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Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Bronchoscopy
One of the more challenging tasks that a pulmonologist faces is the proper staging of a patient who is being evaluated for possible lung cancer. The role of bronchoscopy has been the standard procedure for providing the patient with a tissue diagnosis, as well as disease staging, using the least invasive method possible. Conventional bronchoscopy offers techniques to blindly biopsy ...(More)
12/29/2008
Communicate with “LASER” Accuracy
Communication skills are at the crosshairs of success. Whether your communication is done verbally or virtually, your ability to do it effectively, and with influence, will determine your success or failure. Research shows that 80 percent of people feel that they could achieve better results if they were able to communicate better. Millions of companies, small and large, experience communication ...(More)
12/4/2008
A Great Time to Be a Nurse
During the Great Depression and the recessions that followed, some people were able to end up ahead by making clever career moves. Right now, it looks very smart to be involved with the healthcare sector. During this economic downturn, nurses find themselves doing better than many Americans, due to the job security that comes from working in an industry that ...(More)
12/3/2008
Members of Sentara Endoscopy: So Close They're Almost Family
Sentara CarePlex Hospital includes the largest and most comprehensive endoscopy center in the Hampton Roads Peninsula region of Virginia, where the endoscopy center’s employees work together so well that it actually feels like a family, some staff members said. The six-room suite averages 600 cases per month. Many of the nurses and technicians have emergency department and intensive care unit ...(More)
11/24/2008
Moving the Endo Unit Off-Site
A couple years ago, the ambulatory care unit (ACU) of Winchester Hospital (of Winchester, Mass.) moved off site. Barbara Crawley, BS, RN, nurse manager of the hospital’s endoscopy center, was involved in the planning and tells her story here.The decision to relocate seemed simple enough. We would move selected GI procedures to an off site so that the hospital could ...(More)
11/19/2008
How Education Can Advance Your Nursing Career
Unless you’ve been living under the proverbial rock lately, it’s no secret that the U.S. economy is sputtering. Some would say tanking. Layoffs have been rampant in the United States as businesses, from the auto industry to healthcare, are looking for ways to cut costs. This injects a sense of fear among Americans. “People are really scared,” said Lillee Smith ...(More)
11/17/2008
Key Points for Diagnosing Ascites
Ascites is a condition often seen by GI nurses. It is an accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity. The name comes from a Greek word, “askos,” which means bag or sack. The exact mechanisms in the formation of ascites are unclear. It can be the result of hepatic or non-hepatic causes. In the United States, cirrhosis is by far ...(More)
11/12/2008
Life as a Traveling Endo Nurse
There are probably as many reasons for becoming a travel nurse as there are travel nurses. My own experience began in January of 2007 when my daughter said, “Guess what Mom? I’m pregnant!” It was good news and bad news since she lives in San Diego and I live in Pennsylvania. I knew right away that I had to figure ...(More)
11/12/2008
Bronchoalveolar Lavage: How It's Used and Why
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a diagnostic procedure in which a fiber-optic bronchoscope is passed through the mouth or nose into the lung and fluid is put into a small part of the lung and then recollected for examination. BAL is typically performed to diagnose lung disease. A major clinical limitation for the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage is the large range ...(More)
11/11/2008
Switch to ICD-10 Codes Could be Expensive
WASHINGTON — In August, the federal government announced a proposal to update the nation’s healthcare coding system that identifies medical diagnoses and procedures, but a new study found the plan would significantly increase costs for physician practices.A number of healthcare groups — including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Professional Coders and the American College of Physicians — have ...(More)
10/15/2008
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