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The impact of dry versus moist heat on peripheral IV catheter insertion in a hematology-oncology outpatient population
Peripheral IV catheter insertion is a common nursing procedure often required for the administration of chemotherapy, antibiotics, blood products,...
Oncology Nursing Forum, 07/01/09 by Regina M. Fink; Ellen Hjort; Barbara Wenger; Paul F. Cook; Mary Cunningham; Aimee Orf; Wendy Pare; Jennifer Zwink · More from publication -
Reaching for rays: scientists work toward a solar-based energy system
In the bright blue skies that he enjoys from his academic perch in southern California, Nathan S. Lewis sees the answer to the world's energy...
Science News, 05/26/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
Not-so-clear alternative: in its air-quality effects, ethanol fuel is similar to gasoline
Switching the nation's vehicles from gasoline to mostly ethanol will not reduce air pollution, a new study finds. The work joins other evidence...
Science News, 05/05/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
A new low: Lilliputian pipette releases tiniest drops
Physicists have constructed a pipette that dispenses a billionth of a trillionth of a liter, a droplet that's a thousand times as small as volumes...
Science News, 04/21/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
Taken for a spin: scientists look to spiders for the goods on silk
To illustrate the amazing properties of spider silk, Nikola Kojic offers an arresting example. Imagine a circular web with a diameter of 100...
Science News, 04/14/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
On the move
A new study suggests how prions--the infectious agents that cause such disorders as chronic wasting disease--behave in soil and landfills. A new...
Science News, 04/07/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
Traces of trouble: removing the small but potent quantities of estrogens from waterways
In 1978, during a routine ecological assessment of several British waterways, wildlife biologists discovered an unusually high number of abnormal...
Science News, 03/10/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
Savvy skins: researchers pour new functions into coatings
Among the innovations highlighted in the Dec. 10, 2006 New York Times magazine's "Year of Ideas" was a coating manufactured by Nissan. Called...
Science News, 02/03/07 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
Salad doubts: preventing and controlling pathogens on produce
Spinach's healthy reputation suffered a severe blow this fall. On Sept. 13, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta learned that...
Science News, 12/16/06 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication -
Chemical pop-up books: how some devices build themselves
Many beasts, buildings, and beauties greet children who open pop-up books: a Tyrannosaurus rex with jaws agape, elaborate medieval castles with...
Science News, 11/25/06 by Aimee Cunningham · More from publication
