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To help health care professionals and parents make procedures involving needles, such as a blood draw or spinal tap, less painful, Mia Crane, CCLS, a certified child-life specialist at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta, helped create two teaching sheets on nonpharmacological pain management. One tool is for nurses and practitioners and the other for parents.
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Nonpharmacological pain management interventions can be used effectively with children of any age. There are a wide variety of techniques that can be adapted based on a childs age, temperament, likes, and dislikes, says Chris Brown, MS, CCLS, director of child life and education at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia.
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It is important that emergency workers, emergency department (ED) personnel, and school nurses understand the signs and symptoms of myasthenia gravis (MG) and what constitutes a medical crisis. Family and friends of people who have this disorder of neuromuscular transmission, which produces fatigue and muscle weakness, need to understand these signs and symptoms as well.
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Chemotherapy requires intensive patient education that is ongoing. Patients cant be taught everything they want to know and need to know in one sitting, says Kerry Harwood, RN, MSN, director of the Cancer Patient Education Program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
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Print material can enhance education in many ways. Nurse educators at Craig Hospital in Englewood, CO, use traveling poster boards to inform staff about policy changes or procedures that have been updated.
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Educational information tucked away in a drawer where patients cant see it isnt being put to good use, says Terry Chase, ND, RN, patient and family education program coordinator at Craig Hospital. Therefore, she looks for different ways that are interesting and creative to get information in front of patients.
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Health care facilities have been working diligently to meet new guidelines under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requiring that patients be informed of their rights to privacy and how the institution handles protected health information.
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Key findings of AAOHN/brand survey
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ACOEMs RTW Statement Highlights
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With the escalating threat of biological warfare against the United States, hospitals must be prepared to treat the victims of such attacks while protecting their employees and patients at the same time.