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I attended my first breast cancer event in quite a while yesterday. I can be cynical about these kind of events, but it was pretty meaningful for me as I have slowly started to meet the team of the organization... Read More
The Article: Dickson, K., Cramer, A., & Peckham, C. (2010). Nursing workload measurement in ambulatory care. Nursing Economics, 28(1): 37-43. Big Idea: Acute care nursing has a well-documented history of measuring patient acuity and workload to adjust staffing mix. However,... Read More
We’ll do just about anything these days to reduce hospital costs and improve patient care. Even if it means going a bit low-tech. Is duct tape low-tech enough for you? That’s right. Good, old fashioned duct tape. You might have... Read More
The Article: Black, K. (2007). Health care professionals’ death attitudes, experiences, and advance directive communication behavior. Death Studies, 31: 563-572. Big Idea: Healthcare professionals have been required to inquire about advance directive creation of all adults since the passage of... Read More
Five Taiwanese patients recently woke up from transplant surgery with a very different prognosis than what was hoped. Yes, they each had new organs – heart, liver, lungs, and two kidneys – all desperately needed; however, all the organs were... Read More
The Article: Schootman, M., Jeffe, D., Lian, M., Deshpande, A., Gillanders, W., Aft, R., & Sumner, W. (2008). Area-Level poverty is associated with greater risk of ambulatory-care-sensitive hospitalizations in older breast cancer survivors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 56:... Read More
Yesterday morning marked the beginning of the fall semester for area colleges and universities. As I passed by the University of Texas School of Nursing this morning (Hook ‘Em!!), I thought about all the entry-level nursing students (again!) – scared... Read More
Before you let your mind wander too much… I was on a conference call last week about discussing sexuality with female cancer survivors. I’ve heard this talk – or a version of it – many times now. Unfortunately, the truth... Read More