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Brushing away the risk: The crucial role of daily toothbrushing in preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia

Rehab Realities by Renee Kinder

A phenomenon that skilled nursing teams have long appreciated was recently highlighted in a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine , researchers Ehrenzeller and Klompas shed light on a critical yet often overlooked aspect of healthcare — oral hygiene and daily toothbrushing.

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Meet the Inspiring Mother-Daughter Nursing Duo Creating a Legacy of Care

Daily Nurse

After starting a family, she navigated various healthcare settings—orthopedics, private duty, and a nursing home—before returning to school to fulfill her dream of working with children.

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Mastering the Basics: The ABCs of Nursing

Nurse.com

Intubation: Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation may be necessary when patients cannot maintain their airway independently. Ventilatory support: Patients with severe respiratory distress may require mechanical ventilation through a ventilator.

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NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The denial of the reality of covid is also evident in approaches to providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers. A coughing patient, and perhaps even an infectious patient who is simply breathing generates more exposure than someone on a ventilator. NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW.

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CSI Academy Teams to Focus on Implementing HWE Standards

Daily Nurse

Findings from AACN’s most recent National Nurse Work Environments study indicate healthcare teams who have implemented the HWE standards or are in the process of doing so report better results than those who have not. To learn more about bringing CSI Academy to your hospital or health system, visit the CSI Academy FAQ page.

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Caregiving Best Practices: Get Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.

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Caregiver Mistakes: Not Having Healthcare, Financial, and Legal Affairs in Order

Hope Hospice

Do you and your loved ones have an advance healthcare directive as well as the other documents necessary for managing legal and financial issues (e.g., This couple did not have advance healthcare directives nor were documents in place that would enable the wife to handle her husband’s independent financial accounts and property.