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Risk factors

Assessing your patients’ risk for falling

July 13, 2015

An estimated 25,500 Americans died from falls in healthcare and community settings in 2013. Countless more suffered life-changing injuries, such as fractures, internal injuries, and traumatic brain injury.…

Collaboration improves pressure injury prevention

May 18, 2018

Communication and research reduce OR-related pressure By Catherine Spader, RN An interview with Debra L. Fawcett, PhD, RN, director of infection prevention, Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, Indiana. She has…

Community-acquired pneumonia

December 12, 2017

Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is exactly what it sounds like—a lung infection acquired while out and about in the world. The cause may be a virus, bacteria, or fungus.…

Grasping the all-important concept of risk

January 11, 2011

To fulfill your responsibility toward evidence-based practice, you need to understand statistical techniques. In the first article in our new “Spotlight on Statistics” series, the authors demystify the…

Peril on Periphery

June 11, 2009

Peripheral arterial disease is all too common – and all too often goes unrecognized.

Pneumonia, sepsis may increase risk of cardiovascular disease

August 7, 2017

Pneumonia or sepsis in adults associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Sophia Antipolis, 2 August 2017: Pneumonia or sepsis in adults that results in hospital admission is…

Preventing postpartum newborn falls

November 2, 2019

Work as a team to identify maternal and environmental risks. Takeaways: Nurses can identify risk factors for infant falls and proactively intervene and reverse risky scenarios. Nurses can…