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That "clean" smell in your hospitals may make your employees sick.
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OR nurses want to clear the air in the operating room. The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) in Denver issued a position statement in April urging hospitals and other health care providers to reduce exposure to surgical smoke and bioaerosols released in laser and electrosurgical procedures.
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Education alone will not boost your influenza vaccination rates, but a dogged campaign that includes declination statements can produce higher rates.
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Of 460 patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) coming to five EDs in Colorado and California between 2000 and 2002, 22% did not receive reperfusion therapy even though they were eligible, according to a new study.
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If your patient tells you she is taking herbs or ayurvedic remedies, you may consider interactions with prescription drugs, but would you suspect lead poisoning?
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If a patient told you that she was a little dizzy a few hours ago, but she feels absolutely fine now, would you consider this as a life-threatening emergency? If this patient is having a transient ischemic attack (TIA) and leaves your ED, she is at risk of having a full-blown stroke shortly afterward.
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If door-to-needle time is under 30 minutes in your ED, your heart attack patient has a better chance of surviving, says a new study.
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Bioterrorism experts are calling for the anthrax vaccine to be offered to civilian emergency responders and critical infrastructure public safety workers, which could include emergency nurses.
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Epilepsy-related hospitalizations rose 43% from 95,000 in 2000 to 136,000 in 2005, with 66% of these patients admitted through the ED, says a new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
