This index reflects material appearing in the 1992 Those with continuing education tests are marked issues of RN. Articles are listed alphabetically un- with an asterisk. Articles from “Legally Speaking,” der subject headings. Each entry gives the title, is- “Nutrition Support,” “Patient’s Advocate,” “Sound sue, and page number on which the article begins. Off!” and “Taking Charge” are entered by subject. AIDS *Neurological assessment. Apr:28 DRUGS *AIDS patients under attack. Nov:36 *Respiratory assessment. Feb:22 *A better way to get kids through scans. Oct:40 Counseling patients with HIV. Feb:54 *Skin assessment. June:22 *A direct assault on abdominal cancers. Feb:46 HIV and professional ethics: Nurses speak out. *Vascular assessment. Jan:40 Adenosine: The newest drug for PSVT. Dec:38 June:28 Ten years later. Aug:44 *Cancer pain: Which drugs for which patient? These products and procedures prevent needle- May:38 Unsitvieckrss.a lJ ulpyr:e4c2a utions: Now they're the law. COMPUTERS DoN oyvo:u3 4k now these new emergency protocols? Sept:63 Our hand-held computer beats them all. Jan:52 *Estrogen replacement: Making informed choices. We should all be tested for AIDS. Oct:104 Ten years later. Aug:44 Sept:26 How to use the new weapon against anemia. CARDIOLOGY/CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM CRITICAL CARE Jan:36 If you're asked about Norplant. June:44 *A safer way to get hemodynamic data. Nov:56 *A safer way to get hemodynamic data. Nov:56 New FDA approvals: How to use them, when to Adenosine: The newest drug for PSVT. Dec:38 Adenosine: The newest drug for PSVT. Dec:38 suggest them. Mar:58 Arrhythmia review: Arrhythmia review: Sinus arrhythmia. Jan:50 “When a transplant complicates your care. Dec:24 Atrial fibrillation. Sept:42 Providing electrical support for the heart: Sinus arrhythmia. Jan:50 *Temporary pacemakers. May:28 Do you know these new emergency protocols? *The cutting alternative to PTCA. July:22 EDUCATION Nov:34 Treat for hypothermia. Apr:50 Doing an effective poster presentation. May:21 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art What's wrong with this patient? Rnabdomyolysis. We turned med/surg staff into telemetry experts. *Vascular assessment. Jan:40 Nov:47 Oct:21 Providing electrical support for the heart: *Rate-responsive pacers. May:34 DEATH EMERGENCIES *TThaek* eT ceutmthpteio nrEgaK rGay l toepnraen actesimtvaeepk etfrous r.Pth TeCrMA.a. yM:Ja2uy8l: y5:622 CSoommien gd ectoi stieornmss cawni’tth bdee aetahs.y . NoSve:p2t3: 19 CDaor e yofuo r tkhneo wc aretghievseer s.n eSwe pte:m5e8r gency protocols? Nov:34 Using cuffs to prevent clots. Apr:57 How the law protects emergency patients. Oct:67 DERMATOLOGY Treat for hypothermia. Apr:50 CARE PLANS Physical assessment: Perfecting the art We put our ED patients on the fast track. July:17 The patient with a bowel obstruction. Jan:65 *Skin assessment. June:22 *When it’s hot enough to kill. Aug:30 Preventing food allergies. Oct:73 When the disaster drill is for real. Sept:54 CAREER DEVELOPMENT A good CV will help your career take off. Feb:17 DIABETES EQUIPMENT Doing an effective poster presentation. May:21 *Diabetes: Complications that can cripple. */A new delivery system makes pain control easier. Helping patients get back to work. Aug:21 Aug:36 May:46 Job hunting: Will your references help? Nov:65 Fish oil: Food fad or therapeutic tool? Jan:75 *A safer way to get hemodynamic data. Nov:56 On her own. July:28 If you're asked about sugar substitutes. Feb:71 Arrhythmia review: Protect yourself: Set boundaries. Mar:19 Atrial fibrillation. Sept:42 