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Category Archives: research for nurses
Understanding the Process of Pain
For long-time followers of the Nursing Show, you will be familiar with the inclusion of pain as part of the vital signs in our Vital Signs Review episode. True enough, even if the pulse rate, blood pressure, respiration, pulse ox, … Continue reading
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Home-visiting Nurses Promote Reproductive Health
A study published in the Archives of Adolescent and Pediatric Medicine shows that high-risk pregnancy women who had recently given birth receiving home visits from nurses reduced the chances of repeat pregnancies particularly in those living in rural areas. According … Continue reading
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Tagged health reform, home visits, reproductive health
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Children of Working Mothers More Likely to Have Unhealthy Food Habits
An article published online by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health says that in a study that they conducted, children whose mothers worked full-time or part time were more likely to have unhealthy eating habits than those whose mothers … Continue reading
Pain Assessment and Dementia
Pain assessment is regarded as one of the most important vital sign to be assessed, but sadly, it is often underestimated by health workers and relatives. Since it is subjective, it would be difficult to determine if a patient is … Continue reading
Nurses Successfully Decrease MRSA Incidence
In research done by the CDC, they reported that MRSA central line-associated bloodstream infections among all ICU types (excluding pediatric units) declined by 50% over the past ten years. Though specific causes of the decline was not observed, they know that … Continue reading
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Tagged central lines, infection control, mrsa, wound care
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Nurse Discharge Education Key In Reducing Patient Return
Nurses play a key role in reducing hospital overcrowding based on a recent study commissioned by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study published in the February 3, 2009 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine determined that … Continue reading
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Tagged adpie, assessment, diagnosis, discharge, evaluate, evaluation, implementation, instructions, interventions, nurse, nursing, planning, rn, student
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Teen Depression and School Nursing
I know there are a large number of school nurses who check out the show each week so I keep my eyes open for stories on child and teen health issues. I recently saw this article on a new internet … Continue reading
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Tagged catch-it, depression, nursing, podcast, rn, rn careers, rn jobs, school nurse, teen
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Saving 400 Hours of Nursing Care
With all of the discussions surrounding nurse to patient ratios, nurse staffing, increasing the nursing workforce through nursing education, it is always interesting to see alternative approaches to shortages in nursing care. In the U.K., a new project called “Releasing … Continue reading
More C-Sections Lead To More Complications
A recent article posted at Medical News Today looks at a recent study reported in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology looks at increases in post pregnancy complications associated with increases in Caesarean sections. Pregnancy Complications Rise The journal article … Continue reading
