Medical Practice

Magazine articles on medical practice and technical issues of treatment.

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Nursing March 2012 Susan Simmons	Recognizing and preventing Acute stroke in women In women, stroke is the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer, and the major cause of disability.
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Vanya Hamrin et al.	Evaluation and Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Depression The primary care setting is an appropriate venue for screening and identifying pediatric depression. Nurse practitioners can provide initial management or referral to psychiatric mental health professionals for evidence-based treatments.
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Baumann & Dang	Helping Patients with Chronic Conditions Overcome Barriers to Self-Care Here are approaches nurse practitioners can use to reduce or eliminate barriers to self-care in adults with chronic conditions.
American Journal of Nursing February 2012 Simons & Abdallah	Bedside Assessment of Enteral Tube Placement: Aligning Practice with Evidence Since the flexible Levin tube was introduced in 1921, enteral feeding has become ubiquitous. From the out-set, nurses have been responsible for confirming the correct placement of enteral feeding tubes prior to their use for alimentation or medication administration.
American Journal of Nursing February 2012	Original Research: Nurses' Presenteeism and Its Effects on Self-Reported Quality of Care and Costs This study sought to investigate the extent to which musculoskeletal pain or depression (or both) in RNs affects their work productivity and self-reported quality of care and considered the associated costs.
Nurse Practitioner February 2012 Jennifer M. Belavic	Annual drug update 2011 in review Many new medications were approved throughout 2011. This article will cover a variety of drugs that will be useful in nurse practitioner practice
Nurse Practitioner February 2012 Wood & Gordon	Preventing CVD in women: The NP's role This article focuses on the new American Heart Association guidelines for preventing cardiovascular disease in women and the nurse practitioner's role in implementing them.
Nursing February 2012 Duncan et al.	Early warning systems: The next level of rapid response Cardiac arrests in hospitals are usually preceded by observable signs of deterioration, which often appear 6 to 8 hours before the arrest occurs.
Nursing February 2012 Pezzotti & Freuler	Using anticoagulants to steer clear of clots This article will review coagulation and provide important information about several commonly used anticoagulants and their reversal agents.
American Journal of Nursing January 2012 Andrew D. Harding	Increasing the Use of `Smart' Pump Drug Libraries by Nurses: A Continuous Quality Improvement Project Improving the quality of nursing care, as well as the organization's culture of safety and its financial discipline, are each further reasons to support the use of smart pump technology.
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