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If a nurse asks the emergency physician (EP) whether an arterial blood gas (ABG) is needed because a boarded patients pulse oximetry is dropping, a busy EPs response might be to tell the nurse to order the test and let the admitting physician know about it.
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Does a malpractice suit filed by a boarded ED patient allege he or she was being monitored differently in the ED than would have occurred in the intensive care unit (ICU)? In one claim that included this allegation, the ED nurses notes clearly showed that the same standard was followed in the ED.
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Were you called by the intensive care unit (ICU) because a patient needs emergent intubation due to a dislodged tube or deterioration of the patients status?
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When it comes to boosting return-to-work success after occupational injuries, sometimes more is more.
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Pertussis outbreaks have continued despite a push to provide booster vaccines for adolescents and adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now considering whether additional boosters may be needed, including for health care workers.
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Good communication is the key to promote successful return-to-work among employees with low-back pain, says Denise Knoblauch, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM, clinical case manager at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL.
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Health care workers may be suffering in silence from work-related dermatitis.
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Information is power the power to prevent occupational injuries. That is the fundamental concept behind a new national surveillance system that will help health care employers track their injuries and compare them to other, similar facilities.
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In the newly revised Discharge Planning Interpretive Guidelines, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) includes what it calls "blue boxes" that advise hospitals on best practices in discharge planning and care transitions.