EndoNurse Articles

Scope Repair Advice From the Experts

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:06:00 PDT

Every endoscopy professional knows that healthy scopes lead to healthy patients and healthy facility budgets. The following experts weighed in with advice about how to keep scopes at their best.—Ralph Basile, vice president of marketing, Healthmark Industries—Rob Purtell, director of Business Development, Mobile Instrument Service Repair, Inc.—Alec Weiss, product ...(457 words)

SGNA Post-Show Product Wrap Up

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:00:00 PDT

Fujinon 1 (800) 385-4666 www.fujinonendoscopy.comAt Fujinon, our technological advancements in the field of endoscopy have evolved over the years and have established us as a true innovator in the industry. Endoscopic Solutions Today, Fujinon offers the latest in endoscopic solutions for healthcare professionals everywhere. Our two-tiered product line offers optimal ...(767 words)

Continuing Education for Nurses

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:00 PDT

Today’s healthcare landscape is experiencing a period of tremendous change. Economic downturns, burgeoning government and insurance regulations, as well as a growing demand for evidence-based practice are all reshaping the industry. The exciting part is that these changes are creating opportunity for nurses who are serious about career advancement. While ...(719 words)

Bravos for BRAVO?

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:36:37 PDT

BRAVO is a technique for monitoring the pH balance in suspected cases of gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GORD) as its known in the United Kingdom, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, (GERD) in the United States. The most common symptoms for reflux disease are regurgitation and heartburn. According to Medtronic,¹ GERD symptoms are ...(922 words)

The Importance of Staff Feedback in a Medical Office

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:20:32 PDT

What do your employees want? More feedback! One of the frustrations of employees in every industry, particularly the medical industry, is a lack of feedback from supervisors. Employees are just one side of the coin, however. In a busy medical office, your colleagues and co-workers also have needs. So what ...(1095 words)

Keeping Your Cool: Dealing with Difficult People

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:09:40 PDT

People today have a short fuse—everyone is stressed. And when people are stressed, they can become difficult to be around. Chances are, you’ve worked with at least one difficult person in your organization. You recognize the behaviors of a difficult person, such as: a bad attitude, apathy, difficulty handling change, ...(995 words)

How One Endo Team Uses a Book For Staff Communication

Wed, 20 May 2009 14:50:00 PDT

It’s important to share endo news, continuing education and facility changes with all co-workers. That’s why I print relevant information and put it in our communication book for all to read. Quad City Endoscopy (of Moline, Ill.) has used a communication book for four years. In the case of the ...(510 words)

One Step at a Time: Forming a Small-Bowel Capsule Program

Wed, 20 May 2009 14:45:00 PDT

Small bowel capsule endoscopy (SBCE) is intended for visualization of the small bowel mucosa, and should be a first-line diagnostic procedure. It can be used as an effective tool in the detection of abnormalities of the small bowel in adults and children from 10 years of age and up. Those ...(1657 words)

From Patient to Organizer: My Life With Inherited Colon Cancer

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:13:00 PDT

Sometimes it feels like an old-time Western shootout: Yosemite Sam blazing both six-shooters at my toes, while I hop as fast as I can from foot to foot. Over the past 26 years, I’ve been treated for colon cancer three times, all of them brand-new primary tumors. I’ve also had ...(1458 words)

The Nurse's Role in Capsule Endoscopy Reading

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:04:23 PDT

Capsule endoscopy (CE) is a non-invasive and wireless endoscopic technique in which a patient swallows an ingestible plastic capsule containing a miniature video camera and light source to visualize parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Since its introduction in 2001, it has become the gold standard for detecting diseases of the ...(670 words)