Empowering better nursing care.(News You Can Use)
Things can change around here. There is an initiative in healthcare
called Transforming Care at the Bedside. This initiative focuses on
safety and reliability, care team vitality, patient . . .
It's elementary: expanding the use of school-based
clinics.(News You Can Use)(Brief article)
School-based health centers have existed in California since the
late 1980s, when the first centers were established in Los Angeles, San
Francisco, and San Jose. At present, 146 centers provide . . .
Lavender Book.(News You Can Use)('Lavender Book: Spiritual
Tools for the Dying' and 'Gone From My Sight')(Book
review)
In working with patients who are going through their unique process
of letting go of this life for the next, caregivers will often ask
hospice workers, "What can I do besides just give . . .
Telehealth: home monitoring growing fast.(News You Can Use)(Brief
article)
Worldwide use of remote patient monitoring in the home using
telemedicine technologies has surpassed use of the technology in
clinical settings, according to a new report from Datamonitor, . . .
Hepatitis C virus update.(News You Can Use)(Disease/Disorder
overview)
Hepatitis C virus is the most common chronic blood borne infection
in the United States with an estimated 4.1 million American infected.
World-wide there is an estimated 170 million persons . . .
Rub-a-dub-dub, how clean is your hub? (intravenous, central, and
peripheral port care).(News You Can Use)
Safe and proper port care is a major concern for Registered Nurses,
yet it is often neglected in practice. It has been estimated that
"250,000 cases of bloodstream infections are linked to . . .
Health watch--MRSA--excellent educational tool.(News You Can
Use)(methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)(Disease/Disorder
Information related to MRSA is being distributed based on a review
of recent incident reports, mortality reports and news releases. All of
the following information was summarized from CDC reports. . . .
ANA's best practices in seasonal influenza immunization for
health care personnel.(News You Can Use)(American Nurses
Association
Introduction:
Despite well-documented evidence of the importance and benefits of
seasonal influenza immunization of health care personnel (HCP), vaccine
coverage rates continue to fall below the . . .
Pressure ulcer staging update.(News You Can Use)
Instituting pressure-relieving surfaces helps to prevent pressure
ulcers in the OR and meets one of The Joint Commission's 2008
patient safety goals
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel . . .
Skin care: an essential component of hand hygiene and infection
control.
British Journal of Nursing, 2007; 16(16):976-981. Reviewed by
Denise S. Rowe MSN, RN, APN
This article discusses a topic that is relevant in nursing
today--the effect of skin care on hand hygiene . . .
RN-developed med dosage calculator.(News You Can Use)(registered
nurses)(Brief article)
A national sales campaign is expected next year for the InforMed
pac2 hand-held dosage calculator, which was developed by former RN
Katharine Francis. The system has a central drug library that . . .
Use a Palm Pilot[R].(News You Can Use)
These devices can hold several textbooks' worth of facts and
fit into a shirt pocket. A calculator is built right in. I found that a
Palm Pilot is just invaluable for clinical practice. When I walk . . .
Study shows why the flu likes winter influenza virus transmission
is dependent on relative humidity and temperature.(News You Ca
Published: Oct. 19 issue of PLoS Pathogens: Anice C. Lowen, Samira
Mubareka, John Steel, Peter Palesel
Researchers in New York believe they have solved one of the great
mysteries of the flu: Why . . .
Handwashing more useful than drugs in virus control.(News You Can
Use)(Brief article)
Physical barriers, such as regular handwashing and wearing masks,
gloves and gowns, may be more effective than drugs to prevent the spread
of respiratory viruses such as influenza and SARS, a study . . .
Nevada Legacy Corps--lay caregivers resources.(News You Can
Use)(Brief article)
24/7 is the "always on Call" designation for many family
caregivers. This can lead them to total desperation and exhaustion both
physically, emotionally and maybe even financially when all . . .
American nurses appear to be endangered species.(Practice
Issues)(Editorial)
Nursing is not for the faint of heart. Many a time when my partner
asks, "How was your day?" and I start to speak, Jonathan puts
his hands over his ears and yells, "la, la, la, la" to drown
out my . . .
Hiring one extra nurse might help hospitals save lives.(Practice
Issues)
If hospitals added one more full-time registered nurse on staff to
care for patients, the number of hospital-related deaths in the United
States could decrease significantly, according to a new . . .
The Registered Nurse Response Network.(Practice Issues)(Brief
article)
RNs vowed to change the way disaster relief occurs in this country.
The experiences at Katrina gave birth to RNRN--the Registered Nurse
Response Network, the first national network of direct care . . .
WHO calls graveyard shift a probable carcinogen.(Practice
Issues)(World Health Organization)(Brief article)
People who work the overnight shift are at a higher risk for breast
and prostate cancer, perhaps because working all night interrupts the
body's circadian rhythms and possibly inhibits the . . .
Who will be your doctor?(Practice Issues)(doctor of nursing
practice)
A quietly emerging trend in health care is likely to have a major
effect on who will diagnose and treat your illness in the coming years.
Rather than a physician, that comprehensive-care provider . . .
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