When Letting Go is the Best Form of Care
This article that I found in my opinion reflects what most of us in the healthcare field deal with at one point in our careers. It is about a doctor’s point of view in aggressive medical treatment for patients in very advanced age, or very advanced stage of illness, in other words, those who are nearing end-of-life. When [...]
Continue Reading →Army Nurses Remembered on Veterans’ Day
From 1775 when the military recognized the need for nurses in the service until now that it has evolved into a highly prestigious nursing field, the Army Nurse Corps still continues to carry out their mission to “lead and work toward promoting the wellness of the Warriors and their families, supporting the delivery of Warrior [...]
Continue Reading →First Two Nursing Notes Live Episodes Out Now
From the Nursing Notes by Johnson & Johnson, a page on Facebook which encourages interactive discussion and formation of a nursing community, now comes a podcast called Nursing Notes Live. “Nursing Notes Live” is a 20-minute podcast that delivers exclusive interviews and news segments that share further insight on topics featured in Nursing Notes. Every month, two podcast [...]
Continue Reading →Patient Communication in Episode 142 of The Nursing Show
The Nursing Show An integral part of nursing is being able to therapeutically converse with a patient and learn more about what they’re thinking or feeling beyond the words that the patients convey. In this week’s episode of the Nursing Show, the podmedic, Jamie Davis, discusses the important aspects of patient communication as well as [...]
Continue Reading →Episode 6 – Where Did All the Bloggers Go?
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (40.8MB) Welcome to Episode 6 of Insights in Nursing. The discussion this week centers around bloggers leaving the social media space because of workplace pressure to stop blogging. Primarily, this is brought up by the stunning news that prominent EMS blogger, Mark Glencorse of the U.K. blog 999Medic.com [...]
Continue Reading →Atrial Flutter on the Nursing Show
The Nursing Show As a follow up on the atrial fibrillation episode a few weeks back, this week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast for nurses and nursing students is on atrial flutter. In this episode, listeners will know the difference between a-fib and a-flutter, causes, symptoms, treatment and nursing care. The show also provides [...]
Continue Reading →Study Tools on Anatomy of Abdominal Pain
Nurses should have a broad knowledge on anatomy and physiology of the body for them to perform an effective assessment. To be able to be competent nurses, nursing students should have a good foundation of nursing knowledge and apply it to their skills. To provide student nurses with this foundation, Nursing Top Student provides study [...]
Continue Reading →Sample Tip on Vital Signs Review from Nursing Tops Student.com
Vital signs is one of the assessment tools that medical professionals rely on to have an idea of the overall status of the patient. Since it is an integral part of nursing assessment, it is important that student nurses learn how to do it correctly and accurately to be an effective nurse in the future. [...]
Continue Reading →Free Tip on Acid-Base Balance from Nursing Top Student.com
To provide a preview of what subscribers can get from Nursing Top Student.com, here is a free tip segment on Acid-Base balance. The segment offers all the features of tip files in Nursing Top Student including downloadable audio and video reviewers, online media players, and pdf files. Check in regularly for more free sample tips. [...]
Continue Reading →Protection of Privacy vs. Quality Care: Should Health Records Be Released?
A recent news story from CNN features how inaccessible patient records can be. Regina Holliday, an artist whose husband was hospitalized for kidney cancer says that she had to beg doctors and nurses for his medical records and waited five days without avail. Even after her husband was transferred to another facility, his medical records [...]
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