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NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

The authors of this paper conclude: “Reducing contacts, always wearing well-fitted FFP2 respirators when indoors, using ventilation and other methods to reduce airborne virus concentrations, and avoiding situations with loud voices seem critical to limiting these latest waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.”. 79% require a surgical mask.

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A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse

The Nurse Break

We teamed up with Monash Health – Victoria’s largest public health service to interview one of their senior Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Nurses about all things NICU nursing! A must-read article for all budding ICU, NICU and paediatric nurses. What is a NICU nurse? Write for us.

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Resume FAQs for Nursing Students and New Nurses

Nurse.com

Whether you’re a nursing student or recently graduated, it’s always a good time to build or update your resume. The required elements on a nursing resume frequently change, so for nursing students and new nurses, knowing the most important components and executing them well can help them land their first or next nursing role.

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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. Babies may often present very floppy and what we call “hypotonic” which is when their tone is too relaxed, and sometimes “hypertonic” where they appear stiff. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity. Worth a read!

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Meet Nicole Reid, Poison Control Nurse

Minority Nurse

Nurses don’t always find the exact specialty that fuels their passion when they start out on a nursing path. Career opportunities and connections brought her to work as a poison control nurse, and Reid realized she found her place. Here, she shares some of her story about being a poison control nurse with Minority Nurse.

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COVID-19 Class of 2020: My Hospital Residency’s Twists and Turns

Nurse.com

My residency class had to deal with circumstances nurses haven’t had to deal with since the 1917 Spanish Flu pandemic, or ever before. At the start of the pandemic in North Carolina, student nurses were removed from all hospitals during our final clinical rotations because of a “mysterious disease”. Graduation and Beyond.

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Cruise Ships to HITH nursing. Hospital In The Home

The Nurse Break

Meet Emma (Cane) Onelli who has been nursing since 1998, so 23 years! She is from Hobart, Tasmania and her nursing background is 20 year of Emergency Nursing and the last 6 in HITH (Hospital in the Home) as well as casual in ED. She actually met her Italian husband while nursing on a Cruise ship in the US, he’s a Ships Engineer!

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