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Nursing Education and Episode 167
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Welcome to Episode 167 of the Nursing Show The Nursing Show is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network. Subscribe to the Podcast MP3 Audio Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast —- Subscribe to the Podcast Studio Video Version iTunes | Zune | Podcast … Continue reading
Assessing and Recognizing Human Trafficking Victims
One of the reasons is that we identify overtime other at risk populations that have specific assessment needs, specific things that we can recognize if we’re trained to do so. One of the items that popped up on my radar … Continue reading
Reducing Workplace Stress for Nurses
This is an interesting look at nurses reducing and managing their own stress levels. I’ve talked about this before on the show and I think we’ve talked about this any time I talk to other nurses, it often comes up … Continue reading
Crossing Language Barriers for Better Patient Care
There’s a statement at the beginning of this article that is kind of a ‘duh statement’ and I’ll read it to you and you can tell me if you’d just go ‘well duh!’. Having healthcare providers speak the same language … Continue reading
Improving Outcomes With Safety Checklists
Safety checklists– this is something that we have used sporadically I think in many places off and on they come and go. We use these checklists and then they seem to fall by the waist side. However, a recent study … Continue reading
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Tagged checklists, infection control, news, nursing, nursing education, patient safety
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Incident Reporting to Reduce Work-Related Violence
A psych nurse in Australia was stabbed to death last week. This was a male nurse; he was I think 62 years old. [He] was stabbed and another nurse was injured when a 33 year old patient instituted an attack. … Continue reading
Health Care Communities Built Through Nurse Blogs
This is a neat article about an Arizona nurse by the name of Amy Sellers who has started a new blog. Now, there’s a lot of nurse blogs out there but I like the fact that Amy took the time … Continue reading
Increasing C. Diff. Infection Rates: What Nurses Can Do
We know C. diff is a problem in many facilities although I think a lot of us chalk it up to long-term care facilities in problems but as we discusses last week in the episode about health care acquired infections, … Continue reading
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Tagged c. diff, clostridium difficile, HAI's, hospital acquired infections, news, nurses
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Awards to be Given in Recognition of Institutions Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections
A group of critical care organizations for health care professionals including AACN, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses as well as well as the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society and the Society of Critical Care … Continue reading
Pennsylvania Foundation Award Nursing Scholarships
I get questions all the time from listeners who are students in nursing or thinking about going into nursing. What do they need to do to find scholarships in their area and this is one of those things that I … Continue reading
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Tagged financial aid, news, nightingale awards, nurses, nursing, nursing education, pennsylvania, scholarships
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