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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. This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics.

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Betty’s Death

The Nurse Break

Republished article of The Nurse Path. Check out our other articles and guest bloggers here. Want to write an article? Betty had completed an advance care directive (ACD) stating her wishes not to be resuscitated and that she did not wish to die in a hospital, but in her current environment.

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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. That stress is entirely avoidable if they only look over their resume once a year.

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

GeriPal

We’ve invited Jacqueline Kruser and Bob Arnold on this week’s podcast to talk about their recently published JAMA Viewpoint article titled “ Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness. ” You recently published an article in the New Yorker titled, I can’t even read my own, what was the title again? Of course not.

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May Issue: Addressing Nurse Burnout, New Chest Pain Assessment Guidelines, More

AJN Off the Charts

Some articles may be free only to subscribers. How school nurses from one Texas school district taught students cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to recognize and use automatic external defibrillators and provide basic first aid. An In the News article on the travel nurse industry. Here’s what’s new.

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5 NICU conditions and pieces of special equipment you must know

The Nurse Break

Written by Joshua Roberts originally in the FULL ARTICLE about NICU nursing. 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. 5 NICU conditions and 5 NICU equipment you must know. Worth a read!

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A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse

The Nurse Break

A must-read article for all budding ICU, NICU and paediatric nurses. 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. See more paediatric/neonatal related articles here or ICU related ones here.