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Norovirus, a Formidable and Underappreciated Hazard: What Nurses Need to Know

AJN Off the Charts

This communication should also include environmental services in the event a change is needed in the disinfectant used in a given patient care area. In the event the patient is vomiting, recognize the risk of vomitus aerosolization and initiate additional personal protective equipment use (e.g., mask as a barrier) as needed.

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How Trained CPR Coaches Are Transforming Pediatric ICU Response Teams

Daily Nurse

Taking CPR to the Next Level in the PICU The CPR coach is at the heart of this innovation: a trained team member who provides real-time, verbal feedback on chest compression quality during cardiac arrest events. “We took it one step further by studying their impact during real compression events.

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School Nurses: A ‘Hidden Health Care System’ Finds a Voice

AJN Off the Charts

A blog is born. Five years ago, I attended a blog writing workshop at the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) annual conference. The hands-on workshop was a primer on blogging and included an assignment that the participants needed to submit a blog post about their conference experience before the end of the event.

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International Day of the Midwife 2024; reflecting on midwifery’s position in the global community in the era of climate change.

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Significant environmental events, such as flooding, typhoons and wildfires have adversely impacted maternal morbidity and mortality rates [1, 2, 3]. Midwives are likely to find that planning for environmental disruption and unexpected events might become a larger part of their professional responsibilities [10].

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Business After Hours Event

Euro-American Connections & Homecare

Last Wednesday we hosted the Business After Hours event. The post Business After Hours Event appeared first on Euro-American Connections & Homecare. As a part of the Berlin community for over 30 years, it’s always a pleasure meeting fellow business owners.

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Enhancing Patient Safety: Reducing Medical Errors and Adverse Events

Daily Nurse

One element nurses and administrators can collaborate on to serve this priority for improving patient care is reducing the potential for medical errors and adverse events. Designing Tailored Safety Protocols It’s difficult to reduce medical errors and adverse events when there’s an unclear approach to safety.

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Valuing and Integrating PPIE in Research: Recommendations for researchers

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The workshop was an initial co-design event, planned in the first instance to garner the views and perspectives around teaching and learning in respiratory care. This event yielded rich narratives, that will now directly inform the next stage of development, the context, and the delivery of the educational materials.

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