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NICE backs ‘transformational’ new therapy for COPD patients

An innovative treatment that reduces exacerbations, or flare-ups, in some chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients by a third looks set to be approved for use by the NHS. The post NICE backs ‘transformational’ new therapy for COPD patients appeared first on Nursing Times.  

The Relentless School Nurse: What Happens When the Helpers Are Harmed

Author’s NoteI wrote this piece while trying to understand something that feels deeply broken: what it means when people who show up to help are harmed, and when accountability feels harder to reach than reassurance. This is not an attempt to offer easy answers. It is an invitation to sit with the questions, to refuse… 

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  Pneumothorax is caused by air from the alveoli or the surrounding atmosphere entering the space between the parietal and visceral pleura. Pneumothorax in the ICU is often iatrogenic, resulting from mechanical ventilation and procedures. 

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  In aortic dissection, the initial management should focus on heart rate and blood pressure control, usually with beta-blockers, typically the rapidly titratable agent esmolol, and the use of a potent vasodilator such as nicardipine or clevidipine. 

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  Hypotension often occurs with type A aortic dissection, whereas hypertension is more commonly seen in type B dissection. A significant difference in systolic blood pressure (> 20 mm Hg) between the upper extremities may be detected.