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Back in 2010, we ran a post by our then clinical editor, Christine Moffa. It was called “Prospects for New Nurses: Thoughts On Graduating During a Downturn” and it generated quit e...
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Women, especially working women with families, often are their own last priority—the job and family come first. This week is the 13th annual National Women’s Health Week, which started on Mother...
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Of hygiene practices at one public institution, Hobson wrote, “The visitor found a woman with a broken leg twelve days after she had been brought to the hospital in the same miserable garments i n...
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By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief Most of you are probably aware of the AHA’s revised CPR guidelines that were issued in 2010. They include a major change in the resus citation...
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By Marcy Phipps, RN, a regular contributor to this blog. Her essay, “The Love Song of Frank,” was published in the May issue of AJN. Earlier this week I took care of a man who nearly coded...
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By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, AJN editor-in-chief Many people, myself included, have mixed feelings about Nurses Week. But since many institutions have finally gotten the message that “I love nurses rdquo...
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By Michael Fergenson, senior editorial coordinator The dangers of smoking cigarettes are well documented, from the terrifying commercials about what smoking does to our bodies to the warnings rig ht...
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By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, AJN editor-in-chief Each year, vast quantities of unused medications are discarded in household garbage or flushed down toilets, and end up polluting our rivers and o ceans...
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It was early. The sun had yet to rise, but already the ICU was filled with stark fluorescence and beeping alarms. My patient sat alone and aphasic, helpless amidst the bustle of the unit. The day stre tched...
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By Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, AJN editor-in-chief I just finished reading a report, released earlier this month from the Pew Research Center, on the rise of e-reading—whether on e-book readers...
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