Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting continues as a quality-of-life issue for cancer patients, and more than half of nurses responding to a recent survey indicated that they have stopped or delayed patients’ treatment due to the side effects.

Twelve hours of your time. That’s all it takes to complete a new program that can prepare you to respond competently and quickly to someone experiencing a mental health crisis.

When making introductions, do you first present the vice president of nursing or a staff nurse? What nursing credentials, and in what order, should you place after your name? How can you promote a positive work atmosphere on the nursing unit? How can you demonstrate professionalism in a phone call with a physician?

Two nurses have launched a new specialty nursing organization—the American Association for Long Term Care Nursing—with the aim of elevating the status of this nursing specialty.

Experiencing a loss, such as those associated with a serious illness or accident, often brings past hurts and anger to the forefront, presenting nurses with an opportunity to help patients forgive, repair relationships and plan for the future.

In her role as wife and mother, Sue Sohm, RN, ADN, goes about the business of tending to her family. In her role as a nurse who focuses on obstetrics and fetal wellbeing, she cares for expectant mothers and the babies they are carrying. But, for several nights each year, Sohm takes on another role, as well. Decked out in wigs and finery, she sings in a host of opera productions in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The role of an AIDS care nurse has shifted greatly since the epidemic began in the early 1980s.