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Suppressing a COPD flare-up references
Chojnowski D. “GOLD” standards for acute exacerbation of COPD. Nurse Pract. 2003;28:26-35.
Crawford A, Harris H. COPD: help your patients breathe easier. RN. 2008;71:21-27.
Global Strategy for d...
From our readers: ABC’s of evidence-based practice
Evidence-based practice (EBP) combines science, the nurse’s expertise in the art of nursing, and patient considerations to create a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts. Barriers inhibiting...
Using evidence-based practice to develop a swallow screen for stroke patients
Nursing students have many opportunities to change practice. As a registered nurse working in the neurosurgical intensive care unit (NICU), I returned to school to complete my bachelor of science in n...
Taking action against acute COPD
Like most nurses, you’ve probably cared for many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This umbrella term denotes a group of conditions—emphysema, chronic bronchitis,...
Questioning common nursing practices: What does the evidence show?
To meet the needs of patients and their families, healthcare practice must be based on current research and the best evidence. Many definitions of evidence-based practice (EBP) exist. All share simila...
From our readers: The making of a newsletter
When I was working as an ICU nurse on the evening shift, I could tell you what was happening on my unit and with my ICU colleagues. We took great care of our patients, reduced our CLABSI (central line...
When breathing is a burden: How to help patients with COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a condition of chronic airflow limitation. Actually, COPD is an umbrella term for two separate diseases—chronic bronchitis (airway disease) and e...
When breathing is a burden: How to help patients with COPD references
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs. 3rd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2004.
Barnes PJ, Celli BR. Systemic man...
Viewpoint: Caring Science meets Heart Science: A guide to authentic caring practice
Editor’s note: Viewpoint highlights the thoughts, opinions, and expertise of well-known nurse leaders. We welcome your comments about these thought-provoking articles.
During these past decades, nurs...
When breathing is a burden: How to help patients with COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a condition of chronic airflow limitation. Actually, COPD is an umbrella term for two separate diseases—chronic bronchitis (airway disease) and e...
Reading and critiquing a research article
Nurses use research to answer questions about their practice, solve problems, improve the quality of patient care, generate new research questions, and shape health policy. Nurses who confront questio...
Our Readers Respond
Shared governance
In the article “Quantifying the benefits of staff participation in shared governance” nursing empowerment is geared towards managing our nursing practice, work environment while sec...
Dear Members of Congress
The post-election party confetti has fallen and, thankfully, partisan attack ads have disappeared from the airwaves. Expectations for action by the 113th Congress are rising in the hearts and minds of...
Drugs in the environment: Nurses’ roles and responsibilities
News that pharmaceuticals have been found in our rivers and streams, fish, wildlife, and even our drinking water has captured our interest and concern. This isn’t a new phenomenon. Active pharmaceutic...
Letters to the Editor - February 2008
Lack of evidence-based care for spinal cord injuries In your September article “Cervical spine injuries: Preserving function, improving outcomes,” the author describes as “aggressi...
Find the best route to your career destination
Nurses can take many different professional-development routes to get to their ultimate career destination. Before you decide which route to take—or whether to take a new route at all—you’ll need to c...
Magnet Recognition Program® update
Welcome to American Nurse Today’s Magnet® Profiles. I’m pleased to have this opportunity to update you on the exciting initiatives in place within the Magnet Recognition Program®. This is an...
Evidence-based practice: The forum approach
A problem-solving approach to clinical decision making, evidence-based practice (EBP) integrates the best available scientific evidence with the best available experiential evidence. Its goal: to ensu...
Implementing bedside shift report
I’m a floor nurse and charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit at a busy urban hospital. In the nearly 6 years I’ve worked on this unit, I’ve had many educational and training opportunities. One of my ...
Study reviews literature on patient-centered medical home
A systematic review article in November’s Annals of Internal Medicine found the current evidence isn’t sufficient to determine the effects of a patient-centered medical home on clinical and most econo...
How to conduct an evidence-based practice investigation
How to conduct an evidence-based practice investigation
The authors describe how they conducted a clinical inquiry into their own practice on cardiac monitoring lead placement in CCU patients.
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A geriatric family-centered care model for hospitalized elders
Elders use healthcare services three times more often than any other age group, mainly because of their higher incidence of acute and chronic disease. Among elderly persons in the United States, 87% h...
Readers Respond
Billing by nursing intensity: One way to ease understaffing?
Re: “Hospital nurse staffing for dummies” (March 2013): Perhaps changing how nurses’ time is billed would help relieve understaffing. Most...
Pick up some research to go!
Ever have one of those shifts where you don’t get a chance to sit down, you have to document on the run, and you’re forced to juggle a never-ending list of tasks? Your feet ache, your head pounds, you...
Drugs Today - November 2008
Inhaled anticholinergics pose cardiovascular risk Patients using inhaled anticholinergics, ipratropium or tiotropium bromide, to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face an i...