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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

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. And we’ve accrued over a hundred different clinicians and we analyzed their language when presenting treatment options.

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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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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. I remember there was an Archives article from, or Annals, I forget, it was probably called Archives back then, Resuscitating Advanced Directives. Bernie: And so Alex, it was horrible.

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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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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. And I described a code that I led as a senior resident. Alex: Wait, what’s the linkage here?

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And he had a deadly fear of being institutionalized, based on his previous present experience. Anyway, we resuscitated him as best we could, stayed in the ICU, and then ended up in a nursing home. We’ve resuscitated people. And what was happening was he was, due to his neuropathy, was about to lose his.

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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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