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Helping our patients to sleep will reduce their pain
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Decongestants
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A recent study with significant implications for nursing care found that even minor sleep deprivation can increase pain sensitivity and cause a drop in the neurotransmitters that relieve pain.
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Learn about the uses and nursing care plan considerations needed for patients taking decongestants in this nursing pharmacology study guide.
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For Black History Month, get to know Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first professionally qualified black nurse in 1879.
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