This happens at any time when I travel for work, it’s almost all the time a health care emergency. I feel like I’m a magnet for...
A study published within the journal “Looks at medication errors from nurses’ perspective.” Researchers sought details about error reporting, the importance of technology in reducing errors,...
It was incredibly hot here within the suburbs of Philadelphia, in addition to the remaining of the northeastern United States. Last night, as my family and...
We’ve all been there… getting a report concerning the end of an upcoming shift and whispering to you that a patient’s member of the family is...
Mean arterial pressure (MAP) is defined as the common pressure in a patient’s arteries during one cardiac cycle. It is taken into account to be a...
Some time back I wrote a blog post on using SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) as a technique to assist organize your shift change report. First deployed by the...
Have you ever cared for a patient who’s on the verge of instability? You know…type of stable, but not a lot that you simply’re too optimistic...
Have you ever cared for a patient who’s on the verge of instability? You know…form of stable, but not a lot that you simply’re too optimistic...
Nurses must increase vigilance in identifying patients in danger for fungal meningitis following the September 26, 2012 recall of methylprednisolone acetate for injection packaged by the...
What can I say? I’m still in shock on the devastation brought on by this hurricane. I grew up on Long Island. My parents, my brother...