What's it like in utilization review? Feb:41 Sinus arrhythmia. Jan:50 DISEASE Can you rely on tympanic thermometers? Aug:48 (see also AIDS, Oncology) *Nursing Dx: Potential for aspiration. Jan:30 CHARTING *Consider chlamydia. Feb:32 Our hand-held computer beats ttiem all. Jan:52 Discharge teaching: Use this MODEL. Apr:19 depatitis: A nurse’s story. Apr:66 Providing electrical support for the heart: Documentation: Every word counts. July:55 *Hepatitis kills. Apr:60 *Rate-responsive pacers. May:34 Less is more: A med/surg flow sheet. Mar:36 *Nosocomial pneumonia: Combating a hospital *Temporary pacemakers. May:28 Our hand-held computer beats them all. Jan:52 menace. June:48 *PV shunts relieve ascites. Aug:58 Our patients face recovery with confidence. Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B. Apr:65 Ten years later. Aug:44 June:17 *These patients truly need our help. Oct:46 *The cutting alternative to PTCA. July:22 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art What's wrong with this patient? Rhabdomyolysis. These products and procedures prevent needle- *Abdominal assessment. Mar:28 Nov:47 sticks. July:42 *Cranial nerve assessment. May:62 *When blood won't clot. Nov:28 Using cuffs to prevent clots. Apr:57 DECEMBER 1992 RN ANNUAL INDEX When a medical device harms rather than helps What's it like in utilization review? Feb:41 Preventing fooc allergies. Oct:73 June:55 When the disaster drill is for real. Sept:54 Teens can shape their postmenopausal years When a ventilator patient is going home. Oct:60 Aug:65 When the disaster drill is for real. Sept:54 The patient’s eating—why is he losing weight? INFECTIONS Apr:77 *AILS patients under attack. Nov:36 When your patient has liver disease. Mar:77 ETHICS Hepatitis: A nurse’s story. Apr:66 We let this patient down. Mar:49 *Hepatitis kilis. Apr:60 *Managing acute pancreatitis. Mar:52 OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY *Nosocomial pneumonia: Combating a hospital Abortion and nursing: A legal update. Dec:57 EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT menace. June:48 All pregnant women need prenaial care. June:88 Exercise helps these postop patients. Feb:38 Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B. Apr:65 *Consider chlamydia. Feb:32 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art *Estrogen replacement: Making informed choices. *Skin assessment. June:22 Sept:26 FAMILY *These patients truly need our help. Oct:46 If you’re asked about Norplant. June:44 Working together to prevent falls. Nov: 17 These products and procedures prevent needle- Improving the odds of a healthy birth. Sept:71 sticks. July:42 Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B. Apr:65 FLUID IMBALANCE *When a transplant complicates your care. Dec:24 Teens can shape their postmenopausal years. Aug:65 *If your med/surg patient is on dialysis. Sept:46 What's wrong with this patient? Rnabdomyolysis LEGAL Nov:47 Abortion and nursing: A legal update. Dec:57 ONCOLOGY *When it’s hot enough to kill. Aug:30 An ally who'll alert you to danger. May:71 *A direct assault on abdominal cancers. Feb:46 Defuse the anger, don’t ignore it. Feb:61 *A new delivery system makes pain control easier GASTROINTESTINAL Documentation: Every word counts. July:55 May:46 *Managing acute pancreatitis. Mar:52 How the law protects emergency patients. Oct:67 *Cancer pain: Which drugs for which patient? How to protect yourself when the patient gets May:38 Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B. Apr:65 hurt. Jan:69 *Current options in bladder cancer management Phy*sAibcadlo