Andrew J. Johnson, APRN, CRNA, grew up in a rural area and always knew that it was the exact type of setting where he wanted to work. As the sole anesthesia provider for a critical access hospital in Olivia, Minnesota, […]
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Victims of any kind of sexual assault are traumatized—they’re anxious, vulnerable, and, not surprisingly, scared to trust. They need help. In 1994, Dr. Christine Jackson noticed that when victims of sexual assault were brought into area hospitals in Baltimore City,
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Not all transplant nurses do the same kind of work. Because a kidney or part of a liver can be transplanted from a live donor, there are nurses who work with them every step of the way and for years
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Infusion errors continue to occur more frequently than they should. In fact, in 2017, the ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that strives to improve patient care through researching health care approaches, rated infusion errors as the number one hazard in
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Geneve Rumohr, RN, SNC, CMSRN, CCRN works as a transplant nurse at NYU Langone Health on 34th Street in New York City. Over her years there, she has seen many miracles as well as disappointments. She got into nursing because,
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The stress of nursing can take quite a toll on nurses emotionally and psychologically. Learn to recognize the signs, what to do, and when to seek help. Abbegail Eason, RN, remembers some of the most devastating moments she’s witnessed as
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Thing about your gastrointestinal system—everything from the nourishing food we take in for fuel to the waste that comes out passes through all the different parts. While you learn about all the GI anatomy in nursing school, there’s so much
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In celebration of Certified Nurses Day, we asked certified nurses why they chose to earn extra skills in particular areas of nursing and what their favorite parts are of being a nurse. We heard from quite a number. Thanks to
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Besides making sure that patients have everything they need to heal, nurses also have to ensure that their patients are safe. Sharon Roth Maguire, MS, RN, GNP-BC, Chief Clinical Quality Officer at BrightStar Care, has an extensive health care background with more
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Many physicians’ offices, hospitals, and urgent care clinics often have nurse practitioners (NPs) working in them. Although it’s usually the patients who aren’t sure what this kind of nurse does, we know that some of our readers may not know
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