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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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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) But when the doctor explained the choices between, you can either have CPR or have a do not resuscitate order, or you can have CPR or allow a natural death. When it was do not resuscitate, fewer people chose it. Amber: Norm is, yeah.

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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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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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Journey into the Life of a Rescue Flight Nurse

The Nurse Break

The idea of combining my experience and skills in new and exciting environments outside of the traditional nursing role presented a fantastic opportunity. The best strategy is to prepare for the worst, hoping that it won’t happen, and have all the resuscitation equipment prepared prior to transporting the patient.

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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.