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Betsy Todd, MPH, RN, Nurse Epidemiologist and Clinical Editor for American Journal of Nursing answers questions related to COVID-19 testing. These questions were submitted by attendees of the webcast, Calming the COVID-19 Storm: Delivering Effective Clinical and Nursing Care , which took place on May 7, 2020.  This podcast covers the following questions: Can you please review the different kinds o...

Betsy Todd, MPH, RN, Nurse Epidemiologist and Clinical Editor for American Journal of Nursing answers questions related to COVID-19 transmission. These questions were submitted by attendees of the webcast, Calming the COVID-19 Storm: Delivering Effective Clinical and Nursing Care , which took place on May 7, 2020.  This podcast covers the following questions: Should we be following droplet or airb...

Betsy Todd, MPH, RN, Nurse Epidemiologist and Clinical Editor for American Journal of Nursing answers questions related to personal protective equipment. These questions were submitted by attendees of the webcast, Calming the COVID-19 Storm: Delivering Effective Clinical and Nursing Care , which took place on May 7, 2020.  This podcast covers the following questions: How safe is it to wear N95 mas...

This podcast is an interview with Dr. Anne Dabrow Woods, Chief Nurse of Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research & Practice, adjunct faculty for Drexel University, and a critical care nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital, and Collette Hendler, RN, MS, MA, CIC, Editor-in-Chief for Lippincott Solutions and Certified Infection Preventionist. Anne and Collette share their expe...

This podcast is an interview with Lynne Rudderow, MSN, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CCE, a women's health nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital. While evidence on COVID-19 in pregnancy is lacking, Lynne shares what current recommendations are for prenatal care, care during labor and delivery, postpartum care, and breastfeeding.   *Note: this podcast was recorded on April 10, 2020. Fo...

This podcast is an interview with Robin Haskell, an acute care nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital. Robin reviews the background of the new Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),  and discusses each element of the recommendations and suggestions, including infection control, laboratory dia...

This podcast is an interview with Dr. Anne Dabrow Woods, Chief Nurse of Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research & Practice, adjunct faculty for Drexel University, and a critical care nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital. Our discussion covers topics such as personal protective equipment (PPE) – both availability of resources and the time necessary to put on full gear to p...

This podcast is an interview with Dr. Anne Dabrow Woods, Chief Nurse of Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research & Practice, adjunct faculty for Drexel University, and a critical care nurse practitioner for Penn Medicine, Chester County Hospital. The discussion is around COVID-19 and the resulting surge of patients overwhelming the healthcare system. In some areas, hospitals have increased their b...

During the past few days there's been a significant increase in COVID-19 cases globally. Because it's a new virus, people have little or no immunity to it, so it continues to spread. In this interview with Collette Hendler, RN, MS, MA, CIC, Editor-in-Chief for Lippincott Solutions and Certified Infection Preventionist, we discuss who is at the highest risk for severe illness and complications. Als...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, a pandemic.  In this interview with Collette Hendler, RN, MS, MA, CIC, Editor-in-Chief for Lippincott Solutions and Certified Infection Preventionist, we break down the terms for our own understanding and to help keep our patients and the public informed. We also discuss what nurses and instituti...

Nurses are on the frontlines caring for patients with possible and confirmed cases of coronavirus, or COVID-19. Listen to this interview with Betsy Todd, MPH, RN, Nurse Epidemiologist and Clinical Editor for American Journal of Nursing, and Lisa Bonsall, Clinical Editor for Lippincott NursingCenter, to learn important facts that nurses need to know, specifically when it comes to infection control...

Dr. Angelleen Peters Lewis is the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. In this podcast, Dr. Peters Lewis shares her journey to leadership and board membership and advice to help nurses prepare for board membership. 

Infusion nursing requires a special skillset. Margaret Smith MJ, BSN, RN, CRNI has been a nurse for over 22 years, and an IV team nurse for over 11 years. In this podcast, Margie shares her journey to infusion nursing, where infusion nurses work, and what her typical day as an IV team member is like. We are fortunate to have Margie as a member of NursingCenter's clinical team and wish her and all...

One of the most important points to remember about sepsis is that it should be treated as a life-threatening medical emergency. In this podcast, Megan Giovanelli Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C reviews the basics of sepsis and discusses the latest recommendations on managing patients with sepsis at the bedside.

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Connie Delaney, Professor & Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota. We spoke about her nursing career, her current work and the importance of nurses getting involved as board members. Dr. Delaney shares her wealth of experience with board membership, including her insights on the Nurses on Boards Coalition and their important w...

In healthy patients, most fluids are confined in three spaces of the body: the intravascular space (in the blood vessels), the intracellular space (in the cells), or the interstitial spaces. The interstitial spaces are the small spaces between cells that are not contained within blood vessels. In normal situations, fluid moves between all three spaces to maintain fluid balance. Third-spacing occur...

In this episode, Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner Valerie Dziados, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C, AGACNP-C explains what mean arterial pressure (MAP) is, why it is an important piece of clinical information, what to expect in terms of treatment, and some easy methods of how to calculate MAP.

In this interview, Myrna Schnur, MSN, RN and Megan Doble, MSN, CRNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C discuss the history of trendelenburg positioning, their experiences, and what the current research recommends. 

In this conversation with Mary Beth Kingston, the Chief Nursing Officer at Advocate Aurora Health in Milwaukee, learn about the turns her career has taken over her 41 years as a nurse, as well as her big jump from Philadelphia to Milwaukee just six years ago to accept her current leadership position. Ms. Kingston describes her typical day as a Chief Nursing Officer, although we know that in nursin...

Dr. Mary Ann Fuchs is Vice President of Patient Care and System Chief Nurse Executive for Duke University Health System and the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for Duke University School of Nursing. Dr. Fuchs began her career in oncology nursing, later becoming an oncology clinical nurse specialist, and continued on that path working with adult and pediatric stem cell transplant patients. Howev...

In this conversation, John W. Bluford, lll Founder and President of the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute and President Emeritus of Truman Medical Centers, shares the important work of the Nurses on Boards Coalition and how nurses can be leaders in health care. Listen in on our conversation and hear specific examples from Mr. Bluford of how he has seen the voice of nursing impact change. Mr....

Dr. Angela Patterson, the Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer of CVS MinuteClinic and Vice President of CVS Health knew from a young age that she wanted to be a nurse. Her career has evolved through the years, with transitions from medical/surgical nursing to later becoming a family practice nurse practitioner and co-owning a family medical practice, to her current role at CVS, as well as chairing th...

Dr. Patrick Robinson is the Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Capella University. Dr. Robinson has a wealth of experiences and achievements in academia and nursing leadership, as well as clinical expertise caring for HIV/AIDS patients. Learn about his journey in nursing, along with the work being done at Capella University and the Nurses on Boards Coalition to prepare nurses to...

Mike Singer is CEO of Strategic Partners, Inc (SPI). Mr. Singer's extensive and successful business career has been – and continues to be – deeply engaged with nurses. In this conversation, Mr. Singer shares his personal and business experiences with nurses, really focusing on the value of nurses in decision-making. As natural leaders and collaborators, nurses bring unique skills and experiences t...

Carolyn Ackerman Ed. D MS RN CHPN, is from Arvada, Colo., and has almost 40 years of experience in home health and hospice. Not only is Ackerman a registered nurse, but she is also an assistant professor at Regis University in Denver, and she is very involved in end-of-life interdisciplinary simulation. Ackerman recently graduated from Creighton University with her Ed. D in interdisciplinary educa...