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Dial and colleagues point out that Clostridium difficile is the most common form of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in the Western world, apparently increasing in frequency, severity, and consequential health care costs (more than $1 billion in the United States annually).
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Everyone who works in health care has a list of ideas for what needs to be done to improve client satisfaction, but one theme appears to be a common thread throughout: communication.
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It was about 2 a.m., Sept. 16, when Hurricane Ivan roared into Pensacola, FL, with 130-mph winds, battering the boarded-up windows of Sacred Heart Hospital, knocking out the electricity and forcing the hospital to operate on emergency generators. The next few days called for creativity and patience on the part of the staff and patients.
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For as long as humans have been taking care of other humans who are sick or hurt, the rendering of solace and physical comfort has been the core from which all other types of aid have grown. But a nurse and ethicist in California says that ignoring the value of giving of solace and comfort amounts to turning away from the prime reason for the practice of medicine.
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As patient and family education coordinator for a large Miami-based health care system, Sharon Sweeting, MS, RD, LD, CDE, is the resource person for the bedside or clinic-based educators.
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The Family Resource Center, a pediatric consumer health information library at St. Louis Childrens Hospital, has a multitude of books, videos, DVDs, and brochures on childrens health and wellness from birth to adolescents. Some of the materials are from an adult perspective, others from that of a child.
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The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia was surveyed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in February 2004. In the aftermath of this survey, the coordinator of patient-family education at the institution is convinced patient and family education still is a critical concern of the accrediting agency.
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Employees might save some time during the workday by having lunch at their desks, but they could pay for it by making themselves sick.
