National Overdose Awareness Day: What Nurses Can Do Right Now
On August 31, National Overdose Awareness Day, the stakes could not be higher. Overdose patterns have shifted toward fentanyl and polysubstance use, complicating recognition and response and stretching families—and clinicians—to a breaking point. In every care setting, nurses are the first eyes, ears, and advocates. As addiction physician Dr. Nzinga Harrison, Co-Founder & Chief Medical […]
$951M Birth Injury Verdict: Nurses in Training, Sleeping Doctor Blamed
In an unprecedented legal decision that has sent ripples through the medical community, a Utah judge awarded $951 million to a family whose daughter suffered lifelong disabilities due to negligent…
Chaos at the CDC: What Nurses Need to Know
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been gripped by unprecedented chaos, with the recent firing of its director, mass resignations, a major employee walkout, an armed attack…
Nurse Climbed Into CT Scanner to Calm Child, Surgeon Recalls After School Shooting
When victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church school shooting began arriving at Hennepin Healthcare on August 27, 2025, medical teams mobilized for what would become an extraordinary emergency response. Amid…
I Went to a Summer Camp for Nurses — and It Was the Burnout Cure I Never Expected
Image Source @nurseconoffical When nurses talk about burnout, we don’t often imagine the cure could look like summer camp—but Camp NurseCon at The Acres in Pennsylvania in the Pocono…
ANS International Section
The current ANS International Section article is titled “Intersectionality in Maternal Health: Gender, Labor, and Structural Barriers With “a Focus on Korea,” This article is authored by Jeung-Im Kim, PhD of the School of Nursing, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Chungnam, South Korea; and Mi Yu, PhD of the College of Nursing, Sustainable Health Research Institute, Gyeongsang […]
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Practical Strategies for Managing ADHD in Correctional Settings
Last week we explored the high prevalence and underdiagnosis of ADHD among incarcerated individuals. As correctional nurses, we frequently interact with patients whose behaviors—impulsivity, restlessness, difficulty with authority—are often misunderstood. When these behaviors stem from untreated ADHD, they can contribute to negative outcomes like infractions, segregation, and disengagement from care. In this post, we’ll turn […]
Board creating nurse jobs via expansion of older people’s services
A hospital in Lanarkshire has announced the expansion of services for older people by creating a new frailty assessment unit, bringing with it the offer of nursing jobs. The post Board creating nurse jobs via expansion of older people’s services appeared first on Nursing Times.
Childhood vaccination for chickenpox to be rolled out next year
Routine immunisation against the varicella zoster virus in children is to begin across the UK from January, following advice from vaccination experts. The post Childhood vaccination for chickenpox to be rolled out next year appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Normal or non-anion gap metabolic acidosis may result from impaired renal acid excretion, increased bicarbonate loss, H+ gain, urinary excretion of organic acid anions with replacement with chloride or administration of chloride-rich solutions.