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By: Rachel Dicker, Wolter Kluwer Health, Ovid Product Strategy Aug 26 2020
Making Time for Evidence Dissemination We all know the importance of using the best available evidence to support our clinical practice to improve outcomes. While there is a set of nurses and other healthcare professionals who actually complete research or implement it into practice...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Aug 14 2020
Does Vaping Increase COVID-19 Risk? In 2019, over 5 million youths in the U.S. used e-cigarettes, and as of January 2020, approximately 2600 individuals (adults and youths) were hospitalized with e-cigarette, or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) (Centers for Disease...
By: Myrna B. Schnur, MSN, RN Jul 31 2020
Can We Count on Herd Immunity to Stop COVID-19? There has been a great deal of discussion around the term herd immunity and whether it can be achieved in the current setting of COVID-19. What is herd immunity, and can we count on it to halt the spread of this novel coronavirus? Fine, Eames...
By: Anne Dabrow Woods, DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN Apr 10 2020
COVID-19 – Not Your "Typical" ARDS Over the past few months of managing patients with COVID-19, one thing has become abundantly clear, we are continually learning how to treat this infection and its complications. While the majority of people who contract COVID-19 have mild...
By: Myrna Buiser Schnur, MSN, RN Apr 8 2020
Is COVID-19 Fueled by a Cytokine Storm? SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to baffle even the most knowledgeable infectious disease experts. One perplexing concern is the increasing number of younger individuals, between the ages of 20 and 60, who contract COVID-19...
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: 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: 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: Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP Jan 31 2020
Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease - What's the Difference? Reviewed and updated by Robin Haskell, MSN, RN, CRNP: May 31, 2024 Renal failure develops when there is a reduction in the kidneys’ ability to sufficiently filter waste products from the blood. It is caused by a wide variety of diseases and...
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