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As Your Nursing Resume Gathers Dust

Daily Nurse

If you haven’t checked your resume for more than a year — or you don’t even know where you have a copy, digital or otherwise — then some resume resuscitation is needed ASAP. But remember: before you try mouth-to-mouth on that decrepit old resume, remove the cobwebs first.

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5 NICU conditions and pieces of special equipment you must know

The Nurse Break

On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity. We call this Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). 5 Specialised NICU Equipment.

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Dehydration Plays Key Role in Nursing Home Death

Nurse.com

Someone called 911, but the EMTs couldn’t resuscitate her. The trial court’s decision The nursing home and the CNP filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, which basically stated that the deceased patient’s son did not present evidence that they caused the death of the patient. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

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Can I Include End of Life Care Wishes in My Will?

Seasons Hospice

There are four main types of advanced directives: living wills, durable powers of attorney, do-not-resuscitate orders, and five wishes. Do-not-resuscitate orders instruct medical staff not to revive the individual if their heart stops or they stop breathing. What Items Should Be Present In Your Living Will? If so, for how long?

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May Issue: Addressing Nurse Burnout, New Chest Pain Assessment Guidelines, More

AJN Off the Charts

This review presents strong evidence on the benefits of multimodal analgesia in reducing opioid use for pain management in the acute care setting. How school nurses from one Texas school district taught students cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to recognize and use automatic external defibrillators and provide basic first aid.

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A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse

The Nurse Break

On occasions, babies can be born in poor condition and require extensive resuscitation for a number of reasons, such as placental abruption, umbilical cord issues, or a significant bleed. They may present with abnormal movements and seizure-like activity. We call this Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). Specialised NICU Equipment.

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Standardized patient simulation versus didactic teaching alone for improving residents’ communication skills when discussing goals of care and resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial.

SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

In this episode Dr James Downar (University of Toronto, Canada) presents a study which aimed to determine whether standardized patient simulation offers benefit over didactic sessions alone for improving skill and comfort discussing goals of care of first-year internal medicine residents. Full paper from: [link]