Medical Practice

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American Journal of Nursing April 2009 Lisa Santandrea	Leech Therapy Leech therapy is experiencing a resurgence in health care today, primarily in plastic and reconstructive surgery as a treatment for venous congestion, which can threaten surgical outcomes.
American Journal of Nursing April 2009	Understanding and Managing Burn Pain: Part 1 Despite advances in topical wound care and pharmacology, and a growing emphasis on palliative care, wound care is the main source of the pain associated with burn injury.
Nursing Management March 2009 Patricia L. Conway-Morana	Nursing strategy: What's your plan? Nurse leaders must be both visionary and operational to effectively advance nursing and to fully meet patient and facility needs.
Nursing March 2009 Kate J. Morse	Focusing on the Surgical Patient with Cardiac Problems Learn about the latest guidelines for assessing cardiac risk and protecting his heart during noncardiac surgery.
Nursing March 2009 Mary G. McKinley	Recognizing and Responding to Acute Liver Failure By quickly recognizing the signs and symptoms of acute liver failure, you can help your patient improve his odds of surviving this often-deadly condition.
American Journal of Nursing March 2009 Zhong et al.	Probation and Recidivism: Remediation Among Disciplined Nurses in Six States The researchers sought to determine what factors might affect the outcomes of remediation, including the likelihood of recidivism, among nurses who had been the subject of disciplinary action and had been put on probation by a state board of nursing.
American Journal of Nursing March 2009 Nelson et al.	Recognizing Sepsis in the Adult Patient Patients in every health care setting are at risk for systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, severe sepsis, and even septic shock.
Nurse Practitioner March 2009 Falkenstern & Bauer	Helping Kids Grow Interaction of genetic, nutritive, environmental, metabolic, and hormonal factors is necessary for normal growth and account for variability in the growth process.
Nurse Practitioner March 2009 Patricia Weyland	Warfarin Therapy Management :Tap in to New Ways to Slow the Clot Patients on warfarin require close monitoring in order to decrease their risk of clotting, while also decreasing their risk of bleeding.
Wired Bob Parks	Drill Delivers Drugs Straight to the Marrow Sometimes a good vein is hard to find -- especially when you're bouncing around in an ambulance or working on a convulsing junkie.
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