In January 2016, we shared 5 things nurses must know concerning the Zika virus. Since then, ongoing research and monitoring have improved our knowledge, and proposals...
Below are the outcomes Nursing quiz on lung auscultation. This revealed the necessity to elucidate common adventitious lung sounds and the clinical conditions commonly related to...
Mastering hemodynamics might be difficult, but step one is knowing the terminology. Let’s take a look at cardiac output and cardiac index—the right way to calculate...
March is Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Month and an excellent time to spread the word about MS, a chronic, unpredictable autoimmune disease of the central nervous...
Sepsis and septic shock are serious, life-threatening reactions to infection that affect thousands and thousands of patients worldwide. Early recognition and treatment of those conditions improves...
Flu season is in full swing and the headlines are alarming. For example, CDC confirms widespread and intense flu season across U.S., CDC official explains why...
Thyroxine (T4) and three,5,3′-triiodothyronine (T3) are necessary hormones produced by the thyroid gland which can be essential for brain and physical development in infants and for...
Johanna Dwyer, Ph.D., Dietitian Editor in Chief, Registered dietitians and community dietitians have long understood that nurses in America are essential allies in promoting dietary health...
A 54-year-old woman with no past medical history presents to the emergency department with a 2-hour history of substernal chest pain, rated 8/10, related to sweating...
Lippincott NursingCenter.com partners with Lippincott Solutions to bring you the story of an inspired nurse every month. Here is the story of an inspired nurse from...