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General Nursing

NTI - Reducing Nurse Injury Rates and Improving Patient Outcomes, …

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Moving patients both in bed and out of bed is hard. Our patients are bigger, sicker and require more equipment. One way to achieve early mobilization without...

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General Nursing

NTI - Nurse Nacole Interview

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Social media platforms are often used for commentary to the world. Nurses are moving into the world too at a fast pace. Here is one blogger who is making an...

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General Nursing

NTI - The American Nurse Project, Carolyn Jones Interview

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Award-winning cinematographer captured on film stories from across the United States of nurses representing many specialties. She shared with the world in her...

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Who is Judy Crewell, PhD, RN, CNE?
Spirituality

NTI: Spiritual Care in Critical Care Nursing: Judy Crewell, PhD, …

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Spiritual care is utilized in all aspects of nursing, but it is especially essential in critical care nursing where life and death decisions are made daily....

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How can I start a nursing journal?
General Nursing

NTI - How to Publish in Journals: Mary Fran Tracy, PHD, RN, CCNS …

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Writing - have you ever considered writing an article for a nursing journal but aren't sure how to get started? Here are some tips from the editor of Advanced...

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General Nursing

NTI - If Florence Could See Us Now: Kathy Douglas, RN Interview

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The Pioneering Spirit Award recognizes significant contributions that influence acute and critical care nursing.

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General Nursing

NTI Interview - Pain Control: June Oliver, MSN, CNS

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Pain management of our patients is a universal concern. When we add in a substance abuse disorder, our concerns mount.

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Why/How is the nursing demographics changing?
General Nursing

Age of Nurse = Level of Experience? Or Not?? The survey says...

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One might assume that the age of a nurse reflects the number of years of nursing experience. However, looking back over the past 2 decades we have seen that...

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General Nursing

NTI - How to Secure a Nasogastric Tube (NGT), Securely!

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Our patients that require an NG sometimes are wriggly and sweaty, resulting in dislodgement of the tube. This can be dangerous for our pt as well as...

4 replies 12,057 views
Have you considered getting your BSN, MSN, MBA?
General Students

NTI - Capella FlexPath

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Furthering your education is often the key to advancing in nursing. There are many options but flexibility is often the deciding factor. This might be for...

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Critical

NTI - Swan Ganz Monitoring for Your ICU Patient

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Your critically ill ICU patient needs all the help we can provide to survive. One of the tools we can use to monitor our patients is the pulmonary artery...

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General Nursing

NTI - Clean Up Time!

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Reducing infection risk for our patients is a universal concern. However, we are all very busy and giving a bed bath isn't usually a priority for our patients,...

2 replies 11,368 views
General Nursing

NTI - Looking For a New Stethoscope?

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We all use stethoscopes, some more often then others, depending on your practice setting. What brand to buy? What color? How well will I hear with it?

0 replies 7,076 views
How can you minimize splash when accessing g-tubes?
General Nursing

NTI - Enteral Feeding Connector - No More Mess!

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The Dale ACE Connector greatly minimizes splash and spillage when accessing feeding tubes. This can be a great improvement for staff that care for patients with...

1 reply 9,081 views
General Nursing

NTI - Merit Medical DualCap: Disinfection & Protection against CRB…

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Catheter-related bloodstream infections are a serious healthcare problem with a significant mortality rate and costing billions of of dollars to treat. Read...

0 replies 11,478 views
Emergency

Dan Nadworny, MSN, RN, Point Person for the 2013 Boston Marathon B…

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ENA 2017 had many highlights. One of the most clinically-focusd was Dan Nadworny who was the point person for the Boston bombing.

1 reply 14,455 views
What is IVEA?
General Nursing

IVEA - The Innovative Replacement for the IV Pole - NTI

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We've all had those patients who have an IV pole and other pieces of equipment that make it very challenging to even get them to the bathroom. Wouldn't it be...

10 replies 29,021 views
General Nursing

NTI: Medical Marijuana

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Marijuana has long been used medicinally out of the mainstream of medical practice. However, with the legalization of marijuana in many states, this is a...

6 replies 12,231 views
Critical

NTI: Post-Procedure Complications

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Bedside procedures such as chest tube insertion and central line placement occur in our hospitals daily. Cardiac catheterizations, thoracenteses, and pacemaker...

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General Nursing

NTI: Mastering the Art of Professional Networking

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Networking - we hear about it all the time. How great it is, what it will do for us, how we should all do IT! However, HOW do we do it? This article will focus...

2 replies 8,106 views