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Delivering bad news: Helping your patients retain dire details

October 1, 2009

After receiving a negative diagnosis, patients often are too emotional to understand or even hear you explain their condition. Help give your patients a clearer picture of what lies ahead with our tips for sensitive engagement and education.

Therapeutic hypothermia: Revisiting the "big chill"

October 1, 2009

With cardiac patients' outcomes improving, and new hypothermia applications being tried since our first review, your ED may be the next to adopt this therapy-we'll bring you up to date.

Hypertension: Nursing guide to this cardiac pressure cooker

October 1, 2009

Patients may be overwhelmed with the multiple lifestyle changes that control of hypertension requires. RN's care guide will help them understand why each step toward normal blood pressure is so important for long-term health.

Shared medical appointments: Healing individuals while treating groups

September 1, 2009

Group medical appointments—in which multiple patients meet with physicians, nurses, and specialists—can restore the team approach to treatment and foster mutual support.

Lipids: A nursing action plan for improving patients' lipoprotein levels

September 1, 2009

Use our sample patient with high blood lipids as a guide for diagnosing hyperlipidemia, interpreting blood tests, and educating your own patients.

RN Magazine's 2009 Nurse Benefits Survey

September 1, 2009

The second half of our biennial nursing-compensation review, we report on the strength of RNs' benefits packages. How has the recession affected these perks?

Diabetes: The tipping point to a metabolic meltdown

September 1, 2009

Follow the treatment and education of a newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patient: taking a case history, making a diagnosis, and teaching the patient how to monitor and control blood sugar.

National Patient Safety Goals: Changing, but the same

August 1, 2009

The Joint Commission's Standards Improvement Initiative is conducting a rigorous review of the National Patient Safety Goals, relying on surveys, internal advisory committees, and the patient-safety programs of other healthcare organizations to ensure that all nurses have common knowledge of what constitutes a culture of safety.

Reversing the bullying culture in nursing

August 1, 2009

Disruptive and uncivil behavior results in workplace tension, psychological problems, and even violence. Review the steps facilities need to take to halt this growing phenomenon.

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