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Nursing Articles
Surgical mission trips are oftentimes life changing. Witnessing and being a part of the lives of people in a third world country can change our perspective, leaving us thankful, respectful and introspective.
Suffering emotionally and spiritually is enough to make even the boldest person break down in tears.
Clinical News
In patients with type 1 diabetes using intensive insulin pump therapy, a novel food insulin index (FII)-based algorithm improves acute postprandial glycemia compared with the use of carbohydrate counting, according to a study published in the October issue of Diabetes Care.
Nursing Blogs
A personal boundary is an invisible fence around our personal space. Boundaries are to keep people from abusing us, trespassing on our turf in an attempt to control us or to try to get us to do something we really don't want to do. Boundaries define us, who we are and who we are not...our feelings, beliefs, values, choices, desires, attitudes, limits, behaviors, actions. A boundary shows us where we end and someone else begins, which leads to an sense of ownership.
A few of the more compelling reasons why the popular strategy of making healthcare facilities "homelike" can backfire......with ugly, embarrassing, and (sometimes) amusing results.
Specialty Nursing
How often do we ask patients when they come into the ER if they've seen their PMD for the issue? How often do we discharge pts. with the instruction to "follow up with your PMD?"
See I was hanging out with some friends at a different watering hole than my usual spot. Got talking with some people and naturally once people found out that I was a nurse, out came the usual "1001 questions to ask a stranger if you find out they are a nurse"
Get a call from the hospital, one of our inpatients has died. It was expected, the poor woman was eat up with cancer, and threw a massive CVA from it. After being admitted for the CVA, family agreed to hospice. Pt has expressive aphasia....but I had her as a patient in ICU, and she recognized me when I came into the room, because she started crying and trying to talk. Did the PRN visit, adjusted a few meds, held her hand and talked to her. She kept throwing CVAs over the weekend and finally she died this morning.
I walk into the room, and I swear I wanted to go back out and choke the living daylights out of someone. Her BP had plummeted at 4am....and nobody called the family...
Regional Discussion - Maryland
I just accepted a position at Johns Hopkins. I am thrilled, but as a new grad, I am a little intimidated and nervous about it all. Just wondering if anyone has any advise, or any insight into the orientation/spring program.
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