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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

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She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. I remember there was an Archives article from, or Annals, I forget, it was probably called Archives back then, Resuscitating Advanced Directives. Bernie: And so Alex, it was horrible.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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And he had a deadly fear of being institutionalized, based on his previous present experience. Anyway, we resuscitated him as best we could, stayed in the ICU, and then ended up in a nursing home. We’ve resuscitated people. And what was happening was he was, due to his neuropathy, was about to lose his.

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Journey into the Life of a Rescue Flight Nurse

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The idea of combining my experience and skills in new and exciting environments outside of the traditional nursing role presented a fantastic opportunity. I was fortunate to get the job as a casual fixed wing flight nurse, where the position entailed retrieving critically ill patients, both domestically and internationally.

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A Complete Guide to Peri-anaesthesia & Perioperative Nursing: Part 1

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As the medical team finishes the procedure, the scrub nurse will apply the dressings, then the anaesthetic team takes over patient care. Basic life support encompasses all areas involving patient assessment, deterioration and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Scout nurse. Basic life support.

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Clinical Education – but I don’t have time…

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I once presented on ‘strategies to implement an education program in your unit’ at a symposium. This can be related to clinical knowledge and skills; professional behaviour such as accessing policy and procedure or respectful interdisciplinary relationships; or the more humanistic skills required within patient care.

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