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This engaging epidemiologic survey assessed microbial contamination of soda-fountain drinks, dispensed from nine different fountain machines, relative to current U.S. drinking water standards.
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(Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on caring for potentially suicidal adolescents. This month, we give strategies for assessing the risk of self-harm and avoiding overmedicating patients. Next month, we will cover steps to take after an ingestion and questions to ask if you suspect an overdose.)
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Drug or dosage near misses are common in EDs, but these tend to be swept aside by nurses. How can you call attention to these near-disasters so others can learn from them?
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Observing an elderly man's shaking extremities, ED nurses at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in St. Louis first suspected undiagnosed Parkinson's disease. He actually was having mild seizure activity.
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Several years ago, walking through the waiting room at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA, on her way to triage, Ellen Smithline, RN, CEN, TNCC-I, ENPC-I, an ED clinical educator, noticed a woman in her 30s who looked pale and was rubbing her chest.
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Noncompliance with isolation precautions can be extremely dangerous for ED nurses, but in fact, this situation is surprisingly common, according to Diane Hochstetler, RN, BSN, CEN, clinical practice specialist for the ED at Goshen (IN) General Hospital.
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Many intensive care units (ICUs) are making changes to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), but what about the ED?
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Two oral medications for relapsing-remitting MS in phase III development; antihypertensives find new uses; Ginkgo biloba does not prevent cognitive decline in elderly; and FDA Actions.