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

Hospice News

Palliative Care News recently spoke with lead researcher Kristin Levoy, a registered nurse and assistant professor in the Indiana University School of Nursing, about the empirical evidence behind advance care planning as well as the right ways to approach these crucial conversations. The hospice indicator is stratified.

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What is Rapid Response Nursing? 

Daily Nurse

The campaign highlighted six critical interventions: Rapid Response Teams Improved Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction Medication Reconciliation Preventing Central Line Infections Preventing Surgical Site Infections Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia IHI reported in 2016 that the first ten years saw 75% of U.S.

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A Day in the Life of a NICU Nurse

The Nurse Break

What is a NICU nurse? A Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) nurse is a critical care Registered Nurse who provides care to unwell newborn infants who may have a variety of different problems ranging from prematurity to congenital defects, sepsis, and cardiac anomalies. This ventilator is essentially a drum.

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ECMO Nurse – The Fascinating And Intense World

The Nurse Break

Patients are pronounced dead in the field after 45 minutes of advance resuscitation if there is no return of circulation (ROSC). Is there a cardiac contributing factor to why patient cannot be weaned off the ventilator? How does someone become an ECMO nurse or cardiac sonographer? Does the patient have PE?

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

The Nurse Break

Post anaesthetic care nurse. The post anaesthetic care nurses are also known as recovery nurses and are usually registered nurses. The role of the recovery nurse is to provide the immediate post anaesthetic care to the patient, as they are emerging and recovering from their anaesthetic or sedation.

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