miansasels samsesnte:s smePenrtf.e ctMianrg :2t8he art JNoubr sihnungt icnagn: bWei llh ayzoaurrd oruesf ertoe nycoeusr hheelapl?t h.N oMva:r6:56 7 LoAokp r:G4o2o d . . . Feel Better—a program for cancer *PV shunts relieve ascites. Aug:58 Restraints: A legal catch-22? Apr:71 patients. Oct:25 The patient’s eating—why is he losing weight? Speak up! When silence spells negligence. Aug:63 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art Apr:77 Universal precautions: Now they're the iaw *Skin assessment. June:22 The patient with a bowel obstruction. Jan:65 Sept:63 *Upper GI bleeds. Dec:42 When a medical device harms rather than heips *When the bowel is blocked. Jan:58 June:55 ORTHOPEDICS *When the liver breaks down. Aug:52 *When your patient needs back surgery. July:46 When your patient has liver disease. Mar:77 MANAGEMENT GENITOURINARY A good CV will help your career take off. Feb: 17 PAIN *Current options in bladder cancer management Discharge teaching: Use this MODEL. Apr:19 *A new delivery system makes pain control easier Doing an effective poster presentation. May:21 May:46 Apr:-42 Kidney stones don’t have to recur. June:63 Helping patients get back to work. Aug:21 *Cancer pain: Which drugs for which patient? How to turn a traveling nurse into a teammate May:38 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art *Abdominal assessment. Mar:28 Jan:21 Helping postop patients sleep. Apr:24 Less is more: A med/surg flow sheet. Mar:36 Patients deserve painless injections. Mar:25 Nursing attendants in the ICU? You bet! Dec:17 GERIATRICS Protect yourself: Set boundaries. Mar:19 *How to assess the older mind. July:34 We put our ED patients on the fast track. July:17 PATIENTS We turned med/surg staff into telemetry experts Down but not out. Jan:27 Oct:21 Helping postop patients sleep. Apr:24 HEMATOLOGY Working together to prevent falls. Nov:17 *Making a difference for homeless patients How to use the new weapon against anemia. Dec:48 Jan:36 Our patients face recovery with confidence. *When blood won't clot. Nov:28 NEUROLOGY June: 17 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art Remembering Bill. Aug:25 *Cranial nerve assessment. May:62 Some decisions can't be easy. Sept:19 HOME CARE *Neurological assessment. Apr:28 Sometimes a rose is more than a rose. Dec:21 Discharge teaching: Use this MODEL. Apr:19 *Spina bifida—nursing challenge. Mar:40 We let this patient down. Mar:49 Sometimes a rose is more than a rose. Dec:21 *These patients truly need our help. Oct:46 When wishes come true. Jan: 112 When a ventilator patient is going home. Oct:60 Working together to prevent falls. Nov:17 NUTRITION HOSPITALS Don’t overlook this mineral deficiency. July:61 PATIENT TEACHING An ally who'll alert you to danger. May:71 Fish oil: Food fad or therapeutic tool? Jan:75 Counseling patients with HIV. Feb:54 Care for the caregivers. Sept:58 Goodbye four food groups. Dec:61 Discharge teaching: Use this MODEL. Apr:19 *Nosocomial pneumonia: Combating a hospital If you’re asked about sugar substitutes. Feb:71 Exercise helps these postop patients. Feb:38 menace. June:48 Improving the odds of a healthy birth. Sept:71 “Here’s something | want you to read.” Oct:56 These products and procedures prevent needle- Kidney stones don’t have to recur. June:63 Look Good . . . Feel Better—a program for cancer sticks. July:42 Maybe it’s OK to be a little fat. Nov:71 patients, Oct:25 Time to stop the debate. May:116 Pasta: The perfect pick-me-up? May:79 When a ventilator patient is going home. Oct:60 86 RN DECEMBER 1992 ANNUAL INDEX PEDIATRICS Physical