Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A recent study published in the American Journal of Critical Care ( AJCC ) reveals a significant link between perceived miscommunication with healthcare professionals and heightened stress levels among parents of hospitalized children. A survey of parents of children admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at a Philadelphia-based children’s hospital found that while reported levels of perceived miscommunication were low overall, 16.5% agreed that miscommunication had occurred

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Together for Short Lives

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

We are urging MPs to now improve the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as it progresses to its Committee Stage following today’s House of Commons debate. While we do not take a position on the ethical and philosophical basis of assisted dying, it is calling for sufficient safeguards to be put in the […] The post We urge MPs to now improve assisted dying bill for seriously ill young people appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Nurse Nacole

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Category: Critical Care Nursing Controlling hemorrhage remains the cornerstone of treating hemorrhagic shock and evidence supports immediate surgery when direct vascular control cannot otherwise be obtained. Gastrointestinal bleeding may require urgent endoscopy.

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