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VA Nurses Struggle in Uncertain Times

Like many of their federal colleagues, nurses who staff the Department of Veterans Administration (VA) are dealing with tremendous uncertainty. In February, an AP story pointed out that nurses caring for military veterans through the VA were grappling with a Trump administration deferred resignation offer amid longstanding staffing shortages and that unions were discouraging nurses […]

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing Heart rate and blood pressure in aortic dissection should be promptly reduced. Titratable combined modality therapy to promote vasodilation (nitroprusside) and control cardiac contractility (esmolol) is advocated for this disorder.

Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing Aortic dissection results from an intimal tear in the aortic wall. The extent is determined by factors that increase the rate of change of aortic pressure (dp/dt), including elevation in blood pressure, heart rate and myocardial stroke volume.

The Relentless School Nurse: Whooping Cough’s Comeback – The Alarming Cost of Falling Vaccination Rates

While measles outbreaks are widely reported in the media, another preventable disease is quietly making a dangerous comeback: pertussis, or whooping cough. This year alone, the U.S. has seen more than 7,000 cases. Tragically, several infants have already died, highlighting just how deadly pertussis can be for the youngest and most vulnerable. This spike isn’t…

Hot off the Press – ANS 48:2 – April-June 2025

The latest issue of ANS is now available to view on the ANS Website! In Dr Eun Ok Im’s editorial for this issue, she discusses the impending impacts of the recent drastic changes to the National Institute of Health (NIH), and particularly the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR). She states clearly and unequivocally, “In […]