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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Psychiatric Nursing

Nurse Nacole

Category: Psychiatric Nursing A non-life-threatening discontinuation syndrome of flu-like symptoms may occur after abrupt cessation of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This syndrome can be minimized by gradually tapering the dose.

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Vascular Nurses Have Career Options

Minority Nurse

As Vascular Nurses Week comes to a close, the impact of the work vascular nurses perform each day is clear. Vascular nurses work with patients who have vascular disease or who may be at high risk for vascular diseases including everything from blood clots to high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease to circulation problems. Patients depend on nurses in this specialty to help them treat and manage their diseases and so will turn to them for education about how to recover from surgery f

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Palace of Care – A Different Question

Palliverse

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash What do I need to know about you to be able to look after you better? Nothing much. I just want to be able to go out for a smoke. I asked them about it in the hospital but no one wanted to help. They didn’t want to listen to me. I didn’t even miss the smoking so much. I just wanted to go outside. It’s important for me to listen to you, isn’t it?

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