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By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, Dec 6 2021
Drug Calculations: How to Calculate Drops Per Minute Welcome back to our drug calculation series and our final blog post. In this installment we will review how to calculate drip rates when delivering free flowing gravity infusions. While continuous IV infusions are typically delivered via infusion...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Dec 1 2021
Learning from the Past to Succeed in the Future One thing life and the nursing profession has taught me is sometimes you need to look in the rearview mirror to see where we’ve been to really appreciate where were going in the future. 2021 has been a challenging year for many reasons, yet...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Nov 30 2021
This Month in Nursing: December 2021 In this final month of 2021, there are just two healthcare observances to share with you here.World AIDS DayDecember 1#WorldAIDSDay, #RockTheRibbonJournal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS CareNCPDHIV/AIDS  National Influenza Vaccination...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 19 2021
Revised Recommendation for an Old Medication: Aspirin Originating from the bark of the willow tree, aspirin has been used as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug dating back to ancient Greek civilizations. Extracted and purified into salicylic acid, it was first officially introduced in the early...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN; Chief Nurse; Wolters Kluwer, Health Learning, Research & Practice Nov 9 2021
Celebrating Nurse Practitioner Week I’ve been a nurse for over 37 years and a nurse practitioner since 1998 and I have never been prouder of the NP profession. In 1965, Loretta Ford, EdD, RN, PNP, FAAN and Henry Silver, MD started the first NP program, and over the years we...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 8 2021
Drug Calculations: How to Calculate IV Drips (mcg/kg/minute)   Welcome back to our drug calculation series. We’ve reviewed quite a bit of information so far including the Universal Formula and Dimensional Analysis (DA). We used the DA method to calculate tablet doses, intravenous bolus doses and...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Nov 2 2021
COVID-19 Vaccine for the Immunocompromised With the recent approval for COVID-19 boosters by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), I wanted to touch on one specific high-risk population in which the recommendation differs slightly...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Nov 1 2021
Equitable, best care…everywhere! Health equity, or giving patients the best care, when and where they need it, is a simple, yet powerful sentiment. Those two words, “health equity,” conjure up an idea that everyone has equal value and deserves the highest quality care...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Oct 28 2021
This Month in Nursing: November 2021 Here’s a glance at what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development.Nursing Recognition DatesMedical-Surgical Nurses Month#MSNW21Medical-Surgical Nursing Resource CenterUrology...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 25 2021
Science Behind Mixing & Matching COVID-19 Vaccines Last week, both the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended COVID-19 booster vaccinationsin specific populations and also endorsed a “mix-and-match” approach. This would...
By: Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Oct 24 2021
Surviving Sepsis 2021: How does it differ from 2016? Didn’t we just learn the sepsis guidelines? It didn’t seem that long ago; however, the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) has been busy studying the evidence and ensuring that the best care possible can be delivered to those...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Oct 20 2021
SIADH versus DI: What’s the Difference? Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) and diabetes insipidus (DI) are two disorders that are challenging to understand and often get confused. These complex conditions centered on the activity of antidiuretic hormone...
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