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Inventor of Cards Against Humanity: Nurses' Edition

The American Board of Neuroscience Nurses has now developed a certification in Stroke Nursing. The CSRN examination will be available in May of 2013 and information is available at www.aann.org.

Please try to incorporate input from a qualified music therapist. Music therapy is more complex than most of us realize. You can find a qualified therapist in your area by going to http://www.musictherapy.org/ Keep up the good work.

Please note: All of the public universities in Arizona, ASU, U of A, and NAU offer only DNP for nurse practitioners. However, the private universities are still offering the Master's degrees.

As of 2015, it is the accrediting body for colleges of nursing (the American Association of Colleges of Nursing) that will only accredit DNP programs for Nurse Practitioners. You can find information at this website: American Association of College...

One: Learn from this and NEVER do it to another nurse. Option A: Go to the offending nurse, state that her behavior was against policy and inconsistent with professional behavior, however, let her know you understand and appreciate her passion for ...

Per the Joint Commission, what you are describing are telephone orders, which are different from verbal orders (although both are spoken). Verbal orders are those given while the provider is in your presence and should only be used in an emergency o...

Dear Godfather RN: I don't disagree with you because I too was an ICU nurse for a very long time. My primary surgical population was neurosurgery. It is very different when you work in ICU and in a specialty where there are few physicians and you g...

Use the facility policy. If the physician still refuses to write his orders, invoke the disruptive physician policy. Do NOT rely on your charge nurse/director to handle this. Send an email to your chief medical officer stating the problem. The ph...

Any and all photography of any patient is a horrible violation and the person should be ashamed. There are some exclusions, histological samples..., but these are usually listed in the conditions of admission. Never, ever take a picture of a patien...

They cannot. I would bet money your hospital has a disruptive physician policy or something similar...Invoke It! Talk to the Medical Director of the facility, not your charge nurse. All physicians must usually answer, in person, to the medical dir...

The issue is this: Any individual ADN may be better than any or every BSN new graduate nurse, however, scientific studies are based on aggregates. In the aggregate, hospitals with more BSN nurses generally (to a statistically significant level) hav...

I fully agree with and support the concept of nurses as an important political constituency. However, we should not focus on issues that divide us. Not every nurse is pro/anti abortion, seat belts, helmet laws, immigration, etc. and many differ on ...

I am an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Doctor of Nursing Practice. Nursing and medicine are disperate but complementary entities. I like to say that the best physicians practice nursing without a license. In the hospital, I see stroke patients....

As for the CNA training/education regarding VS... The RN has legally delegated this responsibility to the CNA and therefore is responsible to validate their understanding. It only takes a couple of minutes to explain these types of things to your CN...

Of course any fraudulent charting should be reported immediately. There is most likely an issue that goes far beyond this one CNA, like a system that does not provide enough staff to meet the needs of patients, or one that allows the staff to behave...

"On one hand, I feel like I should tell payroll because they are probably going to realize their mistake eventually... Really? I have a question for you, If you knew they would never "realize their mistake" would you keep your mouth shut and take mon...

One key point is that you, and RN, are being trained by an LVN. If your facility is TJC certified, I would bet money they have a policy that states RNs are oriented by RNs. It may also be something for the Board of Nursing, as it is highly improppe...

I love, love, love, this post. Thank you for your widsom, insight, and courage.

[color=#393733]a buddhist or a christian might say: compassion is a mind that is motivated by cherishing other living beings and wishes to release them from their suffering. humans have some degree of compassion. it is generally very biased and limit...

Dear No Stars In My Eyes: Beautiful. You make me miss my mother, whom everyone referred to a Nanny. To the originator of this post: If someone asks you, "where is your compassion?" especially if you hear it more than very infrequently, it might be...

Awesome! Compassion: sympathetic appreciation for the suffering of another coupled with a desire to alleviate it. As in, I may desire to alleviate your thirst when you are NPO, but it is my duty to keep you safe. My understanding of your thirst an...

nurses are science majors. as such, in the consideration of any "intervention" it is essential to weigh the best available evidence. is there any research evidence suggesting that nurses who smoke are less effective healthcare providers than nurses...

Compassion: sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. There are no harsh words you could say to someone who is fat that they have not berated themself with, over and over again. What you can do is coach, en...

This is where nurses sometimes falter in my opinion, wanting an isolated, easy answer. The truth is that fluid and electrolyte disturbances are something you will see every day of your nursing career (if you are in a hospital). "Wrapping your head a...