RED Fridays and Heart Health

RED Fridays and Heart Health

By: Pamayla E. Darbyshire, DHA, MSN/CNS  February represents: R.E.D., associated with military service members, family members supporting those serving, and veterans who have served defending our freedoms. As a retired Air Force Nurse Corps veteran, knowing that we...
The Fear of Touch

The Fear of Touch

By Takara Just, BSN, RN   I was a nurse who lost the importance of touch.   You see, as a nurse, as a case manager, you touch the lives of so many around you, for good or for ill, in so many variations of the word, that over time, the word loses its meaning....
To MDR Or To Not MDR? 

To MDR Or To Not MDR? 

By Gia R. Hayes, BSN, RN  I remember being in rounds, not multidisciplinary rounds (MDR), but rounds. The audience was the charge nurse, the manager, and me, the new Case Manager. I would have questions about proper EDD (because I had to deliver my IMMs on time), LOS,...