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A woman reported a sudden loss of consciousness at home, but she came to the ED alert, oriented, and looking completely fine. Stephanie Topscher, RN, a clinical partner in the ED at Greater Baltimore (MD) Medical Center, performed a thorough neurological assessment and repeated it 30 minutes later.
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You might assume that if an oncoming ED nurse doesn't ask you any questions, she's got all the information she needs. A better practice is to verbally review the patient's situation while standing together at the bedside, says Laura Aagesen, RN, BSN, MBA, trauma coordinator at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL.
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The more often you are interrupted when giving medication to a patient, the more likely you are to make a mistake, according to a recent study.
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Four times as much advanced imaging, either CT scans or magnetic resonance imaging, was done in EDs in 2008 compared with 10 years prior, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Is your elder patient taking multiple cardiac and blood pressure medications, such as beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors? These medications have important implications for your clinical assessment.
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During a procedural sedation, your patient is "always at risk" for having adverse reactions, warns Jennifer Conrad, RN, an ED nurse at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.
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Getting the majority of employees to become diehard practitioners of yoga or meditation might be somewhat of a stretch. However, you can help anyone to utilize simple "de-stressers" during the workday.
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Some workers may think of "stress management" as something that requires a lot of their time, but this is a misconception.
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Following the success of a 30-month pilot project with three primary care practices, Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP) has expanded its medical home initiative to include an additional 21 physician practices.
