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Observing an elderly man's shaking extremities, ED nurses at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis first suspected undiagnosed Parkinson's disease. He actually was having mild seizure activity.
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Several years ago, walking through the waiting room at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA, on her way to triage, Ellen Smithline, RN, CEN, TNCC-I, ENPC-I, an ED clinical educator, noticed a woman in her 30s who looked pale and was rubbing her chest.
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Noncompliance with isolation precautions can be extremely dangerous for ED nurses, but in fact, this situation is surprisingly common, according to Diane Hochstetler, RN, BSN, CEN, clinical practice specialist for the ED at Goshen (IN) General Hospital.
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Many intensive care units (ICUs) are making changes to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), but what about the ED?
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Two oral medications for relapsing-remitting MS in phase III development; antihypertensives find new uses; Ginkgo biloba does not prevent cognitive decline in elderly; and FDA Actions.
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Pick up any newspaper or magazine or turn on the news, and you're likely to hear somebody talking about this country's obesity epidemic.
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Hospital-at-home care may be a practical alternative to traditional hospital inpatient care for patients with acutely suddenly worsening chronic heart failure, according to a recent report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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This is the second of a two-part article that discusses best practices for the care of patients with dementia.