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A process for making follow-up calls after new moms are discharged with their babies from Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA, has helped to improve discharge instructions at the health care facility.
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Educators often emphasize the fact that it is the nurse, pharmacist, dietitian, or other discipline who does the teaching, and handing a pamphlet to a patient is not teaching. Yet most would agree that pamphlets and videos are valuable tools in that teaching process.
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Pain could be a sign that a person has had poor posture for a long time. It often occurs after the body has adapted as far as it can to poor posture, says Scott Bautch, DC, past president of the Occupational Health Council for the Arlington, VA-based American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and a practicing chiropractor in Wausau, WI.
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To achieve good posture, it is important to make computer stations fit the person as best as possible, says Scott Bautch, a practicing chiropractor in Wausau, WI.
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This article, the second of two parts, deals with the potentially disastrous situation in which either the patients airway presents a substantial challenge or standard intubation methods have failed.
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Are you tired of constantly being interrupted while performing tasks? Jerry Keyes, RN, director of emergency services at Florida Hospital Celebration Health has a good solution for you. ED staff at his facility use a wireless pager system to schedule incoming messages and reminders.
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The new definition of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) results in a significant increase in diagnosis of this condition, says this study from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
