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As Your Nursing Resume Gathers Dust

Daily Nurse

If you haven’t checked your resume for more than a year — or you don’t even know where you have a copy, digital or otherwise — then some resume resuscitation is needed ASAP. But remember: before you try mouth-to-mouth on that decrepit old resume, remove the cobwebs first.

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Dehydration Plays Key Role in Nursing Home Death

Nurse.com

Someone called 911, but the EMTs couldn’t resuscitate her. The trial court’s decision The nursing home and the CNP filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, which basically stated that the deceased patient’s son did not present evidence that they caused the death of the patient. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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5 NICU conditions and pieces of special equipment you must know

The Nurse Break

On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity. We call this Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). 5 Specialised NICU Equipment.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

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He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. ” Somebody in the comments on their blog response said, “Did you check the date? Bill: Thank you. Brad: Thank you.

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Clinical Education – but I don’t have time…

The Nurse Break

In my first blog Clinical Education – whose job is it anyway , I discussed the essential need to make education core business to our nursing and organisational responsibilities, but we also need to broaden the way we think about what contributing to clinical education means. First things first: ensure you are not making excuses.

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The intense world of a Trauma Nurse (Part One)

The Nurse Break

The Trauma CNC acts as the scribe and nurse team leader in the resuscitation room at our institution. As a CNC 3, I have commitments at national, state and district levels, which includes writing policy, attending accountability meetings, presenting at conferences and being the Trauma nurse representative on state and national committees.

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Firestorm

The Nurse Break

Peeking out of the small window in the resuscitation room, it seemed the world had been dipped in a bucket of hell. As was to be the case throughout the disaster, communication was a real problem, and the only way we had any idea of the magnitude of what was unfolding, was from the paramedics and public that presented. the firestorm.

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