Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing In response to low serum calcium, the parathyroid glands secrete parathyroid hormone, which reduces the renal reabsorption of phosphate, increases renal calcium reabsorption and stimulates renal hydroxylation of vitamin D.
Restorative clinical supervision for internationally educated nurses
How do internationally educated nurses from a global majority background benefit from restorative clinical supervision delivered by professional nurse advocates? The post Restorative clinical supervision for internationally educated nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Extracellular calcium homeostasis is maintained by the coordinated actions of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and bone. Levels of extracellular calcium are detected by calcium-sensing receptors on parathyroid cells.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing The proposed mechanism of action for the benefit of magnesium in bronchospasm involves its relaxant effects on smooth muscle and immunoregulatory actions that promote synthesis of prostacyclin and nitric oxide, leading to bronchodilation.
Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Responding to Emerging Infectious Diseases in Corrections
This is part three, our final post, in our Correctional Nurse Clinical Update: Infectious Disease Prevention in Corrections series. Today we will discuss Responding to Emerging Infectious Diseases in Corrections. Emerging infectious diseases can appear with little warning, requiring rapid adaptation. In recent years, correctional facilities have navigated COVID-19, mpox (monkeypox), and novel influenza strains, […]
Winter warnings begin to mount as vaccination efforts are ramped up
Nursing, medical and NHS leaders have issued warnings that the health service is facing an extremely busy and difficult winter, with accident and emergency departments already under pressure now. The post Winter warnings begin to mount as vaccination efforts are ramped up appeared first on Nursing Times.
Menopause hub ‘transforming’ lives of women in North Manchester
A community initiative launched in Manchester to support women with symptoms of perimenopause and menopause has been so successful that it has outlasted its scheduled endpoint. The post Menopause hub ‘transforming’ lives of women in North Manchester appeared first on Nursing Times.
WHO issues warning over mental health and wellbeing of Europe’s nurses
Nurses in Europe are working in conditions that harm their mental health and wellbeing, the World Health Organization has warned today in a hard-hitting report The post WHO issues warning over mental health and wellbeing of Europe’s nurses appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing The administration of magnesium therapy is commonly used in pregnant patients with preeclampsia or eclampsia. Magnesium replacement has also been used to treat bronchospasm in patients with asthma.
10 Cozy Autumn Activities for Nurses
As Nurses, we’re used to caring for everyone else, patients, families, friends; often leaving ourselves at the bottom of the list. But as the air turns crisp and the leaves show off their fiery colors, fall is the perfect reminder to slow down and savor life’s little joys.