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Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  Women and older individuals traditionally have higher BNP levels, and so age- and gender-specific cutoffs may be needed. Whereas obese individuals have lower values, renal dysfunction increases BNP serum levels, sometimes dramatically. 

New chief nurse for trust seeking to improve its culture and outcomes  

A major mental health provider in the South East of England has announced the appointment of a new chief nurse, in order to help it achieve “continuous quality improvement”. The post New chief nurse for trust seeking to improve its culture and outcomes   appeared first on Nursing Times.  

The Relentless School Nurse: When the Healer Is Inside the Story – A Nurse’s Experience of the California Wildfires

The New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing (NJCCN) – the nursing workforce center for NJ – presents the Nursing Insights podcast.Author’s Note: Before listening to Donna Gaffney’s moving and deeply personal podcast, it is helpful to know that she speaks candidly about trauma, disaster, displacement, and survivor’s guilt during the California wildfires. These moments are shared with… 

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  ProBNP is released by the heart in response to stretching of the wall and after ischemia. Subsequently, it is cleaved into active B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP), both of which can be measured in blood. 

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing  Cardiac myosin-binding protein C (cMyC) rises more rapidly in the systemic circulation than high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT), perhaps as a result of its higher myocardial concentration. 

BAUN supports the Nursing Times Bladder and Bowel topics page

We are delighted that the British Association of Urological Nurses (BAUN) is a supporter of the Nursing Times Bladder and Bowel topics page. The post BAUN supports the Nursing Times Bladder and Bowel topics page appeared first on Nursing Times.  

ACP supports the Nursing Times Bladder and Bowel topics page

We are delighted that the Association for Continence Professionals (ACP) is a supporter of the Nursing Times Bladder and Bowel topics page. The post ACP supports the Nursing Times Bladder and Bowel topics page appeared first on Nursing Times.