Living with Crohn's: A Personal Account.

The lifelong, chronic nature of Crohn's disease produces incessant stress that affects individuals physically, emotionally, and socially. Coping with the symptoms and treatment is improved when persons engage their faith and spiritual resources. Clear understanding of the physical and emotional aspects of Crohn's can support a person's ability to manage the disease.

Adverse childhood experiences and implementing trauma-informed primary care.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) include exposures such as abuse and household dysfunction. These exposures are associated with long-term sequelae and unfavorable health outcomes in adulthood. NPs working in primary care can help to reduce the impact of ACEs in adulthood by identifying individuals with these experiences and implementing trauma-informed care strategies.

The problem of alarm fatigue.

Up to 99 percent of alarms sounding on hospital units are false alarms signaling no real danger to patients. These false alarms can lead to alarm fatigue and alarm burden, and may divert health care providers' attention away from significant alarms heralding actual or impending harm. As the health care environment continues to become more dependent upon technological monitoring devices used for patient care, nurses must become aware of the possibility and consequences of alarm fatigue and ways to prevent it from negatively affecting their practice, as well as the possible consequences for patient care.