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Meaningful Recognition Fights Nurse Burnout
Nurses demonstrate clinical skill and patient compassion so routinely that it is little wonder they are designated the most trusted profession year after year. But such routine excellence can have its toll in terms of burnout and “compassion fatigue.”
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#MeToo in Medicine? Sexual Harassment in Healthcare
It will surprise few employee health professionals that healthcare is no exception to the shocking incidents of sexual harassment being reported nationally in various industries by the #MeToo women’s movement.
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Anything Other Than RBBB?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from a 60-year-old woman who presented to the ED with new-onset chest pain. The initial emergency care provider interpreted this tracing as showing complete right bundle branch block. Do you agree?
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Clinical Briefs
In this section: treating COPD with statins, tackling hearing loss with greater urgency, and educating patients about malignant melanomas. -
Insulin Lispro Injection (Admelog)
Admelog is indicated to improve glycemic control in adults and pediatric patients ≥ 3 years of age with type 1 diabetes mellitus and adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Clostridium difficile Recurrence by Orally Administered Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Fecal microbiota transplantation orally administered in capsules was non-inferior to administration by colonoscopy.
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Blockade of CGRP for Migraine Prevention: Promising, but Not a Cure
Blockade of calcitonin gene-related peptide in patients with chronic or episodic migraine results in the prevention of about two headache days a month compared to placebo.
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Obesity Is a Hormonal Illness
Once obese, a patient’s metabolism adapts with insulin resistance to maintain body fat. High insulin levels promote fat storage and block fat burning.
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Which Compliance Issues Might ASCs Focus on for 2018?
Same-Day Surgery asked for more information about compliance and regulations in 2018 in a Q&A with Gina Throneberry, RN, MBA, CASC, CNOR, director of education and clinical affairs at the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association in Alexandria, VA.
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How ASCs Can Avoid OSHA Citations
Surgery center staff must conduct research about and work proactively to comply with all federal, state, and local requirements, as well as accreditation standards. If attention to the Life Safety codes is lax, ambulatory surgery centers might experience code problems related to the National Fire Protection Association codes or OSHA regulations.