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The author summarizes what a Faith Community Nurse (FCN) is and does, giving examples from her own practice of 20 years.
Pulmonary (or Respiratory) nurses specialize in caring for people with lung diseases, the most common patient ailments. They are specially trained to manage and…
Care of the patient undergoing surgery can involve a large variety of staff who come from a variety of specialties and settings. Here is a brief overview of som…
Travel nursing offers the RN an opportunity to see the world while working at various hospitals in need of additional nurses. The generous salary, bonuses, and …
Surgery can be an anxiety provoking time for anybody, especially those who may not fully realize what to anticipate. Perioperative nurses at every stage provid…
Wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nursing is a specialty involved with caring for patients with acute and chronic wounds (fistulas, vascular ulcers, pressure …
Nursing's holistic approach, rather than the medical model, offers a wealth of advantages to patients with gastrointestinal (GI) issues, in the setting of Gastr…
Endocrinology Nursing is related to diabetes nursing but involves many more disease processes. So, its only fitting that it gets its own article. Many nurses ha…
Emergency nursing is a specialty in which situations change and evolve from minute to minute. Emergency nurses must be able to create order from chaos. This art…
Faith Community Nursing is a relatively new nursing specialty that focuses on promoting health within faith communities and ministering to the parishioners' phy…
There is evidence to suggest that the paramyxovirus may be the causative factor in some patients with Paget's disease. Typically this disease is more prevalent…
The struggle is over, and I now have my Master’s degree in Nursing Informatics. Life has hit me with some rough incidents that knocked my legs out from under m…
The Correctional Nurse wears many faces. They are primary care nurses, security nurses and in some correctional facilities, the nurse dealing with those who are…
Addictions Nursing is a subspecialty of psychiatric nursing that addresses the nursing care of individuals suffering from one or more addictions. Nursing care i…
Perioperative nurses are nurses who assist with patient care in the preoperative, interoperative, and postoperative phases of surgery. Throughout the surgical p…
The CRNA is a popular advanced practice nursing specialty. It is one of the more, if not the highest paid APRN. Competition is fierce to get into school and onc…
Most of us think technology is more objective than humans. It is hard to imagine technology having racial or gender bias. But as Artificial Intelligence (AI) be…
Plastic surgery is one of the fastest-growing healthcare specialties today. Aesthetic nurses provide patient care and assistance within a variety of procedural …
Some random thoughts as to the positives that have come out of this year long disaster.
Nursing informatics is an evolving specialty area that can be applied to all areas of professional nursing practice and settings. Technology…
I am so excited about this Case Study because I feel it will be useful to so many of you! Welcome to a new Case Study in which the patient, a 45-yr-old, white, …
A three-day old male infant is brought to the ER by his 22-yr-old mother with vomiting and diarrhea. Diagnostic results will be released upon request, with the …