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    NTI - The American Nurse Project, Carolyn Jones Interview

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    The American Nurse Project is a documentary about US, nurses in the US. Carolyn Jones, an award-winning cinematographer helps to show what we do in our daily work. She traveled the country for a year...
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    Why Did You Choose Nursing? - Student Survey

    allnurses posted a topic in General Students

    If you are reading this article, then likely you have come to the same decision or are thinking about it. We each have a story or background as to how we came to make this life-altering leap into the...
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    Addressing Bullying in the ED

    allnurses posted a topic in Emergency

    allnurses.com staff recently had the opportunity to interview Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, Director of ENA's Institute for Emergency Nursing Research. She has published research about bullying and...
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    Urology Nurses Week 2017

    allnurses posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Urology nurses function in multiple environments including hospitals, same-day surgi-centers, private practices and home health. They may care for patients with multiple co-morbidities in addition to...
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    Medical-Surgical Nurses Week 2017

    allnurses posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses wants to recognize and identify the contributions of med-surg nurses all year round but especially this week. Med-surge nurses form the basis of almost all...
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    Gender Pay Gap in Nursing: 2017 Salary Survey vs. 2015?

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    In 2015 The Journal of American Medicine released a study on the pay gap between male and female nurses. That survey revealed that male nurses earn about $5100 per year more than women. This survey...
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    NTI - Nurse Nacole Interview

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    AllNurses recently interviewed Nurse Nacole, a well-known blogger and YouTuber. She is a critical care nurse who makes an impact via social media. She uses Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Google and...
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    BONUS: Nurses Week Meme Contest

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are often thankful for even the smallest victories. Maybe you made it through the day without hearing the phrase "It Sure Is Quiet Today" or you charted everything and still had five minutes to...
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    Create Your Own Meme

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are often thankful for even the smallest victories. Maybe you made it through the day without hearing the phrase "Code Brown" or your new shoes are spotless at the end of your shift. Or maybe,...
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    NTI: Spiritual Care in Critical Care Nursing: Judy Crewell, PhD, RN, CNE

    allnurses posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Allnurses.com staff recently attended the AACN NTI Conference in Houston. We were fortunate to interview several well-respected leaders in critical care nursing. One of our interviews was with Judy...
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    NTI - How to Publish in Journals: Mary Fran Tracy, PHD, RN, CCNS Interview

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Mary Fran Tracy, PhD, RN, CCNS is the editor of AACN's journal, Advanced Critical Care. She spoke with allnurses Community Manager Mary Watts, RN at the recent NTI conference. The Advanced Critical...
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    Nurses in Business - 2016 Annual NNBA Conference Oct 14-16

    allnurses posted a topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    About NNBAThe National Nurses in Business Association (NNBA) is dedicated to supporting, advancing and promoting Nurses in Business, Nurse Entrepreneurs, and Intrapreneurs. Since 1985, thousands of...
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    NTI - If Florence Could See Us Now: Kathy Douglas, RN Interview

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Kathy Douglas, RN, MHA, was one of two recipients of AACN's Pioneering Spirit Award for 2017. According to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, "The recipients are directors of two...
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    NTI Interview - Pain Control: June Oliver, MSN, CNS

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Managing our patient's pain is a paramount concern for all nurses. AllNurses staff recently attended NTI in Houston and interviewed June Oliver, MSN, CNS from Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago. She...
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    NTI - Reducing Nurse Injury Rates and Improving Patient Outcomes, Linet Hercules Interview

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurse injuries are costly: for the nurse, for the facility, for the career field in general. Linet recently previewed a bed at NTI in Houston and allnurses was there! No one wants to experience an...
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    NTI - Swan Ganz Monitoring for Your ICU Patient

    allnurses posted a topic in Critical Care

    Monitoring the hemodynamics of your critically ill ICU is so important. Use of the Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheter is one of the ways to quickly assess the cardiac status of your patient, make...
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    NTI - Reducing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Halyard Interview

    allnurses posted a topic in Critical Care

    NTI in Houston provided AN with so many opportunities to interview leaders in the field of nursing as well as to view demonstrations of new products. Halyard representatives discussed oral care to...
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    Age of Nurse = Level of Experience? Or Not?? The survey says...

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    It is interesting to see the demographics of nursing changing, including average age, gender, ethnicity etc., and there are several reasons for that. In looking at some of the results from the...
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    NTI - How to Secure a Nasogastric Tube (NGT), Securely!

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    You go into a patient room and find the NGT lying on the bed with the tube feeding spewing a nasty circle of smelly liquid onto the sheets. Oh oh - lets get the patient cleaned up, and then we have to...
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    NTI - Capella FlexPath

    allnurses posted a topic in General Students

    Capella University is a fully accredited university that offers RN to BSN and RN to MSN completion programs. Could furthering your education expand your career choices? Yes! More and more hospitals...
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    NTI - Clean Up Time!

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hibiclens has been around for 30+ years. Many of us remember the Hibiclens teal-colored bottle that we had our patients wash with preoperatively. Hibiclens is a chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) solution...
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    NTI - Enteral Feeding Connector - No More Mess!

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    How many times have you gone into a patient's room to give G-tube or OG meds or feedings and....splat, the feeding, meds and who knows what else gets splashed on you? Or you go into your patient's...
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    NTI: What's a Scromper, Nurse Blake?

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Blake has invented a nursing "onesie" called a Scromper. He demonstrated the versatility of the Scromper for the allnurses team at NTI. It is a useful and fun item with plenty of pockets, room...
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    NTI: Medical Marijuana

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    AllNurses staff recently attended NTI in Houston, Texas. Andrea J Efre, DNP, ARNP, ANP-BC presented on the topic of medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is used to treat many conditions so it is...
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    NTI - Looking For a New Stethoscope?

    allnurses posted a topic in General Nursing

    Stethoscopes are a tool used frequently by nurses. We use them for lung sounds, heart sounds, auscultating bowel sounds, listening to dialysis accesses. And...many of us are on the look-out for the...