A Cardiac Nurse
Cardiovascular nursing heroes spend every shift helping combat one of the most prevalent conditions threatening lives. Join me as I share tips and challenges learned through my nearly 30 years as a Cardiac Care Intensive Care nurse.
What Can Nurses Claim on Income Tax ?
Nurses, like other taxpayers, are eligible to claim various deductions and credits on their income tax returns to lower their taxable income. These deductions can help reduce the amount of…
Where Can Nurses Work ?
As a nurse, you have a variety of options for where you can work. With the demand for healthcare professionals constantly growing, there is no shortage of opportunities for nurses…
Does Paracetamol Make Your Blood Thinner?
Paracetamol is also known as acetaminophen, is a drug used as a mild pain killer. It is also used as a fever reducer. The question I am going to answer…
What Are the Consequences of Thiamine Deficiency
By: Jane Finn, RN I am astonished and amazed at the role that B1 or thiamine plays in our health. Thiamine plays a big role in the functioning of our…
Is High Blood Pressure Medication Considered a Blood Thinner?
Many people take a blood pressure pill and a blood thinner. As a cardiac nurse, I get asked this question frequently: “Is high blood pressure medication considered a blood thinner”?…
Methyldopa (Aldomet): What a Nurse Needs to Know
Although the exact hypotensive mechanism is unknown, the current theory is that methyldopa is converted to alpha methylnorepinephrine in centrally located adrenergic neurons. Alpha methylnorepinephrine lowers arterial blood pressure by…
The Impaired Nurse: When Nurses Are Abusing Drugs
Anna was a good nurse. She was always the one to go the extra mile. She picked up the “worst” assignments. Anna was a float nurse which meant that she…
Social Determinants of Health in African-Americans
Culture is a system of beliefs, ideas, values, rules, and customs, and behaviors that are shared by a particular group of people or a society. Culture is used to interpret…
Side Effects of CPAP Therapy and Sleep Apnea Alternatives
Today we will discuss the most common treatment for sleep apnea and also some alternative treatments that can be equally effective, or even better, and can help you find the…