assessment: Perfecting the art BRYANT G. The patient with a bowel obstruction. *A better way to get kids through scans. Oct:40 *Abdominal assessment. Mar:28 Jan:65 *Consider chlamydia. Feb:32 BRYANT G. When the bowel is blocked. Jan:58 *Every parent’s worst nightmare. Sept:34 RESPIRATORY BRYANT G. When your patient needs back sur- *Spina bifida—nursing challenge. Mar:40 gery. July:46 *Nosocomial pneumonia: Combating a hospital BUCHER N. A safer way to get hemodynamic menace. June:48 data. Nov:56 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT *Nursing Dx: Potential for aspiration. Jan:30 BUTLER L. Hepatitis: A nurse's story. Apr:66 *How to assess the older mind. July:34 *Nursing the thoracotomy patient. June:34 *Nursing Dx: Potential for aspiration. Jan:30 Physical assessment: Perfecting the art Physical assessment: Perfecting the art *Respiratory assessment. Feb:22 *Abdominal assessment. Mar:28 Preventing food allergies. Oct:73 *Cranial nerve assessment. May:62 Using cuffs to prevent clots. Apr:57 CAMPBELL M. History holds the health-care so- *Neurological assessment. Apr:28 When a ventilator patient is going home. Oct:60 lution. Nov:104 *Respiratory assessment. Feb:22 CARR P. When wishes come true. Jan:112 *Skin assessment. June:22 SEX CARROLL P. Nursing the thoracotomy patient. *Vascular assessment. Jan:40 June:34 *Consider chlamydia. Feb:32 CARROLL P. Using cuffs to prevent clots. Apr:57 CASEY C. Diabetes: Complications that can crip- PROCEDURES STAFFING ple. Aug:36 *A better way to get kids through scans. Oct:40 CERRATO P. Don’t overlook this mineral defi- *A direct assault on abdominal cancers. Feb:46 DNounr'sti ntga kaet tiet noduatn tosn tinh et hpea tiieCnUt?. YMoaur :b1e1t!6 Dec:17 ciency. July:61 Can you rely on tympanic thermometers? Aug:48 CERRATO P. Fish oil: Food fad or therapeutic DoN oyvo:u3 4 know these new emergency protocols? WeO ctt:u2r1ne d med/surg staff into telemetry experts. CEtRooRlA? TJOa n:P7.5 Goodbye four food groups. Dec:61 *If your med/surg patient is on dialysis. Sept:46 CERRATO P. If you’re asked about sugar substi- *Nosocomial pneumonia: Combating a hospital SURGERY tutes. Feb:71 menace. June:48 Exercise helps these postop patients. Feb:38 CERRATO P. Improving the odds of a healthy Patients deserve painless injections. Mar:25 Helping postop patients sleep. Apr:24 birth. Sept:71 Restraints: A legal catch-22? Apr:71 *Nursing the thoracotomy patient. June:34 CERRATO P. Kidney stones don’t have to recur. *The cutting alternative to PTCA. July:22 Using cuffs to prevent clots. Apr:57 June:63 Treat for hypothermia. Apr:50 *When a transplant complicates your care. Dec:24 CERRATO P. Maybe it’s OK to be a little fat. *When a transplant complicates your care. Dec:24 *When your patient needs back surgery. July:46 Nov:71 CERRATO P. Pasta: The perfect pick-me-up? PROFESSIONAL ISSUES SURVEYS CEMRaRyA:T7O9 P. Preventing food allergies. Oct: 73 Addicted nurses: Tolerated, tormented, or treated? HIV and professional ethics: Nurses speak out CERRATO P. Teens can shape their postmeno- Apr:36 June:28 pausal years. Aug:65 All pregnant women need prenatal care. June:88 *Nurses assess U.S. health care. Oct:30 CERRATO P. The patient's eating—why is he los- Coming to terms with death. Nov:23 What office nurses earn. Nov:52 ing weight? Apr:77 Don’t take it out on the patient. Mar:116 CERRATO P. When your patient has liver disease Hepatitis: A nurse’s story. Apr:66 *Hepatitis kills. Apr:60 TUBES AND DRAINS CLMAaRrK: 77M . How to turn a traveling nurse into a History holds the health-care solution. Nov: 104 *Nursing the thoracotomy