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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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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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Dehydration Plays Key Role in Nursing Home Death

Nurse.com

With the elderly, dehydration can be caused by many factors, but studies indicate that inadequate staffing and lack of supervision are principal causes of dehydration in nursing homes. One day, a female resident of a nursing home was transferred to a hospital psychiatric ED due to “combative behavior and a possible altered mental state.”

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A Career In NICU Nursing

Diversity Nursing

If you're interested in joining the Nursing field, or changing your Nursing Specialty, you'll want to learn more about which Specialty is the right fit for you. Neonatal Nursing may be the perfect career choice. Nurses working in the NICU have a wide variety of responsibilities. Certification in Maternal Newborn Nursing.

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The ultimate nursing guide to sepsis

The Nurse Break

The ultimate nursing guide to sepsis Written by Matthew Javni – ICU Critical Care Nurse, Melbourne Australia. While The Nurse Break uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that all content is complete and accurate at the time of publication we accept no responsibility for any error, omission or defects contained in the content.

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How To Become a Registered Nurse

Nurse.com

Nursing represents the largest healthcare profession in the U.S., with more than 3 million active licensed registered nurses (RNs) working in the country. Nursing is an excellent profession to choose for a number of reasons,” said Rebecca J. What Is a Registered Nurse? What Does a Registered Nurse Do?

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

They were not touching the patient, and they were more likely to be looking at the nurse or the vital signs tracing than the patient or the family member. There’s a vital signs tracing, the patient’s wearing a mask. Of course, the doctors know they’re in simulation, they signed up for it.