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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

Nurses Service Organization (NSO) and CNA have published the new edition of the Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report analyzing 232 closed professional liability claims against NPs, student NPs, and NPs covered through a CNA-insured healthcare business over five years (2017-2021). since 2017.

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The ultimate nursing guide to sepsis

The Nurse Break

2017; Li et al., Former international guidelines advised that a patient could be clinically identified as septic if they met two or more of the SIRS criteria (below) with a suspected or confirmed source of infection, and many organisations have continued this practice (Marik & Taeb, 2017). Recognising sepsis in clinical practice.

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Innovative Approaches to Enhance Day surgery follow-up and care of Older Adults

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Many patients also present with undiagnosed baseline cognitive impairments, a significant risk factor for postoperative delirium 4. Hälleberg-Nyman, M and Nilsson, U (2017). Such patients may struggle with post-operative instructions, wound care, medication management, and seeking healthcare if needed. e34-e35, [link] Dahlberg, K.,