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3 Ways Nurses Can Better Support Their Autistic Patients

Daily Nurse

Learn About the Different Ways Autism Presents Many people think that autism exists on a straight line that places you either ‘more or less’ autistic. It can be difficult to know what is appropriate or not when interacting with autistic patients. Instead, autism is a spectrum with a range of strengths and challenges.

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Meet the Author of Fast Facts for Patient Safety in Nursing

Daily Nurse

Forest Dean of the College of Nursing and Public Health at Adelphi University , and author of Springer Publishing’s Fast Facts for Patient Safety in Nursing. What inspired you to write your book, “ Fast Facts for Patient Safety in Nursing ?” Do you have any advice for avoiding medical errors?

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Should Nurses Try to Get Published?

Minority Nurse

. “We share the results of our quality improvement or evidence-based activities or describe our encounters with patients with uniquely thought-provoking diagnoses.” Along with presentations, publication can be recognized within clinical ladders and impact the potential for promotion. ” Roberts reflects.

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How Do You Deal With “Difficult” Patients? 

Daily Nurse

Changing our habitual thinking can be good for the nurse, the patient, and the care that’s ultimately provided. What Exactly is a “Good Patient”? We think good patients treat us respectfully, cooperate, and comply with our present plan. We want questions or disagreements to be presented courteously.

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The State of the Nursing Workforce in 2024

Daily Nurse

These numbers indicate pervasive burnout, a condition that can lead to unhappy nurses, suboptimal patient care, and nurse attrition from the workplace or from the workforce entirely. This presents an opportunity to satisfy this income demand by providing alternative, flexible work options.” Are your needs being met?

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

Minority Nurse

At the time I was applying for Master of Nursing programs, I was encouraged by one of the nursing professors to apply for the dual acute care nurse practitioner and advanced practice specialist tracks so that I could have the most flexibility in my future career path. How did you decide on nephrology nursing ? Every day and week vary some.

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Opioid Equianalgesic Tables are Broken

Pallimed

By the new one, they mean the one created by Dr. Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD in her landmark book Demystifying Opioid Conversions , 2nd Ed. If you haven’t read the book, please do, it’s really one of the best things ever written about opioid conversions. From here, I’ll refer to the tables as ‘Classic’ and ‘DOC2’.)

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