Nursing Is Still a Profession — But a New Loan Law Treats It Differently
What new federal “professional degree” loan caps actually mean for graduate nursing students Over the past few weeks, many nurses have watched headlines and social media posts claim that “Trump made nursing no longer a profession.” That line is alarming—but it isn’t accurate. Nursing is still a licensed profession defined by statute, governed by boards […]
Multidrug Resistance: A Growing Threat of Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Organisms in Health Care
Nurses are well aware of the problems with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) and their ubiquitous presence across health care settings. Care issues and outcomes among patients with MDROs such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE), and Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) have increased awareness, but MDROs remain a growing challenge in the provision of care […]
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Chest pain resulting from pulmonary embolism is often pleuritic and associated with dyspnea, hemoptysis, cough or syncope. Physical examination findings are generally nonspecific in pulmonary embolism.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing All patients suspected of having acute coronary syndrome should be treated with aspirin, if not contraindicated (e.g., aortic dissection also suspected), or alternatively prasugrel or ticagrelor if there is aspirin allergy.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing There are no specific physical examination findings of acute coronary syndrome, but if it is severe enough to induce left ventricular dysfunction, signs such as hypotension and an S3 or S4 heart sound can be present.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing In the absence of an obvious cause of chest pain (e.g., shingles), a chest x-ray and ECG should be obtained. A chest CT can help diagnose a number of causes including pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection, pneumothorax and pneumonia.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing A number of clinical strategies may be used in the ICU patient who shows evidence of ileus or significant GI dysmotility. Electrolytes should be corrected, minimizing subsequent alterations, particularly in potassium and magnesium.
The Relentless School Nurse: When the Work Outgrows the System
Over the last 25 years, I have seen how the needs inside our school health offices have multiplied. What once was manageable is now layered, constant, and inseparable from the complexities students bring with them. Students arrive carrying more health concerns, more anxiety, more instability, and, too often, fewer supports. So do the adults… The…
The Relentless School Nurse: The Weight Schools Were Never Meant to Carry
Author’s Note: This piece is written from a child health and public health perspective. It is not an argument about immigration policy. It is an examination of what happens to children and communities when immigration enforcement actions intersect with schools—and why that harm must be named. Earlier this week in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs…
The Relentless School Nurse: Cutting the Childhood Vaccination Schedule Is “Health Policy Malpractice.”
Earlier today, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a major cut to the childhood vaccination schedule, significantly reducing the number of routine immunizations recommended for children. Framed as an expansion of “flexibility” and “individual decision-making,” the announcement offered little public explanation of the evidence supporting the cuts, or of the risks created by…