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2010 Featured Stories

August 2010

• Spotlight on World Breastfeeding Week: Promoting Best Nutrition for Infants
  

July 2010

• Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale: Is Your Patient in the Zzzzone?
  
• Hospital Acquired Infections: The Nurse's Role in Prevention
  

June 2010

• Be Cool in the Shade & Save Your Skin
  
• Pressure Ulcers: Who’s At Risk?
  

May 2010

• Organ Donation: The Gift of Life or Death?
  
• What’s the Hype About HITECH?
  

April 2010

• Americans and C-sections: Why Are We So Eager to Snip?
  

March 2010

• The Sticky on Medication Patches
  
• Inducing a State of Profound Unconsciousness
  
• Spanish for You: Bridging the Language Gap in Healthcare
  

February 2010

• Please Don’t Leave Me: How to Deal with Separation Anxiety
  

January 2010

• Patient Safety Indicators: A Measurement of Care
  
• Looking Back on H1N1 in 2009
  

2009 Featured Stories

December 2009

• How to Beat the Holiday Blues
  
• Is it the Common Cold, Seasonal Influenza or H1N1 Infection?
  
• Will Congress Push Through Healthcare Reforms This Year?
  

November 2009

• The Color of Safety: Color-Coded Wristbands
  

October 2009

• Getting the Flu Vaccines? Potential Employers Want to Know!
  
• Pink October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  

September 2009

• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  
• Injection To Prevent Infection
  

August 2009

• Nurse-as-Inventor: Could That Be You?
  
• Look Before You Crush!
  

July 2009

• Caffeine Prevents Parkinson’s Disease
  
• Personal Communication at Work: Avoid Unprofessional Behavior!
  

June 2009

• Topamax for Migraine Relief
  
• Spreading the Triple Aim
  

May 2009

• Let’s Be Prepared: Resources to Review
  
• H1N1 Flu Overview
  

April 2009

• Antidepressants & Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
  
• Ignition Interlock Devices: Decreasing Alcohol-related Deaths
  
• Litigation In Labor
  

March 2009

• Prevention of Sharps Injuries in the OR
  
• Anticoagulant Safety Strategies
  
• Decreasing Disruptions Reduces Medication Errors
  

February 2009

• Nasty Scrubs Pose a Health Hazard
  
• Salmonella Season Strikes Again
  

January 2009

• Nurses Create Task Force to Decrease Pressure Ulcers
  
• What’s Your Blood IQ?
  
• Digitalis Toxicity in the Neonate
  

2008 Featured Stories

December 2008

• Health and Hand Washing Go Hand In Hand!
  
• Battling Anemia: The Dangers of EPO
  

November 2008

• RSV: What is it?
  
• American Diabetes Month 2008
  

October 2008

• Surviving the Storm: Watch for Signs of PTSD
  
• Breast Cancer Survivors Join the “Two Sister Study”
  

September 2008

• Keeping It Real: Providing Comfort and Support
  
• Microscopic Menace: Battling Mold
  

August 2008

• Nocturnal Nightmare or New Lease on Life?
  

July 2008

• Diabetes: An Insidious Increase
  
• Beware the Elliptical Eye
  

June 2008

• Tics: An Important Diagnostic Tool?
  
• New Hope for Diabetics: Islet Transplants
  

May 2008

• Health Literacy and Patient Safety
  
• Staying Healthy: Keep an Eye on Your BP
  

April 2008

• Child Abuse Recognition - Test Yourself!
  
• Pushing Hard and Fast!
  
• Dry Cough: Symptom or Side Effect?
  

