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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

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And that helped them focus on that instead of, say, the blood pressure, the vasopressors or the ventilator settings that day. And then they had to be receiving 48 hours of continuous mechanical ventilation at a minimum and be an adult. We’re looking at a number of those, like did they have social work? Eric: Okay.

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Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

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Whether it’s supportive care or a social work led intervention, an ACP led intervention, whatever it may be. And instead of only being focused on the mechanical ventilation parameters that day, we force them to focus on prognosis. They don’t have to share it. They don’t have to discuss it.

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100 Men in Nursing – amazing male nurses, midwives and students

The Nurse Break

Social Work. It’s something that makes me laugh, because if they follow any of us around, no matter the area we work in, they would understand it is so much more than that. Primary Health, Outpatients & Community Nursing. Psychologist. Researchers and Academics. Respiratory Nursing. Rural & Remote Nursing. The Breakroom.

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