Correctional Nurse Professional Practice Update: The New ANA Code of Ethics Provision 9
We have now reviewed Provisions 1 through 8 of the 2025 ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. Today, we turn to Provision 9, which highlights the nurse’s and nursing organizations’ responsibility to promote social justice, eliminate health inequities, and support human flourishing. This provision expands nursing’s role beyond direct patient care to advocacy, allyship, and […]
Correctional Nurse Practice Update: Simple Complaints Aren’t Always Simple
Behind the wall, correctional nurses hear the same handful of complaints day after day: abdominal pain, cold-like symptoms, headache, nausea, fatigue, and the classic “I just don’t feel good.” It can feel routine. It can sound benign. And when the line is long, it’s tempting to triage quickly and move on. But in corrections, routine symptoms often […]
Elevating Your Work as a Case Manager: The Fellowship Opportunity
Recently, I’ve noticed a surge of articles on leadership in nursing landing in my inbox. A common theme runs through them: case managers must recognize their value and actively promote […]
The Cure For the Sick Care System We Call Healthcare – YOU
In 2025, U.S. healthcare spending is projected to reach $5.6 trillion, accounting for approximately 17.6% of the nation’s GDP. There is no slowing this cost as we have a system […]
Breaking NEWS: The U.S. Department of Education has Officially Excluded Nursing in its Recently Revamped Definition of “Professional Degree”. What It Means for Nurses
For this week’s Case Management article, I planned to write about how nurses can use career ladders to plan the trajectory of their careers. But then I saw an email […]
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing CT pulmonary angiography can be rapidly performed and is the diagnostic test of choice for stable patients in whom there is moderate to high suspicion of pulmonary embolism, given its high sensitivity and specificity.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing In pulmonary embolism, the ECG is often normal, but may show sinus tachycardia (the most common finding), Brugada pattern, atrial fibrillation or the classically reported S1Q3T3 (McGinn-White) pattern.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Signs of pulmonary hypertension and right heart failure may be present in pulmonary embolism. Lung examination may reveal crackles, decreased breath sounds, wheezing, rhonchi or a pleural friction rub.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Unexplained tachypnea or tachycardia may be the only diagnostic clue in pulmonary embolism. Hypoxia, though typical, is not a universal finding, and its absence cannot exclude pulmonary embolism.
Case Managers as Leaders in Healthcare
I heard this quote recently, and it resonated with me in relation to my work as a case manager. Here it is: “One of the tests of leadership is the […]