March 2008

• Cultural Competence
  
• Learn More about Glucose Monitoring with RN.com’s First (Free!) Webinar
  

February 2008

• Gain Valuable Experience as a Travel Nurse
  
• Identifying Marfan Syndrome
  

January 2008

• Nurses Take Action to Improve Babies’ and Moms’ Health
  
• Cultural Competence in Diabetes Care
  
• Having it all as a Travel Nurse
  

2007 Featured Stories

December 2007

• Important Information for RN.com Corporate Education Members
  
• Low Wages Contribute to Faculty Shortage
  
• Travel Nurse Continues to Build Strong Clinical Foundation
  

November 2007

• RN Builds Clinical Experience with Travel Nursing
  
• Nurse Recognized for International Humanitarian Work
  

October 2007

• RN Strives to Reduce Medical Errors with Patient Participation
  
• Nurse Provides a Special Kind of Care to the Homeless
  

September 2007

• Wound Nurse is Lauded for her Research
  
• Cancer-surviving Nurse Develops Meditation Program
  

August 2007

• Nurse Turns to TV to Educate About Lifestyle Changes
  
• End-of-Life Wishes Not Expressed; How Nurses Can Help
  

June 2007

• Nurses Benefit from Cardiovascular Residency
  
• Travel Nursing: a Great Way to Quickly Build Clinical Skills
  
• Operation Smile Takes Aid to Others
  
• Nurses No Longer Working in the Dark, Thanks to Night Shift Committee
  

May 2007

• Nursing Intervention Shortens NICU Length of Stay
  
• Consumer Reports Study Shows Docs’ Perceptions Different from Patients’
  

March 2007

• Campaign Aims to Decrease Premature Births
  
• Code of Silence Becoming Less So in the Name of Safety
  
• Managing Extravasation
  
• Salmonella Season
  
• Some Nurses Are Convinced Mystery Disease Is Real
  
• RSV Can also Infect Adults
  
• Major Teaching Hospital Switches to Team Nursing
  
• SCIP: Improving Surgical Outcomes
  

February 2007

• Hospital Develops Its Own Clinical Nurse Specialists
  
• Determining When to Use Opiate and Benzodiazepine Reversal Agents
  
• Teaching Patients about Lovenox
  

January 2007

• Music: An International Healing Tool
  
• Nurses Go Online to Provide Cancer Care
  
• Three Gutsy Nurses Tackle the Trapeze with Ease
  
• Hospitals Find Harp Music Soothes Patients and Nurses
  
• Virtual Clinical Instruction Merges Hospital and Classroom via Video
  
• Simple ICU Interventions Improve Patient Safety
  
• Hospital System Tracks Beds, Patients and Equipment
  
• Nurses May Help Relieve Pain, But Continually Suffer from It, Too
  
• Helping Your Patients Achieve A Healthy Weight
  
• Nursing Intervention Shortens NICU Length of Stay
  

2006 Featured Stories

December 2006

• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Coming Soon to an ED Near You
  
• Exposing Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  
• Strategies for Implementing the Latest ACLS Guidelines
  
• Texas Nursing School Tackles Childhood Obesity
  
• PACE’s Team Approach Keeps Elders Independent Longer
  
• Parish Nurses Faithfully Provide Care
  
• On-screen Disease Diagnoses
  
• Research Honor Program Piques Undergrad Interest
  
• Influenza Vaccines: Fact or Fiction?
  

November 2006

• Oral Care Helps Prevent Pneumonia
  
• Educating Patients for Pharmaceutical Companies
  
• Nurse Ombudsman Serves as a Guide through the Health Care Maze
  
• Native Americans are Combating Diabetes with Education and Exercise
  
• Wound Centers Provide Focused Diabetic Care
  
• Endoscopy Finally Gets a Home
  
• Nurse Combines Prevention Outreach with Hands-on Stroke Care
  
• STEMI Centers: The Next Step in Care of the MI Patient
  
• OR Nurses Receive Robotic Training
  

October 2006

• DO IT F.A.S.T.—Acronym for Rapid Recognition of Stroke Symptoms
  
• Treating Otitis Media with a W.A.S.P.
  
