Assessing respiratory rate (RR) is an important patient observation, but is often overlooked or performed inaccurately. Accurate RR assessment is particularly crucial during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Innovations in technology have enabled the creation of point-of-care ultrasound, which allows clinicians to gather images at the first patient assessment, improving care quality by reducing wait times ...

Brendan Docherty, MSc, PGCE, RN, is nurse manager, patient access and nursing services Steven Coote, MN (Critical Care), BN, RN, is advanced practice nurse, after hours nursing services; both at The ...

Detection of Occult Micrometastases in Patients With Clinical Stage I Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective Analysis of Mature Results of CALGB 9761 (Alliance) The main eligibility criteria were ...

Studies have suggested that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is commonly misdiagnosed and misclassified in primary care, but less is known about the quality of diagnosis in specialist ...

Using the SEER-Medicare database linked with Minimum Data Set assessments, we identified patients age 65 years and older with NSCLC who received care in nursing homes from 2011 to 2015. We used Cox ...

The findings suggest telenursing between in-person visits may help reduce distress related to symptoms in patients who have lung cancer. Telenursing (TN) is associated with lower symptom distress ...