HEALTH BYTES: Nurses and the Migration to Electronic Health Records
Are you still charting on paper? If so, those days are drawing to a close. In many settings, the clock has been ticking for providers to switch to electronic health records (EHRs).
HEALTH BYTES: September is Sepsis Awareness Month
Join ANA and CDC in the webinar: Empowering Nurses for Early Sepsis Recognition, on Thursday, September 22, at 2 PM EDT. Sepsis can happen to anyone and is difficult to predict, diagnose, and treat.
HEALTH BYTES: Complementary Health Approaches
A NIH review finds non-drug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions. Data from a review of U.S.-based clinical trials published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches...
HEALTH BYTES: Breast Cancer Fact Sheet
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women, after skin cancer. Know the facts about your personal risk for developing breast cancer.
HEALTH BYTES: Do TV Nurses Represent You?
Hollywood Versus the Nurse. An intersting article about how the media, and popular entertainment in particular, more often portray the nursing role erroneously—when they portray it at all.
HEALTH BYTES: Nurses ROCK in Hand Hygiene Compliance
Nurses - The closest thing to a silver bullet in boosting hand hygiene compliance! If there is one group of clinicians that is particularly pivotal to the success of any quality improvement initiatives - including though regarding hand hygiene compliance...
HEALTH BYTES: RN Networking
Use social media, conferences and daily workplace interactions to connect and enrich your career. When you’re in need of advice, support or a recommendation, knowing someone who can help is essential.
HEALTH BYTES: Nursing Tips - Better Resources for Better Care
Check out this list of Nursing Tips - Better Resources for Better Care, from the clinical team at Lippincott NursingCenter.com to help make your days run a little smoother, improve your practice, and optimize patient care.
HEALTH BYTES: CDC Releases Detailed History of the 2014-2016 Ebola Response in MMWR
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a detailed account of the agency’s work on the largest, longest outbreak response in the agency’s history: the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2016.
HEALTH BYTES: Healthy Eating with Whole Grains
Advocating healthy eating is very important to your patients. Whole grains are especially important in our diet. From the USDA Center for Nutrition is a list of how to make half of the grains you eat whole...