patient. June:34 teammate. Jan:21 *Making a difference for homeless patients *PV shunts relieve ascites. Aug: 8 COHEN L. “Here’s something | want you to read.” Dec:48 Oct:56 *Nurses assess U.S. health care. Oct:30 COLEMAN D. See HEEG J. Nursing can be hazardous to your health. Mar:67 CORONA G. We turned med/surg staff into telem- On her own. July:28 INDEX OF AUTHORS etry experts. Oct:21 Only nurses know. May:54 COULTER P. Don’t take it out on the patient. Protect yourself: Set boundaries. Mar:19 A Mar:116 Some decisions can't be easy. Sept:19 ANDRESEN G. How to assess the older mind. CROFT W. and FORAKER S. Working together to The RN pin collection: Branching out. Dec:34 July:34 prevent falls. Nov:17 Time to stop the debate. May:116 We let this patient down. Mar:49 WWee' vseh oguoltd toal ls tboep tveesrtbeid ngf oro uArI DnSo.u nsO.c t: Au1g04: 84 B D What office nurses earn. Nov:52 BAIRD S., WHITE N., and BASINGER M. Can you DAVIS D. See TOUCHSTONE D. When wishes come true. Jan:112 rely on tympanic thermometers? Aug:48 DeLUCA E. See POLLIN S. BARKER E. and MOORE K. Cranial nerve assess- DRISCOLL D. Perinatal transmission of hepatitis ment. May:62 B. Apr:65 PSYCHIATRY BARKER E. and MOORE K. Neurological assess- DUNETZ P. If your med/surg patient is on dialy- Care for the caregivers. Sept:58 ment. Apr:28 sis. Sept:46 *Every parent’s worst nightmare. Sept:34 BASINGER M. See BAIRD S. DURHAM E. and WEISS L. Coming to terms with *How to assess the older mind. July:34 BENSON S. See BLEVINS S. death. Nov:23 *These patients truly need our help. Oct:46 BLEVINS S. and BENSON S. A better way to get kids through scans. Oct:40 BOWLES K. and LYNCH M. These products and RENAL procedures prevent needilesticks. July:42 E How to use the new weapon against anemia. BRETT J. See KNAPP-SPOONER C. EASTERLING A. See TOOTLA J. Jan:36 BROWN D. All pregnant women need prenatal ERDOS D. Look Good . . . Feel Better—a program *If your med/surg patient is on dialysis. Sept:46 care. June:88 for cancer patients. Oct:25 DECEMBER 1992 RN 87 ANNUAL INDEX F M S FINESILVER C. Respiratory assessment. Feb:22 MALTZ A. An ally who’ll alert you to danger SCHMIDT J. See UNGVARSKI P. FLORY C. Skin assessment. June:22 May:71 SHAHA S. See MEINTZ S. FORAKER S. See CROFT W. MANTEL D. How to protect yourself when the pa- SHARP E. Down but not out. Jan:27 tient gets hurt. Jan:69 SHEA S. Our patients face recovery with confi- MARTIN F. When the liver breaks down. Aug:52 dence. June:17 G MASON S. When a ventilator patient is going SIDEBOTTOM J. When it’s hot enough to kill. home. Oct:60 Aug:30 GARDNER S. and MESSNER R. Upper GI bleeds. MATERA R. and GUCCIARDO J. Doing an effec- SMITH J. and GRAHAM M. Exercise helps these GEDHeRcI:N42G P. Vascular assessment. Jan:40 MctVivEeY poLs.t eAr dpirreecste ntaastsiauolnt. oMna ya:b2d1o minal cancers. SNpOosWtBopE RpGatEieRn ts.P . FeAbr:r3h8y thmia review: Atrial fi- GGROALBD ECN.- TLhAeM Bcu ttBi.n g Onalltye rnnuartsivees tkon oPwTC.A . MaJyu:l5y4:2 2 Feb:46 brillation. Sept:42 MEEHAN M. Nursing Dx: Potential for aspiration. SNOWBERGER P. Arrhythmia review: Sinus ar- GRAHAM M. See SMITH J. Jan:30 rhythmia. Jan:50 GREVE P. Documentauon: Every word counts. MEINTZ S. and SHAHA S. Our hand-held com- SOLOMON J. Take the EKG one step further. July:55 puter beats them all. Jan:52 May:56 GGRRIUFBFEILN SD.. WSee e leNt EtUhiBs ApUaEtiRe nt M.d own. Mar:49 MERCER M. Providing electrical support for the STOCKBRIDGE J. See LANCASTER S. GUCCIARDO J. See MATERA R. heart: Rate-responsive pacers. May:34 SULLIVAN G. Defuse the anger, don’t ignore it. MERVA