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Nursing Career Interview on Nurse Midwives with Amy Romano and Episode 147
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Welcome to Episode 147 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast | Blog —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video … Continue reading
Old Generic Medications More Effective for Hypertension
This looks at a story on blood pressure medications and why do I bring this is up? We don’t prescribe medications, at least general nurses don’t, nurse practitioners do but why do we need to know the differences between generic … Continue reading
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Tagged diuretics, generic drugs, hypertension, news, nurses, research for nurses, study
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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
Tele-Nursing Follow Up Valuable
The January issue of Clinical Nursing released a study that examined the efficacy of simple nursing telephone follow up after a motor vehicle accident patient was discharged. Patients who received simple follow-up calls from nurses were significantly less likely to … Continue reading
Nurses are Important to Quality
A recent article from Medical News Today features an entry from the journal Urologic Nursing. In the journal article the authors comment on the renewed focus on the quality of patient care and the unique place nurses and the career … Continue reading
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Tagged career, job satisfaction, nurses, nursing, quality improvement, research for nurses, rn, urologic nurses
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FDA Panel on Asthma Drugs Risks
Asthma Drugs Have Risks An FDA panel raised concerns about two Asthma drugs on the market based on their risks for patients including the risk of death. The two drugs, Serevent and Foradil, have been named as possibly causing increased … Continue reading
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Tagged advair, articles, asthma, beta agonist, foradil, headlines, jamie davis, journalism, nurse, nurses, nursing, patient education, podcast, podmedic, research for nurses, serevent, student
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Drug Company Influence in Journal Articles
A recent article on drug company Wyeth and their use of ghost writers to produce favorable journal articles has me asking the question about where we find credible information. Nursing Care Information I have routinely turned to journal articles to … Continue reading
Simple Nursing Interventions Make Big Differences
Fighting Hospital Based Infections Hospital acquired infection prevention is a primary focus of good nursing care. As nurses, we make decisions every day that impact the patient’s ability to avoid infections. Maintaining universal precautions, reviewing and improving nursing care basics … Continue reading
Pediatric Cough and Cold Medications and Episode 53
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Welcome to Episode 53 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS Feed to subscribe (copy url … Continue reading