• Welcome Home Ministries Celebrates 10th Anniversary
  
• Nurses Put Careers on the ‘Line’ for Patients
  
• Sister Study Helps in Breast Cancer Fight
  
• Psychiatric Nurses: Responding to Danger Part of the Job
  
• Simulated NICU Allows 3D Training to Care for the Littlest Patients
  

September 2006

• Grapefruit Juice and Patient Medication: A Potentially Deadly Combination
  
• Nurses ID Benefits of Health IT
  
• Speaking Your Patient’s Language: A Speedy Guide to Spanish for Nurses
  
• The Good, the Bad and the Skinny on Cholesterol
  
• Online System Streamlines Magnet Data Collection Process
  

August 2006

• Mass Casualty Drill Highlights High-Tech Tools
  
• Technology Trend: The Rise of RFID
  
• Virtual Experience Mimics Heart Failure Symptoms
  
• What’s Developing in Staff Development?
  

July 2006

• Massage Technique Helps Relax Patients
  
• Nurse Helps Hone Florida Emergency Clinicians’ Skills
  
• Breast Cancer Survivors Ride Dragon Boat Wave
  
• Dining in Hospitals—Hotel Style
  
• ‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Assist Consumers with Connected Care
  
• Study Shows Contaminated Keyboards and How to Clean Them
  
• Tracking Disease in the Emergency Department
  

June 2006

• Hospital Chains Prepare CNOs
  
• California Nurses Welcome Every Baby Home
  
• AACN’s New President is a Spokesperson for the Profession
  
• The Battle of the Body Clock: Nursing on the Night Shift
  
• Fighter Pilot Program Aids in Nurse Retention
  
• Programs Provide Help, Hope for Nurses with Addictions
  
• Nursing Schools Develop Innovative Minority Programs
  

May 2006

• Workplace Safety: Living with Latex Allergies
  
• Airborne Risks Plague Nurses’ Welfare
  
• Nurse Opens Clinic on Martha’s Vineyard
  
• Making Wishes Come True for Terminally Ill Adults
  
• Coping Kits Comfort Children in the Emergency Department
  
• Wireless ECG Transmission Links EMTs to Cardiac Teams, Cutting Time, Saving Lives
  
• FOUR Score Aids in Assessing Neurological Status
  
• National Organization Proposes Changes to CNS Status
  
• Disabled Dog Inspires Rehab Patients
  
• Nurse Enjoys Life Beyond the Hospital
  
• S.T.A.B.L.E. Program Delivers Huge Benefits to Sick Newborns
  
• Nurses Week 2006 Honors Nurses' Strength, Commitment and Compassion
  
• T.C. Heintzman: Compassionate Caretaker, Impassioned Musician
  

April 2006

• Emotional Buttons
  
• Tulane University Hospital Reopens
  
• School Nurses Focus on Preventive Care
  

March 2006

• Continuing Education Requirements – New in North Carolina
  
• Simulated Hospitals Help Students Learn the Real Thing
  
• Researchers Develop New Tool to Gauge Patient Literacy
  

February 2006

• RN First Assistants Fill Key Role in OR
  
• Nursing Schools Pilot Safe Patient-Handling Curriculum
  

January 2006

• Book Provides Needed Insight to ‘Culture and Clinical Care’
  

2005 Featured Stories

December 2005

• Retired Nurse Celebrates the Season of Giving
  
• Volunteers Ease Nursing Shortage
  
• Nurses Bring Holiday Cheer to the NICU
  
• Watching for and Overcoming Compassion Fatigue
  
• Yale-New Haven Hospital Offers Free E-mail to New Mothers, Mothers-to-Be
  

November 2005

• Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise
  
• Diabetes Lay Educator Program Provides Health Care Assistance for Migrant Workers
  