J. Providing electrical support for the Feb:61 heart: Temporary pacermakers. May:28 MESSNER R. and ZINK K. Nosocomial pneu- H monia: Combating a hospital menace. June:48 HAYES M. We should all be tested for AIDS. MESSNER R. See GARDNER S TAMMELLEO D. How the law protects emergency Oct:104 MILLER D. Care for the caregivers. Sept:58 patients. Oct:67 HEEG J. and COLEMAN D. Hepatitis kills. Apr:60 MILLS D. When blood won't clot. Nov:28 TAMMELLEO D. Restraints: A legal catch-22? HOLMGREN C. Abdominal assessment. Mar:28 MOORE K. Do you know these new emergency Apr:71 HORSLEY J. Abortion ard nursing: A legal up- protocols? Nov:34 TAMMELLEO D. Speak up! When silence spells date. Dec:57 MOORE K. See BARKER E. negligence. Aug:63 HUNTER J. Making a difference for homeless pa- MORAIN C. On her own. July:28 TAYLOR H. Patients deserve painless injections. tients. Dec:48 MORIARTY M. Ten years later. Aug:44 Mar:25 MUELLER R. Cancer pain- Which drugs for which THOMAS D. Every parent’s worst nightmare. patient? May:38 Sept:34 J THOMAS D. We've got to stop verbing our nouns JOHNSON-IVESTER K. Remembering Bill. Aug:25 Aug:84 JONAS G. What office nurses earn. Nov:52 THOMPSON C. Managing acute pancreatitis. JONES C. These patients truly need our help. NEUBAUER M. and GRUBEL D. When a medical Mar:52 Oct: 46 device harms rather than helps. June:55 TOOTLA J. and EASTERLING A. Current options in bladder cancer management. Apr:42 TOUCHSTONE D. and DAVIS D. Consider chia- mydia. Feb:32 0 TOWNSEND C. A good CV will help your career KKEAMLIaLRrYN: S1P9 . DC.o unPsreoltienctg pyaotuiresnetlsf :w itShe t HIbVo.u nFdeabr:i5e4s . OWTEheN Sn ewMe.s ta ndd ruZgE LfoLrE RPSSV-TJ.A CDOeBcS:3 8L . Adenosine: TTRRtAUaVkDeEE RAoSfUf . PF.eS .bS :eJ1eo7 b R OhGunEtRinSg : B.W ill your references KIRKPATRICK J. Helping patients get back to heip? Nov:65 work. Aug:21 TUAZON N. Discharge teaching: Use this KNAPP-SPOONER C. and BRETT J. Less is more: a MODEL. Apr:19 A med/surg flow sheet. Mar:36 KOERNER |. What's wrong with this patient? PEDEN L. Helping postop patients sleep. Apr:24 PETERSON P. Spina bifida—nursing challenge. Rhabdomyolysis. Nov:47 KRASNANSKY J. Time to stop the debate Mar:40 May:116 POLLIN S. and DeLUCA E. How to use the new UNGVARSKI P. and SCHMIDT J. AIDS patients KUPPER-GRUBBS E. When a transplant compli- weapon against anemia. Jan:36 under attack. Nov:36 cates your care. Dec:24 PUGLIESE G. Universal precautions: Now they're URAM M. A new delivery system makes pain con- the law. Sept:63 trol easier. May:46 LANCASTER S. and STOCKBRIDGE J. PV shunts R W relieve ascites. Aug:58 RAFFENSBERGER D. Nursing attendants in the WALHOUT M. Treat for hypothermia. Apr:50 LIPPMAN H. Addicted nurses: Tolerated, tor- ICU? You bet! Dec:17 WEBSTER M. Some decisions can’t be easy. mented, or treated? Apr:36 RICKERT B. Estrogen replacement: Making in- Sept:19 LIPPMAN H. HIV and professional ethics: Nurses formed choices. Sept:26 WEISS L. See DURHAM E. WHITE N. See BAIRD S. speak out. June:28 RODMAN M. New FDA approvals: How to use LIPPMAN H. Nurses assess U.S. health care. them, when to suggest them. Mar:58 Oct: 30 ROGERS B. and TRAVERS P. Nursing can be LIPPMAN H. When the disaster drill is for real. hazardous to your health. Mar:67 Z Sept:54 ROMANELLI N. We put our ED patients on the ZELLERS-JACOBS L. See OWENS M. LISTER G. Sometimes a rose is more than a rose. fast track. July:17 ZINK K. See MESSNER R. Dec:21 RUNNER J. If you're asked about Norplant. ZOLD!I D. What's it like in utilization review? LYNCH M. See BOWLES K June:44 Feb:41 88 RN DECEMBER 1992 cnr wen eae st o mente mk t