Date: November 19, 2008
Required reading:
"Aging and delirium: too much or too little pain medication?", by S.
Robinson, et al., Pain Management Nursing, 2008, vol. 9 (2), pp.
66-72.
Date: October 15, 2008
Required reading:
"Early activity is feasible and safe in respiratory failure patients",
by P. Bailey, et al., Critical Care Medicine, January 2007, vol. 35
(5), pp. 139-145
(available at OVID)
Date: September 17, 2008
Required reading:
"Trendelenburg positioning to treat acute hypotension: helpful or
harmful?", by A. Shammas and A. Clark, Clinical Nurse Specialist,
2007, vol. 21 (4), pp. 181-187. (available at OVID)
Date: July 16, 2008
Required reading:
"Why healthcare workers don't wash their hands: a behavioral
explanation", by M. Whitby, et al., Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology, May 2006, vol. 27 (5), p. 484
(available at OVID)
Date: June 18, 2008
Required reading:
"Nurse on nurse", by C. Woelfle and R. McCaffrey, Nursing Forum,
July-September 2007, vol. 42 (3), pp. 123-131.
(available at ProQuest)
Date: May 21, 2008
Required reading:
"Development of an evidence-based protocol for reduction of indwelling
urinary catheter usage", by S. Foster, et al., MedSurg Nursing, 2007,
vol. 16 (3), pp. 157-162
(available at ProQuest)
Date: April 16th, 2008
Required reading:
"Use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies to control
symptoms in women living with lung cancer", by M. wells, et al., Cancer
Nursing, 2007, vol. 30 (1), pp. 45-55.
(available at OVID)
Date: February 20th, 2008
Required reading:
"To sleep, perchance to heal; A tale of quiet time and sleep
promotion in the ICU", by K. J. King, et al., American Nurse Today,
2007, vol. 2 (10, pp. 44-46
Date: January 16, 2008
Required reading:
"Mentoring matters: creating, connecting, empowering", by M. G.
McKinley,
AACN Clinical Issues, 2004, vol. 15 (2), pp. 205-214
(available at OVID)
Date: November 12, 2007
Required reading:
"Developing an evidence-based procedure: maintenance of central venous
catheters", by V. Newell-Stokes, et al., Clinical Nurse Specialist,
2001, vol. 15 (5), p. 199-204
Date: October 17, 2007
Required reading:
"Risk
assessment for strategies to reduce perioperative pulmonary complication for
patients undergoing noncardiothoracic surgery: a guideline from the American
College of Physicians", by A. Qassem et al. Annals of Internal
Medicine, April 18, 2006, vol. 144 (8), p. 575-580. (available at
Highwire Press at no cost)
Date: September 19, 2007
Required reading:
Orzano, A.J. & Scott, J.G.
(2004). Diagnosis and treatment of obesity in adults: An applied
evidence-based review. Journal of the
American Board of Family Practice, 17 (5), 359-369.
(available
at Highwire Press at no cost)
Date: June 20, 2007
Required reading:
"Effects of nursing rounds on patients' call light use, satisfaction and
safety", by C. Meade, et al., American Journal of Nursing, September
2006, Vol. 106 (9), pp. 58-70. (available
at OVID)
Date: May 16, 2007
Required reading:
"How long and how much are nurses now working?", by A. Trinkoff, et al.,
American Journal of Nursing, April 2006, vol. 106, #4, pp. 60-71. (available
at OVID)
Date: April 25, 2007
Required reading:
"Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: a case study", by P. Amos, Journal of
Neuroscience Nursing, February 2007, vol. 39 (1), p. 9-12. (available
in ProQuest)
Date: March 21, 2007
Required reading:
"Missed nursing care: a qualitative study", by Beatrice J. Kalisch,
Journal of Nursing Care Quality, October-December 2006, vol. 21 (4), p.
306 -
(available at OVID)
Date: February 21, 2007
Required reading:
"Understanding the moral
distress of nurses witnessing medically futile care", by B. R. Ferrell,
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2006, vol. 33 (5) : 922 (available at ProQuest)
Date: January 17, 2007
Required reading:
"Dual or dueling culture and commitment: the impact of a tri-hospital
merger", by Janice Jones, Journal of Nursing Administration,
April 2003, vol. 33, #4, p. 235-42 (available
at OVID)
Date: November 15, 2006
Required reading:
"Blood conservation in the intensive care unit", by R. A. Fowler,
Critical Care Medicine, 2003, vol. 31 (12 Suppl.): S715-20.
(available at
MD
Consult)
Date: October 18, 2006
Required reading:
"First job experiences of recent RN graduates: improving the work
environment", by C. Bowles and L. Candela, Journal of Nursing
Administration, 2005, vol. 35, #3, p. 130 (available at
OVID)
Date: September 20, 2006
Required reading:
"Medication reconciliation: verifying medication orders and clarifying
discrepancies should be standard practice", by Kathy Ketchum, et al.
American Journal of Nursing, November 2005, vol. 10 (11) p. 78
(available at
OVID)
Date: August 16, 2006
Required reading:
""Buried alive: the presence of nursing on hospital WEB sites",
by Alice R. Boyington, et al, Nursing Research, March/April 2006,
vol. 55 (2), p.103 (available at
OVID)
Date: July 19, 2006
Required reading:
"Family presence during invasive procedures and resuscitation:
hearing the voice of the patient", by Dezra J. Eichorn, et al.,
American Journal of Nursing, May 2001, vol. 101 (5), p. 48
(available at
OVID)
