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Experts: Flattening the Curve of the Epidemic Must Be the Focus Right Now
The United States must focus on mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, and make sure healthcare providers are in a position to deliver the best care possible for everyone who is infected.
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Learn How to Don and Doff PPE Correctly
Teaching providers how to put on and remove personal protective equipment may be one of the most important things any healthcare organization can focus on. When this process is not performed correctly, a worker can become exposed and potentially infected.
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Emergency Clinicians Prepare for Battle, Advocate for Needed Resources
Professional associations offer detailed repositories of useful information to help emergency healthcare workers battle COVID-19.
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Frontline Caregivers Work Through Fear and Anxiety to Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak
Providers across the country are racing to expand capacity and stretch their supplies of personal protective equipment and life-saving ventilators.
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Orientation Checklist
There always is room for improvement regarding how new employees are trained and oriented. It is important to make sure a proper orientation process is documented and what it entails.
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Surgery Centers Can Improve Patient Record Documentation
From a nursing perspective, medical recordkeeping is more about risk management than it is about complying with regulations. All medical records from surgery centers should tell the stories of patients and include details about their episodes of care.
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Racial Disparities Affect Where Patients Undergo Surgery
Researchers compared two boroughs in New York City: Manhattan and the Bronx. Although the two communities are adjacent, they are markedly different. White patients who lived in the Bronx were significantly more likely than black patients to undergo elective surgery in Manhattan operating rooms.
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Achieving Racial Equity in Surgery Starts with Personal Mindset
Healthcare professionals often are unaware of their own gender, racial, cultural, or religious biases, which can play a role in inequity and disparate outcomes. Read on to learn about a popular assessment surgery center leaders can use to help raise awareness.
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Research Highlights Disparate Outcomes for Black Surgery Patients
Surgeons and other healthcare professionals carry biases they might not acknowledge, which can contribute to racial disparities. Numerous studies in recent years highlighted differences between black and white surgery patients. Investigators have researched different surgeries as well as patients’ outcomes and access. They all came to the same conclusion: Black patients fare worse.
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AORN Offers Perioperative Nurses Guidance on COVID-19
For perioperative nurses working through the COVID-19 crisis, the message is simple: “Do what you do best: Remain calm, and take care of the problem."