Health Care Blog
Becoming a Nursing Student Again: The Adult Learning Model
Does the idea of returning to school pluck you right out of your comfort zone? You’re not alone.
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An RN asks: Why should I have to go back to school?
Why would an RN with a decade or more of experience pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree in nursing? The answers may surprise — and inspire — you.
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Tagged career strategies, Nursing Education
Geographic Information Systems: A High-Tech Approach to Public Health
Modern technologies known as geographic information systems (GIS) are being employed to further public health studies, to map and find patterns in the distribution of health and disease in communities.
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Tagged Nursing informatics
Nurse Leaders Re-Energized by ACNL Conference!
American Sentinel staff share impressions of the ACNL conference and recap important sessions.
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Tagged Evidence Based Practice, nursing research
Overcoming “Catheter Apathy” to Prevent Hospital-Acquired UTIs
“Catheter apathy” refers to the belief that not much can be done to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). A new practice alert from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) aims to completely bust this myth.
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Tagged Infection control
