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By: Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP, CCRN Feb 3 2022
Summing Up the Research: Transforming Practice through Evidence Awareness of current research is a big component of staying up to date in nursing and healthcare and providing evidence-based care. Here’s a look at a selection of the latest studies and practice-changing recommendations. NursingNurse Work...
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: 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...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 17 2021
Drug Calculations: How to Calculate Continuous IV Drips (units/hour) In the first two installments of this blog series we reviewed common drug calculation methods such as the universal formula and dimensional analysis. In Part 3, we’ll take a closer look at dimensional analysis and how to use it to calculate...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Sep 13 2021
What's Hemoglobin A1C and Why Is It Important? According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) there were 34.2 million Americans (over 10% of the population) living with diabetes in 2018 and approximately 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year (ADA, 2020). For...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Aug 25 2021
Understanding Pulsus Paradoxus Pulsus paradoxus. It’s an intimidating term and a sign not to be taken lightly. What is it and how do you detect it? In its simplest form, pulsus paradoxus is defined as a drop in peak systolic blood pressure more than 10 mm Hg during...
By: Elizabeth Wirth-Tomaszewski, DNP, RN, CRNP, CCRN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC Aug 20 2021
5 Questions (and Answers!) About the Delta Variant As if COVID-19 couldn’t be more complicated, now we have the delta variant. Many people have questions for nurses, and sometimes the answers aren’t as easy as a Google search. There is a lot of misinformation (and disinformation) out...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Aug 16 2021
Drug Calculations: How To Use Dimensional Analysis In this blog series, we review several drug calculation methods. In our first blog, we discussed the universal formula, or “desired over hand” method. In Part 2, we take a look at dimensional analysis (DA) which is helpful in...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Aug 11 2021
How to Calculate Ejection Fraction Reviewed and updated by Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC: February 15, 2024 Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) indicates how much blood the left ventricle pumps out with each contraction. A more clinical definition of LVEF is...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Jul 23 2021
Drug Calculations: How to Use the Universal Formula Medication administration is a core competency for all nurses in every clinical setting. A key skill required to safely dispense drugs is the ability to perform accurate dosage calculations. New technologies such as bar code administration and...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Mar 26 2021
Follow Your Gut and Get Screened Fifty. It’s just around the corner for me, as much as I hate to admit it, and it’s time to schedule my first colonoscopy. It’s certainly not something that anyone really looks forward to, but it is a critical cancer screening...
By: Myrna Schnur Sep 5 2020
Is There a Link Between COVID-19 and Stroke Risk? In a previous blog, we discussed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease COVID-19, can cause a cytokine storm leading to inflammation and a hypercoagulable state, both processes that place a patient at high risk for stroke...
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