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American Journal of Nursing
November 2008
Lisa M. Cleveland et al. |
Lead Hazards for Pregnant Women and Children Part 2 Recommendations for prenatal screening and strategies for dealing with lead exposure when it occurs: education, reduction in environmental exposure, treatment options, and developmental surveillance.   |
American Journal of Nursing
November 2008
Madeline A. Naegle |
Screening for Alcohol Use and Misuse in Older Adults: Using the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test--Geriatric Version The availability of accurate, easy-to-use screening tools to detect people in need of counseling can increase the number of older adults whose lives can be improved and even lengthened. |
American Journal of Nursing
November 2008
Hyer & Brown |
The Impact of Event Scale-- Revised: A Quick Measure of a Patient's Response to Trauma The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) provides a structured way for a patient to communicate distress when she or he may not have the words to do so. |
Nurse Practitioner
September 2008
Elizabeth Neville Regan |
Diagnosing Rhinitis: Viral and Allergic Characteristics Rhinitis is a group of disorders characterized by inflammation and irritation of mucous membranes of the nose. These disorders may be infectious, allergic, or inflammatory in origin. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2008 |
How to Try This: Working with Families of Hospitalized Older Adults with Dementia Families provide a considerable amount of informal care and support for older adults living with dementia. And when an older adult with dementia is hospitalized, family caregivers should be seen as important sources of information and included as valuable members of the health care team. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2008
Lisa M. Cleveland et al. |
Lead Hazards for Pregnant Women and Children: Part 1 Research has shown that elevated blood lead levels in pregnant women, even those well below 10 micrograms per deciliter can cause miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight, and subsequent developmental delays in their children. |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2008 |
Wandering in Hospitalized Older Adults: Identifying Risk is the First Step in This Approach to Preventing Wandering in Patients with Dementia. People who have dementia are at risk for wandering away from the safety of the care setting and becoming lost in the community. Here are three critical elements of prevention and action. |
Nursing
October 2008
Mary Sieggreen |
Understanding Critical Limb Ischemia Find out how to halt this progression of peripheral arterial disease before it jeopardizes life and limb. |
American Journal of Nursing
September 2008
Messecar et al. |
The Family Preferences Index: Helping Family Members Who Want to Participate in the Care of a Hospitalized Older Adult. Researcher Hong Li developed the FPRI in 2000 after analysis of in-depth interviews with patients, families, and nurses and many hours of observing hospitalized older adults and their family caregivers. |
Nursing
September 2008
Susan Simmons Holcomb |
Acute Abdomen: What a Pain! So many things - some life-threatening - can cause abdominal pain. Here's how to capture the clues quickly and accurately. |
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