Nurse Approved

09/30/2026

This pediatric primary care nurse practitioner soon realized she faced a problem that standard discharge instructions could not solve. The patient's mother spoke a specific dialect of Mixteco, an Indigenous language of Mexico, with very little English or Spanish. She also had limited literacy and difficulty reading the standard numeric system.

Her son depended on multiple medications, including anti-seizure and gastrointestinal drugs. Getting them wrong could have serious consequences.

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09/30/2026

It’s estimated that 6,000 women enter menopause every day in the United States. But in 2024, the National Institutes of Health spent just 0.1% of their research budget on menopause-specific research.

As more women seek menopause care, Tufts University is building a university-wide initiative that brings clinical care, research, nutrition science, and medical education together around a stage of life that has historically received limited attention.

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09/28/2026

Endometriosis affects over 6.5 million women in the U.S., but getting answers can take years.

A new AI tool called EndoFusion aims to change that. By combining MRI and ultrasound data, it detects key markers of endometriosis from a single scan in just 18 milliseconds with 83% accuracy.

Head to Nurse Approved to read the full story on how this non-invasive approach could streamline patient care.

09/27/2026

A nursing student can understand English and still struggle to give an SBAR report, interpret a complicated NCLEX question or confidently explain a patient’s condition to a provider.

This nurse educator believes nursing schools should do more to address it.

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09/26/2026

What happens when a care team misinterprets an unrecognized adverse drug reaction as a new medical condition, prompting a secondary prescription to treat the side effect?

It's called "prescribing cascade".

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09/24/2026

Sitting in your car in the parking garage wondering if you picked the wrong profession?

You’re likely not burnt out on patient care, you’re burnt out on unfair work conditions.

According to recent data from the American Nurse Journal, job satisfaction is hitting record lows, yet 81% of nurses say they’d still choose this career if given a do-over. That gap says everything: most nurses don't want to hand over their license. They’re just done being pushed past the limit by chronic understaffing, impossible loads, and zero operational support.

Before writing off the career you built, check these 7 signs. Perhaps the fix isn't leaving healthcare but rather changing where and how you practice.

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09/23/2026

Enlarged breast tissue is often associated with back, neck and shoulder discomfort. But new research suggests the health picture may be broader.

A study of 687 women found that those with macromastia were significantly more likely to have chronic migraine, neck pain, obstructive sleep apnea and cervical radiculopathy than women without the condition, even after researchers adjusted for factors including age, BMI, depression and anxiety.

09/23/2026

Thinking about leaving nursing? Maybe nursing isn’t actually what you want to leave.

There’s a big difference between being done with the profession and being done with chronic understaffing, a bad schedule, an unhealthy workplace, overwhelming workloads or a role you’ve simply outgrown.

In fact, while more nurses say they’re considering a job change, 81% still say they would choose nursing again.

So before making a major career decision, it may be worth asking: What exactly am I trying to leave?

Nurse Approved breaks down 7 signs you may need a new nursing job, not a new career, and how to tell the difference.

Thinking about leaving nursing? These 7 signs may mean you need a new nursing job, not a new career, from burnout to workplace culture

09/23/2026

Hundreds of nursing graduates in California are stuck in limbo, waiting for state approval to sit for the NCLEX, and now their college is taking legal action against the state.

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Hundreds of Nightingale College graduates are waiting for California approval to take the NCLEX as the college sues the state nursing board

09/23/2026

What happens when a nurse is called to the witness stand?

The Lindsay Clancy murder trial put that question in the national spotlight when an ICU nurse who cared for Clancy was called to testify about what she observed, documented and remembered.

And her testimony offers some important lessons for nurses.

What happens if you’re subpoenaed about a former patient? How much should you say? What if you don’t remember the patient? Can you look at the medical record? What happens when an attorney asks you for an opinion that goes beyond your role?

And perhaps most importantly: Would you know what to do if this happened to you?

The Clancy trial ended in a mistrial, but for nurses, what happened on the witness stand is worth paying attention to. We spoke with a nursing risk management expert about what nurses should know about documentation, scope of practice, subpoenas, depositions and testifying in court.

Because the care you provide on an ordinary shift could one day become evidence in a courtroom.

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The Lindsay Clancy trial offers lessons for nurses in court, from documentation and scope of practice to preparing to testify