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"I don't like to refer patients to home health. Home health agencies don't do what I want, then they do what I don't want for too long."
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For some patients Sally Neff, RN, BSN, sees, something as simple as calling their physician for an appointment presents challenges they can't overcome.
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A report on the growth and earnings of nurses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2009-2009 Edition reports the number of registered nurses employed in the United States in 2016 is expected to be 3,092,000 in 2016. This represents a 23% increase over the 2006 employment number of 2,505,000.
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Be prepared for a double strike of influenza this year - and a prolonged season of vaccination to combat it.
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One evening, ICU nurse Janet Braillard, RN, returned to work at Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, CA, after being out with a respiratory illness and discovered a new memo. There was a shortage of N95 respirators, the hospital said, and nurses would need to place their respirators in a plastic bag, keep them in their lockers, and reuse them until they were visibly damaged or soiled.
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Fewer than half of health care workers receive their annual influenza immunization, according to federal surveys, despite a growing call for flu shots to protect patients as well as employees. Each year, hospitals gear up for annual flu campaigns but find they can spur little improvement in vaccination rates.
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Every year, the basic message is the same: Get your flu shot. But hospitals around the country have found innovative ways to market that message - and get the attention of health care workers. Here are a few campaigns highlighted by the Joint Commission in its recent monograph on influenza vaccination.
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An advisory panel is recommending less stringent infection control precautions for novel H1N1, but the move is just one step in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention examination of the issue.
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Stockpiling of personal protective equipment is an important component of pandemic planning. But how do you know just how many respirators to stockpile?
