WASHINGTON — Healthcare providers don’t know enough about cannabis to talk with patients about the potential risks and benefits, witnesses said at a mid-January House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing. “We need to have much more education with respect […]
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The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), the benchmark for specialty certification across the emergency spectrum, recently kicked off its 40th anniversary celebrations in honor of 40 years of excellence, achievement, and impact in board certified emergency nursing. BCEN
Today nurses practice in many arenas, from hospital bedsides to executive office suites to research laboratories to the halls of the United States Congress. Our Code of Ethics charges all of us to be involved in the political process to
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The World Health Organization designated 2020 as The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. What does that mean for nurses everywhere? The designation was made last year by WHO to help raise awareness of the nursing and midwifery professions
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For graduate nursing programs seeking to engage and attract nurses to their programs, the key to effectiveness is knowing your program, your prospective graduate nurses, and your resources. Know Your Program There are as many unique academic needs as there
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It is well-known that people with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) face a heavy stigma in society at large. For instance, in Victoria, BC, while exceptional caregivers such as Corey Ranger, the roving Narcan-toting nurse are
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”] As nurses we are actively engaged in advocacy activities through our professional and specialty nursing organizations. However, an increasing number of nurses are informing the political discourse by
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The nurse-founded company Soothing Scents had a free giveaway contest for DailyNurse readers earlier this month, and three lucky entrants won special kits containing a sampler of Soothing Scents products: Lauren Hancock Allison Harting Lisa Hoffmann Soothing Scents creates evidence-based,
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As I said in my previous blog entitled “The Joy of Working with Pediatric and Neonatal Nurses,” when I took care of critically ill newborn infants and children, young adults for about 30 years, I relied on the nurses I
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Our Nurse of the Week is Stanley Stinson, a recent nursing graduate of Concordia University who has allowed his past experience as a young homeless man inspire him to help the homeless, disabled, mentally ill, and drug-addicted. For Stinson, these
