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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Tele-Nursing Follow Up Valuable
The January issue of Clinical Nursing released a study that examined the efficacy of simple nursing telephone follow up after a motor vehicle accident patient was discharged. Patients who received simple follow-up calls from nurses were significantly less likely to … Continue reading
WHO Surgery Checklist Gaining UK Support
In the most recent podcast episode I commented on a recent news item about a study on a simple verbal checklist that reduces post surgical complications by one third. Acceptance of that study’s surgery checklist seems to be gaining support … Continue reading
Posted in research for nurses
Tagged best practice, checklist, nurse, nurses, patient care, RCN, rn, royal college of nursing, surgery, who
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Kim at Emergiblog on Unsung Heroes of the ER
Kim from the Emergiblog always has great comments on the state of nursing both in her perspective as an RN in the ER and on nursing in general. One of her recent posts paid tribute to a job I used … Continue reading
Posted in RN on the side
Tagged ed, emergiblog, er, er tech, health care, jobs, Kim McAllister, nurse, nursing, quality of care, rn, team approach, teamwork
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Emergency Nursing Today on Respiratory Illnesses
Paul Bond, host of the Emergency Nursing Today podcast, had a really great episode recently on Pneumonia and Bronchitis patients. His show has really developed into one of my most listened to podcasts because of his approach to the topics … Continue reading
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Code Blog on Working Part Time
The author of the Code Blog had an interesting post recently. She commented that working only every other weekend, she was beginning to feel out of touch with some aspects of patient care, to the point that she actually refused … Continue reading
Posted in nursing education
Tagged career, code blog, knowledge, nurse, nursing, nursing education, part time job, rn
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Nursing Shortage Predicted to Continue
223,000 Nurses Needed Annually According to U.S. Labor Department statistics, the problem of nursing shortages is expected to increase over the coming 7 years. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that a need for 223,000 new nurses each … Continue reading
Posted in nurse career guide, RN on the side
Tagged federal funding, labor department, lpn, nurse, nurse shortage, nursing careers, nursing education, rn, school
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Nurses are Important to Quality
A recent article from Medical News Today features an entry from the journal Urologic Nursing. In the journal article the authors comment on the renewed focus on the quality of patient care and the unique place nurses and the career … Continue reading
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Tagged career, job satisfaction, nurses, nursing, quality improvement, research for nurses, rn, urologic nurses
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Antifreeze Poisonings and Episode 62
Welcome to Episode 62 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Listen to the show! —- Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS … Continue reading
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Common HIPAA Myths and Episode 61
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Welcome to Episode 61 The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Listen to the show! —- Right Click to download (Macs Option Click) Subscribe with iTunes here (must have iTunes installed — it’s free) RSS … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, california nurses, HIPAA Myths, hospital codes, jamie davis, Matthew Ebel, nurse, nursing, nursing home grades, nursing show, podcast, podmedic, rn, UC nursing strike
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