• Virtual Experience Soothes Young Radiology Patients
  
• Nurses Help Put Out the Smoke—Tobacco Smoke, That Is
  

October 2005

• As Flu Season Approaches, Fears Arise
  
• Positive Outlook Prevails for Nurse with MS
  
• Talking Pill Bottles Let Medications Speak for Themselves
  

September 2005

• Human Factors Engineers Can Improve Patient Safety
  
• New Color-Coded Uniforms Improve Patient Satisfaction
  

August 2005

• Southern California Hospital Offers Concierge Services to its Staff
  
• School-Based Centers Open Doors to Children’s Health
  
• RNs Strengthen Nursing Education in Vietnam Through Friendship Bridge
  

July 2005

• Innovative Hospital Programs Benefit Nurses
  
• Recruitment and Retention Program Reaches out to Diverse Nursing Students
  
• Web Site Lets Nurses Mentor Young People Online
  
• Nurses Come to Shark Victims’ Aid
  
• Nursing Camps Promote the Profession
  
• Be Prepared: How to React in the Event of an Emergency
  

June 2005

• Nurse Chronicles Pet Hospice Experience
  
• Safety Stars Program Inspires Patient Safety Initiatives
  
• Nurses Aim to Improve Iraqi Health Care
  

May 2005

• Two More Hospitals Receive Magnet Designation
  
• Nurses for Newborns Gives Children a Healthy Start in Life
  
• Nurse Empowers Patients to “Take Charge” of Their Health Care
  
• Nurse Commutes an Hour to Work, But Says 'It’s Worth the Trip'
  
• Surviving Night Shift No Light Task
  
• Nurses Enlighten Lawmakers
  
• Nurse’s Book Speaks Volumes on Communication
  

April 2005

• University Promotes Online Education for Rural Nurses
  
• Florida Recruiters Sponsor Faculty Shadowing Day
  
• Nurse Makes ‘File of Life’ Program Her Mission
  
• Arizona Nurse Proudly Shows the Reality of Working in Health Care
  
• Baylor Plants Flags in Potholes to Improve Patient Safety
  

March 2005

• 14 HOURS: A Tale of Nurses’ Heroism
  
• From the Hospital to the Health Club: Nurses Take the Lead in the Fitness Industry
  
• Hospital Renovations Cater to Aging Nurse Workforce
  
• Nurses Provide Nutritional Education to Patients
  
• When Emotions Escalate: How to Handle Angry Patients
  
• Re-Entry Programs Help Nurses Return to the Profession
  

February 2005

• How to Make Your Team Work Together
  
• Black History Month: Celebrating African American Nurses’ Efforts
  
• Nurses Embrace Cleveland Clinic’s Nursing Research Plan
  
• American Heart Month: Take Heart This February
  

January 2005

• Your Feet: Handle With Care
  
• High Touch from a High-Tech Solution
  
• Play Hospital Takes the Fear Away
  
• Disabled Nurses: Disclosure and Safe Practice
  
• Night-Shift Nurses See the Light
  

2004 Featured Stories

December 2004

• Transcultural Nursing: Providing Cultural Care for the Elderly
  
• Succeeding at Crucial Confrontations: You Can!
  
• ‘Frazzled? Fried…Finished?’ New Book Helps Nurses Find Balance
  
• New Design Gives More Comfort—And Coverage—to Patient Gowns
  

November 2004

• It's All About Living: Spotlight on Hospice Nursing
  
• Facing an Evolving Health Care Environment: Spotlight on Diabetes Educators
  
• November Marks National Diabetes Awareness Month
  
• "Pivotal Moments in Nursing" Chronicles Nurse Leaders
  

October 2004

• It Begins with an RN: AACN Executive Director Profiled
  
• Postpartum Home Nurse Visits Improve Infant Health, Study Says
  
• Breast Cancer Presents Different Issues for Younger Women
  
• Nurses Make Pets Part of Healing
  
• Breast Cancer Research to Improve Odds and Lives
  

September 2004

• Nurses Volunteer to Conquer Breast Cancer
  
• Nurses Cycle Cross-Country on the Tour of Hope
  
• Delivering Family-Centered Critical Care
  
• Nurses Develop Tools for Handling Crucial Conversations
  
• Spotlight on Long-Term Care Nursing
  

August 2004

• Is a Doctorate in Your Future?
  
