HIV stigma: the hidden obstacle to ending transmissions
Treatment advances mean most people with HIV enjoy a healthy life, but stigma and gaps in knowledge persist. This article looks at how nurses play a key role in eliminating stigma in HIV care. The post HIV stigma: the hidden obstacle to ending transmissions appeared first on Nursing Times.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing When blood glucose concentration indicates hypoglycemia, it should be corrected immediately and the cause should be investigated. If there is no obvious medication-related cause, insulin and C peptide levels can be helpful.
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing Various rate and rhythm disturbances, including sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, atrial and ventricular ectopies and ventricular repolarization abnormalities, have been observed during acute hypoglycemic episodes.
How Nurse Capital is Shaping the Future of Healthcare
It’s normal to feel bittersweet about moving beyond the bedside. Marla Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN, and general partner with Nurse Capital felt like this, too. “I had a nurse mentor…
5,800 Sharp Nurses and Workers Vote to Strike Over Unsafe Staffing and Low Pay
Thousands of nurses and healthcare professionals across San Diego are preparing to strike after an overwhelming majority, 98%, voted to authorize walkouts at Sharp Healthcare, the region’s largest healthcare system,…
How AI Is Changing Nursing With Jing Wang
Artificial intelligence has officially passed “buzzword” status. It’s here, and we have two options: Allow other professions to take the reins in AI and its applications in nursing Be in…
How Nurse Entrepreneurs Built Lumify and Adni
Before Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, BSN, RN, and Jennifferre Mancillas, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC built their successful nurse marketplace community, Adni, they started with a simple question. How can we make healthcare workers’…
Nursing Tip of the Day! – Critical Care Nursing
Category: Critical Care Nursing During episodes of hypoxia or ischemia, myocardial cells preferentially use glucose as a substrate for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) generation. Hypoglycemic episodes stimulate the sympathoadrenal system, which can be proarrythmogenic.
How One Nurse’s Snack Closet Is Changing Lives at a Small-Town High School
By anyone’s standards, the nurse’s office at Moore County High School in Lynchburg, VA, isn’t much larger than a storage room. But thanks to school nurse Jennifer Ervin, LPN, it’s…
Test your knowledge on acute complications of diabetes, what causes them and how to recognise them
Test your knowledge and gain evidence of your professional development with Nursing Times Self-assessment bite-sized CPD. The post Test your knowledge on acute complications of diabetes, what causes them and how to recognise them appeared first on Nursing Times.