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By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 31 2020
Calculating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Severity Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024 Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening disease, characterized by acute onset of hypoxia and pulmonary infiltrates, and incited by conditions such as...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 29 2020
In the Event of Turbulence, One Patient at a Time You are called to a rapid response or a code blue and the patient is in isolation for COVID-19. It takes you several minutes to don your personal protective equipment, delaying life-saving interventions by several minutes. You go in and out of one...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 26 2020
Bringing Back the Team Approach: It’s Time for Alternative Staffing and Onboarding Models I have been a nurse since the mid 1980’s and during that time I have witnessed a variety of staffing and onboarding models. In the days of nursing shortages, we were using a team nursing approach where one RN directed the team of LPNs and...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Mar 25 2020
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Releases COVID-19 Guidelines In December 2019, a novel acute respiratory virus called COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) created an epidemic in Wuhan, China and in a few short months grew to an unprecedented incidence of infection and mortality across the globe leading to a pandemic...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 17 2020
COVID-19: Who Among Us Is At Greatest Risk? The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has spread swiftly from person-to-person resulting in respiratory illness in thousands of individuals around the world. Now a global pandemic, COVID-19 is here in the U.S. and life as we...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 12 2020
Pandemic or Epidemic? Isolation or Quarantine? Defining Terms related to COVID-19 Yesterday (March 11, 2020), the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, a pandemic. Let’s break down the terms for our own understanding and help keep our patients and the public informed...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Mar 5 2020
Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP): What Nurses Need to Know Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024 The skull is filled with brain tissue, blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Cerebral autoregulation allows these components to adjust to each other to preserve cerebral blood flow...
By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Mar 2 2020
COVID-19: Rational Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) The shelves are already empty, and those who need personal preventive equipment (PPE) the most will be feeling the effects. Fear and panic are causing members of the public to purchase and stockpile masks and other PPE supplies, and people are...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Feb 27 2020
HDL versus LDL Cholesterol: Understanding the Lipid Profile Reviewed and updated by Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN: April 30, 2024  When we think of heart health, we often think about diet and how we can lower our cholesterol. For our patients, assessing their lipid profile helps determine their risk...
By: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Feb 17 2020
Calculating Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024Cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) is the amount of pressure needed to maintain blood flow to the brain. CPP is regulated by two balanced opposing forces:Mean arterial pressure ...
By: Lauren Waronker, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Feb 13 2020
Case Study: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Let’s take what we learned in A Review of the2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and apply the risk assessment tool in a real-life scenario. Remember that the following variables must be considered: age...
By: Lauren Waronker, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C Feb 13 2020
Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C: May 15, 2024  Who really needs to take a statin? What about aspirin? Who needs further cardiac testing? What do the governing bodies have to say? In March of 2019, the...
By: Tahitia Timmons, MSN, RN-BC, OCN Feb 11 2020
Marfan Syndrome: One Nurse's Story Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C: April 3, 2024 February is Marfan Awareness Month and I am sharing my personal journey as a Marfan warrior. Hopefully this blog can help nurses recognize the outward signs and...
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