I recently wrote an article for Suite101.com about the risks associated with shoulder pain pumps. Pain control is such an important issue for nurses, but these devices do have certain risks that nurses and all health care professionals as well as patients should be aware of. Take some time to read about this issue and familiarize yourself with these risks. Photo: Stryker Pain Pump
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Nurses Beware: Antibiotics Linked to Tendon Rupture
Here’s a story from The Nursing Site.com… In July of 2008, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) began notifying the manufacturers of fluroquinlolone antimicrobial medications that they need to add a Boxed Warning about possible tendonitis and tendon ruptures to the product labels on these medications. The FDA also asks that patient education materials be distributed when the medication is dispensed. Tendon ruptures from these medications date back at least as far as 1997. From November 1997 to March 2007, the FDA has received reports of 336 cases of tendon ruptures in patients taking these medications. Fluroquinlolone is a broad spectrum antimicrobial medication used to treat bacterial infections in adults such…
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Today’s Front Pages
See the Front Pages from Newspapers all over the world today at: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp. image from Newseum.org
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Inauguration Day
I hope that no matter what your political affiliations are, or wherever you reside, that you are able to enjoy the historic events of this day. This is truly a new chapter in American History unfolding before our very eyes.
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Attention ICU Nurses: Tell Your Story
I received another call for stories from Kaplan Publishing: Call for Stories from Nurses Kaplan Publishing has launched an exciting new series of nonfiction books that share the stories behind the relationships, experiences, and issues nurses encounter on the job—whether they work in a hospital, clinic, home setting, hospice, private medical practice, or elsewhere. Entertaining and educational, inspirational and practical, each book features 20–25 true stories written by nurses about the experiences and relationships that inspire and enrich the lives of nurses and all those who come into contact with them. We are now accepting stories for the following anthology:LIVES IN THE BALANCE: Nurses’ Stories about the ICU In the…