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Currently, about 85% of parents put babies down to sleep on their backs. Yet other safe sleep practices also must be followed, and education on these must be as vigilant as that provided regarding putting babies to bed on their backs.
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In early July, The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on behavior among health care professionals and its effect on care.
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Who would ever believe that one could enter a hospital and confuse it for a spa?
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The Planetree model is almost 30 years old, but its essence is timeless, says Janet Powell Morin, RN, chief culture officer and former vice president, patient care services at Mid-Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) in The Dalles, OR.
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A class for caregivers was established at the University of Minnesota, Fairview in Minneapolis, because caring for an ill family member is becoming common practice as more people are treated as outpatients.
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There are many etiologies for eye redness that vary from minor conditions such as allergic or viral conjunctivitis to vision threatening conditions such as acute narrow angle glaucoma. Being able to identify which conditions may affect vision, initiate emergency measures, and make a timely referral to an ophthalmologist are major challenges for the emergency physician.
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"Everyone deserves a shot at fighting flu." The catchy slogan of the American Nurses Association (ANA) is an example of the marketing push for greater flu vaccination of health care workers. Everyone is stepping up their role to raise the influenza immunization rate.
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Pressure to vaccinate more health care workers against influenza will grow even more intense this year, as public health officials seek to reach the Healthy People 2010 goal of immunizing 60% of all health care workers.