by RNSAdmin | Oct 13, 2018 | Education
The RNS is pleased to announce that the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation recently reviewed our application for re-accreditation as a provider of continuing nursing education. On September 24, 2018, the Commission has officially...
by RNSAdmin | Oct 11, 2018 | Education
Many years ago, in the pre-biologics era, a diagnosis of antibody-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in children was rather tragic, often foretelling a future of significant joint deformities, disability, and chronic pain. Often, parents or grandparents of my current...
by RNSAdmin | Oct 4, 2018 | Education, Lupus
Lupus is a chronic disease that requires long-term care, which can pose a significant challenge to the patient and health care team. There are many epidemiologic, socioeconomic, and psychosocial factors that come into play that make this a complicated disease to...
by RNSAdmin | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
The RNS is engaging in the issue of the rheumatology workforce shortage through effective initiatives focused on education, recruitment, the retaining of registered nurses (RNs) and advanced practice providers (APPs) in rheumatology, as well as enhancing healthcare...
by RNSAdmin | Aug 28, 2018 | Education, Lupus
It’s a question that I have considered from time to time in my nursing career—in a patient with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who also develops end-stage renal disease (ESRD), can the patient’s SLE ever go into remission? As with many clinical questions,...
