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Health Care Orgs Face Liability If End-of-Life Wishes Not Upheld

Hospice News

Some call these cases “wrongful life lawsuits” when they occur in the courts, though “wrongful resuscitation” may be the more accurate term. . You need to train your staff, right now — administrators, nurses, doctors, clerks, everybody,” Morhaim told Hospice News.

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Done Right, Advance Care Planning Can Reduce High-Acuity Utilization

Hospice News

Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Nursing recently conducted a meta-analysis of studies involving more than 33,000 cancer patients to evaluate the relationship between advance care planning and utilization of aggressive versus comfort-focused care. The hospice indicator is stratified.

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NJ ICU Nurse Joyce Park Saves Life of Car Accident Victim

Daily Nurse

Joyce Park, an ICU nurse at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, was on her way home from a family dinner at a restaurant in Closter when a vehicle two cars ahead of hers began zigzagging across the road. Her chest compressions were successful, and she resuscitated him after about 30 seconds.

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Top Nursing Certifications: More Than CPR

Daily Nurse

Nursing is among the most demanding and critical jobs in the healthcare industry. To provide the best care to patients, nurses must continuously enhance their skills and expand their knowledge. The Importance of Obtaining Additional Certifications We cannot overstate the value of nursing certifications.

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Simulation Helps Clinicians Prepare for High-Risk Procedures

Daily Nurse

The surgery involves reopening the patient’s chest after defibrillation did not resuscitate them. The study is published in Critical Care Nurse ( CCN ). The second phase focused on procedures to improve nurse-surgeon communication and increase the speed of establishing a sterile field and wire removal.

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As Your Nursing Resume Gathers Dust

Daily Nurse

Your nursing career has a unique narrative that propels it, and your resume is one place where it’s essential to get the story right if you want prospective employers to notice you or other opportunities to come to fruition. That stress is entirely avoidable if they only look over their resume once a year. Probably not.

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What is Rapid Response Nursing? 

Daily Nurse

Enter the rapid response nurse. Rapid Response Nursing “Contrary to common misconceptions, rapid response nursing isn’t solely about dashing from one Code Blue to another,” says Sarah Lorenzini, MSN-ED, RN, CCRN, CEN , a rapid response nurse, educator, and host of the Rapid Response RN podcast.

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