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Pressure injury prevention in long-term care
Follow the evidence to improve outcomes.
Takeaways:
High quality healthcare is established using evidence-based practice in nursing protocols and procedures.
To decrease pressure injury (PI)...
How innovation and design thinking can improve care
Empathy and collaboration create opportunities to help vulnerable populations.
Takeaways:
Design thinking is a problem-solving tool driven by the needs of the targeted population.
The...
Evidence-based strategies to prevent enteral nutrition complications
Follow these tips to keep your patients safe.
Takeaways
Enteral nutrition (tube feeding) can be administered safely but is not without risks.
Optimal nursing care can...
Right-sided heart failure
Give the right side of the heart the attention it’s due.
Takeaways:
In right-sided heart failure, ventricular independence (between the right and left ventricles) can...
Smart pumps, smart management, safe patients
When organizations and clinicians team up, patients are protected.
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Medication administration errors continue to occur due to mistakes in smart electronic infusion pump setup,...
Biosimilars: An alternative to biologics
Biosimilars may help lower drug costs for patients.
Takeaways:
Biologics and biosimilars are classes of drugs used to treat many complex conditions, including inflammatory bowel...
Understanding noninvasive ventilation
Knowing the benefits and drawbacks of the options helps drive patient-centered care.
Takeaways:
Traditionally, oxygen delivery systems are categorized as low, moderate, and high flow.
...
Mitigating melanoma
Early detection and intervention is key for higher survival rates.
Takeaways:
Late identification and recognition of melanoma lead to worsening health outcomes.
Nursing patient education...
Better safe than sepsis
Tips for a hospital sepsis prevention program
Takeaways:
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign international consensus guidelines summarize best practices based on the medical literature, but they...
Nurse heroes of the Pandemic
Nurses share a common theme: Hope.
Be prepared, be strong, and don’t panic
Crystal Davis Campbell, BSN, RN
Staff nurse, medical ICU, Vidant Medical Center
Greenville, North Carolina
Crystal...
Seven reversible causes of dementia in older adults
Early identification and accurate diagnosis can improve patient outcomes.
Takeaways:
Some causes of dementia can be reversed through proper identification, intervention, and treatment.
Nurses play...
School nurses: Keeping school children, families, and communities healthy
This specialty provides many challenges—and rewards.
Takeaways:
School nurses play an integral role in the health of children and youth, by increasing access to healthcare,...
Addressing substance use disorder and diversion in the healthcare environment
Early detection and response are key.
Takeaways:
Substance use disorder (SUD) affects people of all ages, genders, races, and religions regardless of socioeconomic status, professional...
