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American Journal of Nursing
May 2012
Benson et al. |
Original Research: The Effects of Active Warming on Patient Temperature and Pain After Total Knee Arthroplasty Total knee arthroplasty is a procedure with associated risks of inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and significant postoperative pain. Hypothermia may affect patients' experience of postoperative pain, although the link is not well understood.   |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2012
Wright et al. |
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Case Study Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a rare neurologic disorder characterized by an acute increase in blood pressure, and by headaches, altered mental status, seizures, and visual loss. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2012
Diana L. Wadlund |
Meeting the challenge of IBS IBS is the best studied, most common functional GI disorder, and is often characterized by debilitating symptoms without any pathologic findings. The predominant symptoms of IBS are abdominal pain and an alteration in bowel habits with an absence of organic pathology. |
Nurse Practitioner
May 2012
Hammersla & Kapustin |
Peripheral Neuropathy: Evidence-based treatment of a complex disorder Peripheral neuropathy is a common and often progressive condition frequently seen in primary care. The chronic pain associated with PN, or neuropathic pain, can significantly diminish patients' quality of life and be challenging to treat. |
Nursing
May 2012
Fay Mitchell-Brown |
Malignant hyperthermia: Turn down the heat An inherited disorder, malignant hyperthermia is a life-threatening reaction to certain common inhalational anesthetic agents or the depolarizing skeletal muscle relaxant succinylcholine in susceptible people. |
Nursing
May 2012
Tim Blake |
Three Medication Pathways for Bipolar Disorder No matter where you work, you're likely to care for patients with bipolar disorder, which affects about 2.6% of people age 18 and older per year. |
Nursing Management
May 2012
Joanne Lavin |
Surviving posttraumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2012
Smeltzer et al. |
Original Research: Interactions of People with Disabilities and Nursing Staff During Hospitalization Inadequate primary health care and screening have been identified as serious issues for people with disabilities, but little evidence exists on the nursing care of this population when hospitalized. |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2012
Kit S. Devine |
The Underutilization of Emergency Contraception Despite the availability of effective contraceptive methods, unintended pregnancy continues to be a significant health problem for women throughout the world and in the United States. |
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