Supplemental Vitamin D Doesn't Reduce Risk of Fracture in Healthy Older Adults
According to this study: (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Nurse-Detected Congestion Predicts Postdischarge Outcomes in Patients with Heart Failure
According to this study: (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Hyperbaric Oxygen Improves Neurocognitive Function and Symptoms of Post-COVID Condition
According to this study: (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Antibiotic Stewardship Program Reduces Use of Urine Cultures and Antibiotics for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
According to this study: (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Journal Watch Source Type: research
Helping Patients Access Mental Health Services
Tips for nurses on addressing this widespread challenge. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Mental Health Matters Source Type: research
The Trauma and Grief of Frontline Clinicians
A journalist investigates and offers a way forward. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: What I'm Reading Source Type: research
Peer Reviewing Papers for a Nursing Journal
This article describes what reviewers need to consider when accepting a peer review assignment and the essential elements they should include in their peer review. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Professional Development Source Type: research
A Case of a Man with Syncope After Physical Exertion
Editor's note: This is the next installment in a series on electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation. Nurses in all settings should know the basics, as medications and physiological changes can cause cardiac arrhythmias. Each article will start with a brief case scenario and an ECG strip and then take you step by step through analyzing the heart rhythm. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Strip Savvy Source Type: research
A Polio Epidemic Is Averted
Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present day, AJN has unparalleled archives detailing nurses' work and lives over more than a century. These articles not only chronicle nursing's growth as a profession within the context of the events of the day, but also reveal prevailing societal attitudes about women, health care, and human rights. Today's nursing school curricula rarely include nursing's history, but it's a history worth knowing. To this end, From the AJN Archives highlights articles selected to fit today's topics and times.
Editor's note: From its first issue in 1900 through to the present...
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: From the AJN Archives Source Type: research
Integrating Palliative Care into Nursing Care
ABSTRACT:
The need for palliative care in our health care system has exponentially increased in the past few years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the aging population, and the increasing number of people living with serious illnesses. While nurses play a critical role in delivering palliative care, many lack confidence and knowledge, causing practice gaps in the clinical and psychological management of seriously ill patients. The collective burden of the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of palliative care education and training, specifically in communication, symptom management, and continuing education....
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Perspectives on Palliative Nursing Source Type: research
What COVID-19 Can Teach Nurses About Liability Risks
No abstract available (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research
Original Research: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Southern California Nurses
Conclusion:
The findings offer a nuanced understanding of vaccine hesitancy among nurses and will be useful to the planning and development of policies, campaigns, and interventions aimed at increasing vaccination rates among nurses. Changing attitudes is essential, and particular attention must be paid to nurses who are unwilling to recommend vaccination to others. Effective interventions are needed. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research
When the Screen Retracts
No abstract available (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Art of Nursing Source Type: research
New Indication for Topical Ruxolitnib
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Janus kinase inhibitor ruxolitnib (Opzelura) as topical treatment for nonsegmental vitiligo in children and adults ages 12 years and older.The most common adverse effects are application site acne, application site itching, common cold, headache, urinary tract infection, application site redness, and fever. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Drug Watch Source Type: research
New Indication for Cancer Drug Crizotinib
The Food and Drug Administration has approved crizotinib (Xalkori) to treat adult and pediatric patients ages one year and older who have recurrent or refractory inflammatory anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)–positive myofibroblastic tumors.The most common adverse effects in adults are vision disorders, nausea, and edema. The most common adverse effects in pediatric patients are vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain, rash, vision disorder, upper respiratory tract infection, cough, pyrexia, musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, edema, constipation, and headache. (Source: AJN)
Source: AJN - October 30, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Drug Watch Source Type: research
