Posts Tagged ‘American Nurse Journal’
Tips for Writing Business Emails
On October 28, 2021, Cynthia Saver, MS, RN, editorial director for American Nurse Journal wrote an article titled “Writing effective business emails”. The article discusses some all-too-common questions, such as why haven’t they responded to my email? Or the embarrassing situation of hitting “reply all” instead of “reply”. The article reminds us of the difficulties…
Read MoreCorrectional Nurse New Resource
The American Nurses Association (ANA), has released an updated professional resource Correctional Nursing Scope and Standard of Practice, 3rd Edition in October 2020. “Enhancements include a revised definition of correctional nursing, expanded ethics content related to the 2015 Code of Ethics for Nurses, updated standards and accompanying competencies content, and a proposed framework for correctional…
Read MoreI.V. Push Administration Standardization
According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), as noted in the My American Nurse Journal by Catherine Spader, RN, some nurses still use unsafe or outdated intravenous push administration practices (American Nurse Journal, 2020, p. 25),[1] despite guidelines being easy to access. An example given is using commercially pre-packaged 0.9% normal saline syringes…
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