• Wound Care Nursing: Bringing Experience and Technology to Healing
  
• Evidence-Based Hospital Design Gaining Favor
  

July 2004

• It Begins with an RN: Home Instead
  
• Innovative Program Introduces High School Students to Nursing
  
• Family Centered Work Environments Help Nurses Thrive
  
• Nurses Reflect 25 Years After Nursing School Graduation
  
• Benefit from Your Travel Experience: Cash In On the Perks
  

June 2004

• Father Ed Blends Faith and Healing
  
• Community Clinics: Working at the Heart of Nursing
  
• It Begins with an RN: Nursing Skills Come Into Play for Equipment Specialist
  
• Spotlight on Nurse Sleep Specialists
  
• New IV System May Help Reduce Medical Errors
  
• It Begins with an RN: From Small-town Girl to V.P. of Operations
  
• Wound-Ostomy Nurses Fostering Independence
  
• Specialized Nursing Care Improves Outcomes
  

May 2004

• Code Green: Lessons for Nurses
  
• May 18 Marks HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
  
• It Begins with an RN: Change Artist
  
• Spotlight on Nurse Midwives
  
• Nurses Take Technology into Their Own Hands
  
• Health Literacy: A Common, But Little Known Problem
  

April 2004

• New Board on Disparities in Health Care Announced
  
• Nurses Write the Book on What Patients Should Ask Doctors
  
• Aetna Designs Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Health Care
  
• It Begins with an RN: Nurse Takes Lead for Health Care Without Harm
  
• HIPAA Security Rule: The Next Phase of Medical Privacy Laws
  
• Occupational Health Nurses Create Safer Workplaces
  
• Spotlight on Nephrology Nursing
  

March 2004

• Technology Solutions are Helping to Improve Medication Safety
  
• Improving Nursing Care for Patients in Isolation
  
• Spotlight on Perioperative Nursing
  
• Spotlight on Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
  
• Pain Management: Nurses Providing Comfort, Relief
  

February 2004

• It Begins with an RN: Nurse Teaches Others to Take a Holistic Approach to Health and Healing
  
• Nursing Informatics: Improving Patient Safety with Technology
  
• Avoid Becoming a Victim of Workplace Violence
  
• It Begins with an RN: Cosmetic Nurse Specialists
  
• Nurse Writes the Book on Terrorism Preparedness
  
• Nurses Lead Charge for "Greener Hospitals"
  
• Research Based Changes in Nursing Practice Improve the Profession
  

January 2004

• Overweight Nurses Opt for Bariatric Procedures
  

2003 Featured Stories

December 2003

• Nurse Mentors Guide New Hires Toward Retention
  

November 2003

• Adopt-A-Nurse Program Aims to Mentor Male Nursing Students
  

September 2003

• Managing the Generations
  

July 2003

• Nurse Safety: Investments in Equipment, Training Help Prevent Back Injuries
  
• Industry Responds to FDA Bar Coding Plan
  

June 2003

• RN’s Visionary Bar Code Innovation Helps Reduce Medication Errors
  

January 2003

• Pfizer Debuts Bar Coded Medications
  

2002 Featured Stories

December 2002

• It Begins with an RN: Nurse Owns Surgical Consulting Business
  
• Re-entry into Nursing: Programs Woo Former Nurses
  

August 2002

• It Begins with an RN: Nurse 'Legal Eagle' Consults
  

January 2002

• It Begins with an RN: Meet Susan Chewning, County Coroner
  
• Veteran Nurse Shifts Her Attention to Aging Animals
  
• It Begins with an RN: Three-Decade Old Job Choice Puts Nurse in Leading Role
  

2001 Featured Stories

December 2001

• It Begins with an RN: Nurse Builds ‘Muscle of Faith’ on Amazing Career Journey
  

November 2001

• Bar Code Technology: Raising the "Bar" on Medication Error Reduction