Top 10 Most Read Articles by Nurses in 2008:

1.		A Closer Look at Pressure Ulcers  CE A new Medicare rule will make the assessment, staging, and prevention of pressure ulcers more important than ever -- how will this affect you?
2.		Am I Going to Die?   A physician hospitalized in the ICU learns a valuable lesson as a patient. Be careful of what you say, and how loud you speak, as someone may be listening.
3.		The Last Hours of Living: Practical Advice for Clinicians  CME/CE Clinical concerns in the last hours of living include managing feeding and hydration, changes in consciousness, delirium, pain, breathlessness, and secretions. Learn what to expect and what to do.
4.		Ring for the Nurse! Improving Call Light Management  CE Frustrated by endless call lights? Think there is nothing you can do about them? Well, there are things you can do to decrease dependence on call lights on your unit.
5.		End-of-Life Care in the Setting of Cancer: Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration  CME/CE Is it euthanasia when artificial nutrition and hydration are withheld or withdrawn? Can patients refuse life-sustaining treatments? Will patients improve once nutrition is provided?
6.		The Inhospitable Hospital: No Peace, No Quiet  CE Hospitals just keep getting noisier. Can anything be done to find peace and quiet in the hospital?
7.		DNR Does Not Mean No Care   DNR means care that focuses on palliation and may mean the difference between a calm, serene, death or one that is fraught with dyspnea, struggling, and unhappy families.
8.		How to Approach Hair Loss in Women   Learn how to evaluate, diagnose, treat, and counsel women with hair loss.
9.		Factors Influencing Work Productivity and Intent to Stay in Nursing   This study documents the specific individual and workplace characteristics that may influence productivity and intent to stay in nursing.
10.		HPV Vaccines: Beyond Expectations (Slides with Video)  CME/CE Emerging data show that HPV vaccines, which are close to 100% effective for preventing cervical cancer, may be efficacious in preventing other disease as well.