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Ensure Flu Vaccine Policies, Exemptions Are Clear, Equitable
As more facilities adopt mandatory vaccination policies, they have to decide whether to allow exemptions. Some require influenza vaccination as condition of employment, while others allow specified exemptions. Medical exemptions may include allergy to vaccine components or a history of Guillain-Barré syndrome. One key to these policies appears to be consistency in making equitable arrangements, as workers denied religious exemptions have successfully sued through the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Penetrating Extremity Trauma: Part II
Part I of this series discussed etiology, initial field management, and emergency department evaluation of penetrating extremity trauma. This article will cover the mangled extremity, recognizing and managing vascular injuries, imaging approach, and emergency department management of these injuries.
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Postpartum Emergencies
Postpartum emergencies may include a variety of clinical presentations, ranging from minor concerns to life-threatening emergencies. Common postpartum emergencies include pain, fever, hemorrhage, hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, infection, and depression.
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Staff Culture Indexing
Some clients have uniformly rejected candidates based on their traits revealed through culture indexing, while other clients hired candidates on a case-by-case basis.
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Techniques to Improve Nursing Staff’s Emotional Intelligence
Surgery center leaders who wish to improve their employees’ emotional intelligence skills should start with the job interview.
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When Hiring and Training Nurses, the Smart Focus Is on Soft Skills
Nursing in the 21st century requires exceptional technical and organizational skills. A lot must be handled in short bursts of time. But sometimes this focus has overlooked the soft skills that also are necessary.
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Tips for Finding the Appropriate Software Solution for Your ASC
Surgery centers should look beyond the sticker price before selecting an information technology solution.
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Taking Time to Find the Right Technology Benefits ASCs
Legislation helped hospitals and physician practices purchase electronic solutions, but surgery centers were left out of the financial incentives. Fewer surgery centers use electronic medical records and other technological solutions, partly because of that omission, but this trend is changing.
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Creating a Smoke-Free Environment for Your Operating Room
Any surgery center can create a smoke-free OR at a relatively low cost when compared with the long-term health and workplace impact of surgical smoke.
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Surgery’s Not-So-Secret Problem: Operating Room Smoke Is Hurting Nurses’ Health
For more than three decades, safety advocates have warned of the serious health dangers caused by surgical smoke. There is a simple solution that involves installing smoke evacuation devices in operating rooms (ORs). Still, the problem persists because of a lack of urgency among regulators and OR leadership.