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    From the researchers who are discovering new knowledge, to the clinicians who are finding ways to use that research evidence at the patient bedside, it is nurses' focus on the patient that makes their work unique among health professions. The latest issue of Johns Hopkins Nursing takes a look at the expanding role of nursing research in improving patient care.
    http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine

    "Nurses see the breadth of experiences and are aware of the need to look comprehensively…at the broader determinants of health," says Dean Martha N. Hill in "A Curious Mind." This article explores nursing's niche in the wider world of healthcare research and includes an interview with Patricia Grady, PhD, RN, director of the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) who agrees that nurses "are at the interface of mind and body, of biology and behavior."
    http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine/spring2010/features/a_curious_mind

    That focus on the whole patient is illustrated in "Discover a Better Way to Care," which examines the ways that nursing research touches patients' lives. The Pain-O-Meter, for example, was developed by professor Fannie Gaston-Johansson, PhD, RN, FAAN, to help healthcare providers better understand and monitor patient pain. Another nurse-led innovation is the Danger Assessment Tool, developed by professor Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, to measure the level of risk to a victim of intimate partner violence.
    http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine/spring2010/features/a_better_way_to_care

    But developing these theoretical tools or making and publishing research discoveries is not enough—nurses must put their knowledge into practice in a timely manner, rooted solidly in scientific evidence. "We have a responsibility to provide care that is current, safe, and has been demonstrated to be the best possible option," says Brett Morgan, a 2009 graduate of the doctorate of nursing practice program. The article "Making Research Relevant" also highlights how Hopkins nurses have developed and published Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model, a clear and concise approach to research translation that any nurse can use.
    http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine/spring2010/features/making_research_relevant

    Worldwide, Hopkins nurses are making an impact—through research, translation, and in clinical practice, even responding to disasters like Haiti's January earthquake. In "Hopkins Nurses Helping Haiti," read about the nurses who traveled to Haiti to provide direct care, the students raising funds to help earthquake victims, and the Hopkins-managed online community that provides knowledge and support to nurses in Haiti and throughout the developing world.

    http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine/spring2010/departments/global_nursing#go

    SOURCE Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

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    Two thumbs up to these articles which talk about the importance of people in medical scrubs and nursing scrubs, the nurses. Nurses are really the heart of the medical world. They not only help patients to get well but they are the ones who most likely listen and sympathize on the lives of their patients. They are the ones who contributed much to their patients' wellness and healing.And they are the ones who talk and communicate with their patients often in comparison with the doctors. I am always proud of nurses you know. And I think nurses are the living heroes of this generation.

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