Research in Action, AANA Journal, August 1992

Charleston Area Medical Center scholarship/loan program for nurse anesthesia students.

Adenosine: novel antiarrhythmic therapy for supraventricular tachycardia.

Adenosine (Adenocard) is a unique new agent for the acute treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Administered by intravenous bolus, it has an onset and duration measured in seconds and greater than 90% efficacy. Its primary effect is to slow atrioventricular nodal conduction, thus converting reentrant forms of PSVT to normal sinus rhythm. Side effects quickly dissipate wit...

The need for alternative educational pathways in nurse anesthesia education.

Part-time programs in nurse anesthesia education are responsive to the needs of those who must juggle the demands of career and family. Such programs hold the potential for helping meet the growing demand for nurse anesthesia educators. The advantages and requirements for such a program are explored by a student nurse anesthetist.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation standards: the 1992 Dartmouth experience in review.

Developing a poster for disseminating research findings.

One of the goals of research should be the dissemination of research findings. Presentation of research findings to an audience of interest can be accomplished through formal or informal presentations at professional conferences or on a departmental level, publication in a variety of professional journals, and presentation as a poster session. Poster presentations attract an audience of similar...