blood pressure, these are 10 essential medications...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 26 2024
Improving Patient Safety in 2024 Late last year, the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns 2023 Special Report was released. This is an annual report from Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). The goal of this report is to...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Jan 18 2024
Are Masks Back? The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency expired in May of 2023. That meant that universal masking in healthcare facilities was not tied to guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) but would be determined by risk-based...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Sep 19 2023
Improving Hospital Sepsis Programs In the United States, approximately 1.7 million adult hospitalizations and more than one-third of hospital deaths each year are due to sepsis (Rhee et al., 2017). Current recommendations and guidelines focus on early recognition and management of...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Aug 1 2023
It’s time for nurses to step up on climate change We can no longer turn away from the truth; climate change is having a major health impact on our world. All you need to do is look at the news and step outside. People are dying due to extreme heat, dehydration, flooding, fires, smoke, and...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Jul 1 2023
Should the state governments regulate safe staffing ratios? If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’ll notice that individual states are considering patient safety by proposing minimum patient/nurse ratios for healthcare systems. The research has been clear; the more patients a nurse has...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 22 2022
Supporting and Connecting with Family Caregivers this Holiday Season Do your loved ones quickly turn to you when medical questions arise? Do you find yourself putting on your 'nurse hat' even when gathered around the holiday table? Many of us will soon be sitting around the table with different generations...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Nov 1 2022
Safety: A Priority for our Workplace and our Patients Let’s face it, everyone wants to live, work, and be cared for in a safe environment. Safety is defined as the condition of being protected from an experience likely to cause danger, risk, or injury (Oxford Languages, 2022). Unfortunately...
By: Carey S. Clark, Ph.D., RN, AHN-BC, RYT, FAAN Aug 8 2022
Three Questions About the Nurse’s Role and Medical Cannabis Whether you work in a state where cannabis is fully legal for adult use or one where medical cannabis can be recommended, as a nurse, you will frequently encounter patients who use cannabis. One of the issues healthcare professionals have now is...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 31 2022
Criminalization of Medical Errors - What Can We Learn from the RaDonda Vaught Case? By now, most nurses have heard about the case of RaDonda Vaught, a nurse found guilty of criminal charges – neglect and negligent homicide – after a 2017 fatal medication error. Details of the Incident On December 26, 2017, Vaught...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 1 2022
Competency-Informed Staffing: A Potential Catalyst for Quality Outcomes and Safer Work Environments I recently responded to a rapid response team (RRT) call for a patient in acute respiratory distress. Despite interventions, the patient was transferred to the critical care unit, intubated, and placed on a ventilator. The nurses on the floor had...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 4 2021
Understanding the 5 Classes of Diuretics Diuretics are medications that are used to treat hypertension, and edema due to heart failure, liver failure, certain renal disorders, and some drug therapies. Specific classes of diuretics work differently, targeting different segments of the...
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