Several years ago, I was involved in an early trial of adalimumab in pediatric patients with juvenile inflammatory arthritis (JIA). One precocious 12-year-old girl enrolled […]
Education
How I Learned About Biologic Therapies
Learning the science of rheumatology is, for me, an ongoing project. The immune cascade is amazing and yet daunting to comprehend. The exciting part is […]
How I Learned About the Immune System – Iris Zink, MSN, NP
When I first started as a rheumatology nurse, I got my hands on anything I could to help me learn about things that would help […]
How I Learned About the Immune System – Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP
Picture this: A 43-year-old nurse practitioner (that’s me) on the floor of her 8-year- old daughter’s Disaster Area bedroom, drawing different colored blobs with pointy […]
My Most Memorable Patient by Iris Zink, MSN, NP
In the winter of 1994, I was working as a young nurse in the respiratory ICU at a hospital in Lansing, MI. Upon my arrival […]
What Quality Improvement Means To Me – Elizabeth Kirchner, CNP
In the clinical setting, the topic of quality improvement (QI) is often met with groans. One more thing to keep track of. One more thing […]
What Quality Improvement Means To Me Jacqueline Fritz, RN, MSN, CNS
In rheumatology, we are challenged with the formidable task of simultaneously improving quality, enhancing equity, and ensuring value in the care we provide for our […]
Are We Creating a Culture to Support Quality Improvement?
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published its landmark report, To Er is Human: Building a Safer Health System, upon which the current trend […]