Welcome to Next Stop: Nursing,
your comprehensive resource for the latest in
nursing news, clinical information, educational
tools and career guidance. This quarterly newsletter
will guide you through school and into a successful
nursing career. Please share it with your
classmates.
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Transforming
the Future of Nursing: Turning Plans into
Action
By
Debra Wood, RN, contributor
The
Future of Nursing: Leading Change,
Advancing Health from the
Institute of Medicine created a buzz in
the nursing community at its release
several months ago. Since then, the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP have
established and guided the Future of
Nursing Campaign for Action to implement
recommendations in the report.
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Each
month, Next Stop: Nursing
features sample questions from the NCLEX-RN,
provided by our partner, The College Network.
Question:
A nurse working for an agency
gives 12 units of insulin to a nursing home
resident who the nurse believes is Resident A. A
few minutes later, she discovers she has given it
to Resident B by mistake; Resident B was in
Resident A's bed. Both residents also have
moderate dementia. No residents in the nursing
home have any identifying information on them. The
nurse notifies the physician and nursing
supervisor and monitors Resident B's blood glucose
for several hours after the incident and gives
Resident B a snack. There appear to be no unusual
effects from the insulin. What could be a possible
outcome for the nurse in this situation?
a.
The nurse could be sued for malpractice by
Resident B's family.
b.
The nurse could be successfully sued for
negligence by Resident B's family.
c.
The nurse's action was below the
standards of nursing practice based on the nurse
practice act and she could have her license
revoked.
d. The
relatives of Resident B could sue the nurse for
negligence, but as there were no adverse
outcomes, the case would probably be dismissed.
Question:
A 33-year-old man is admitted through the ER with
a temperature of 103°F. Respiratory rate is
24 breaths per minute; pulse rate is 110 and
regular. Blood pressure is 120/80. He denies
any other symptoms. Which of the following would
be an appropriate step for the admitting nurse to
take that might be ordered by the physician?
a.
Obtain a WBC and erythrocyte
sedimentation rate (ESR).
b.
Obtain a WBC and serum albumin.
c.
Obtain a serum albumin and throat culture.
d.
Obtain a chest X-ray to rule out
pneumonia.
Answers
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Study
Tips!
You're a nursing student, you've read all
of your course outlines, but when it comes to
studying, you're not sure where to start and you
need some help-FAST. You've come to the right
place.
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more
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Nurses
Making Patient Safety an Official Career Path
Patient safety is at the forefront
of health care industry concerns, and because of
the role of nurses in direct patient care they
have ideal experiences for leading the industry in
addressing these concerns. Nurses can work in a
myriad of patient safety positions, ranging from
informatics to risk mitigation to quality
improvement.
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Definition
of the Day
karyogamy
Fusion
of the nuclei of two
cells, as occurs in
fertilization or true
conjugation.
Source:
Stedman's Medical
Dictionary
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Specialty
Spotlight: Oncology Nurses on the
Forefront of Cancer Care
Being
able to make a tremendous difference in
the lives of cancer patients, combined
with being at the forefront of exciting
new scientific discoveries, is what new
oncology nurses can expect if they choose
this profession.
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1-MINUTE
CLINICALS - Lupus: Deciphering the Clues
As
the prototypical autoimmune disease, lupus occurs
when the immune system malfunctions. In people
with lupus, the immune system loses its ability to
distinguish between these foreign substances,
called antigens, and the body's own cells and
tissue.
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5
Tips New Nurses have for Student Nurses
NurseZone
asked newly graduated nurses what was the
one thing they wished someone had told them
about nursing while they were in school, and
here are their top 5 answers:
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 Buy an
NCLEX book and use it to study, study,
study!
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 To
succeed, it takes not just a strong mind,
but a strong body as well.
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 Real
patients are not always "text book" cases -
they may present differently than what you
were taught in school.
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 Understand
that your employer wants you to succeed.
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 Patients
will test your patience.
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Agree
or disagree? Have an article idea? Let us know. Send
your comments and suggestions to contact@nursezone.com.
You and your fellow nursing students may be
interviewed in an upcoming issue of the newsletter!
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