Journal of Nursing
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SXU Ranked No. #1 by U. S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs”
Kelly Murphy
Saint Xavier University’s (SXU) School of Nursing recently earned the #1 ranking by U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 “Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs”. SXU’s School of Nursing has ranked in the top three online graduate nursing programs five consecutive years. This is the third time the program has been ranked #1 in those five years. -
Expanding the BSN Workforce
1. Gary Milligan 2. Laura Steadman
The article discusses the benefits of a BSN prepared workforce as it relates to patient health outcomes. It also addresses the decision process for ADN prepared nurses as they review RN to BSN programs in anticipation of completing their BSN. -
Knowing Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury
Marina E. Bitanga RN, BSN, CCRN
Transfusion-related acute lung injury occurs within 6 hours post transfusion where patient develops shortness of breath without signs of pulmonary overload in chest xray. With evidence of hypoxemia / low oxygen saturation. -
Preventative Community Health Improvement plan
Wendy Blatchley RN
Preventative community health improvement plan to reduce the number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). -
What Are The Effects Of Floating to Nurses And Patient Care
Marina E. Bitanga BSB, RN, CCRN
This article will explore how floating affects nurses and what management can do to help nurses relieve the stress, anxiety, and dissatisfaction of the nurses with the health care system. -
Factors Influencing Nurse Medication Errors
Skip Morelock PhD, RN, NEA-BC Clinical Professor of Nursing Collin College
This article explores the medication errors and the phenomena of nurse distractions. Nurses are intimately involved in the medication administration process. Even though the parameters of selection, dosing, compounding, and dispensing medication remain under the purview of other allied health professionals, the nurse represents the last safety checkpoint between the medication and the patient and efforts should be directed toward removing obstacles which are negatively impacting this process. It has long been suspected that nursing distractions whether by patient, family, coworkers or others, are facilitating the occurrence of errors in the hospital setting. There are practices which are discussed which may ameliorate this threat to some extent if employed consistently and judiciously. -
The Virtual Professor
Josephine Kamera, MSN, RN
Today many colleges are increasingly using online approach to provide effective and easily accessible education to attract students from wide geographic areas and increase enrollment. The virtual professor is constantly required to monitor and supervise students who are not visible in a virtual learning community. -
Regional anesthesia; A quick introduction
Kelli Warns RN BSN
This article offers a small introduction and overview regarding regional anesthesia. You have nerves that run all through your body. Nerves provide a pathway for impulses to communicate between the brain and other parts of your body. Not only do your nerves tell your muscles to move, they tell your brain when something is painful. -
Everything you need to know about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
American Center for Biological Medicine
This article is about everything you need to know about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. What is CFS, what are its causes, the symptoms and the remedies? -
Managing the Inevitability of Change
Sarah Mensa-Kwao Cook, RN, BSN
Change is inevitable. Whether we are changing our minds, our clothes, or a channel on television, we know change happens… and we are fine with it, when we are the ones enacting it. However, what about when change happens to us? This article explores the effects of a hospital’s unit closing on staff – the good, the bad, and the ugly – and seeks to identify ways to mitigate the bad and ugly emotional responses, and hopefully explore means of increasing the good (by both hospital management practice, and individual mindset). A unit in one of south Florida leading hospital serves as a case study as we delve into this topic. -
Treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Heather Miller, RN Gina Noggle, RN
Overview and treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage -
Disease Preveniton and Health Promotion Screening: Breast Cancer
Maria C. Hatter, RN, BSN Hye Jeong Robbibaro, RN, BSN
Current risk factors for breast cancer, screening recommendations, and latest diagnostic assessments. -
A Review of the Treatment for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting
Brianne Gallagher, RN, BSN, CCRN Jayda Haag, RN, BSN
Common treatments reviewed for the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting, mostly in the PACU phase of care. -
The Calling - A Poem
Deborah Kelley
Poem about nursing -
The power of saying "Thank You"
Dr. Chinazo Echezona-Johsnon
The power of saying "Thank You." in Nursing -
Patient’s Wishes and Dying with Dignity
Kalyn Woodington RN
After the palliative care made rounds on the afternoon shift, they were able to get a hold of Mr. D’s only relative: a niece who was not close with him but apparently had called the ambulance for him to come to the hospital. -
RN's informed about skills of Occupational Therapist & Physical Therapists
Joan M Fenske RN,MS,PhD.
Registered Nurses do not differentiate between the applied skills of the Occupational Therapist and Physical Therapist, nor do Registered Nurses realize it is the Occupational Therapist who is responsible for prescribing patients with developmental disabilities the type and configuration of an appropriate wheelchair. -
My Professional Path as a Nurse
Ruby Z. Chu, RN, MSN/ED, CCRN
When I was a little girl, I’ve always been fascinated to see nurses in white uniform. I have this inner desire that nursing is something that I really wanted to do. Eventually, I enrolled in the nursing program and finished my degree. I started working in medical area and I learned that to be a nurse you have to be caring, patient, integrity, intelligent, have a compassionate and listening ear, and always seek knowledge for advancement. -
New Innovation for Chronic Kidney Disease
John Cope, RN Simmons College
This body of work looks at new and innovative treatments that are being researched and developed for the treatment of chronic kidney disease. -
A Shout Out to New Grads: Smoking Cessation Education Today and Everyday
Are there any good things about tobacco use? Is there even one good thing about tobacco use? Everyone knows tobacco use of all kinds is deadly. , by Nancy J Smith MSN RN at the University of Hartford
All nurses, especially new grads, must bring tobacco cessation education into daily pratice
