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Do nurses report moral distress after palliative sedation?
It’s not uncommon for nursing staff to report moral distress after administering palliative sedation to a patient who dies shortly afterward.
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Caregivers of LVAD patients face “huge challenges”
Caregivers of patients with left ventricular assist devices face significant emotional, physical and financial burdens, according to a recent review.
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Americans disagree with restricting access to OTC pain medications
Americans prefer education over restricted access to over-the-counter pain medications, according to a recent survey.
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Are terminally ill patients referred to hospice? Physicians play biggest role
Physicians played the biggest role in whether terminally ill patients were referred to hospice care, according to a recent study.
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When is the ICU Inappropriate? Clinicians now Have Guidelines
The American Thoracic Society supports the clinical team’s decision to not offer life-sustaining treatments in some circumstances.
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Do you know proper PPE removal procedures?
Observations of workers for the study took place October 13-31, 2014. With Ebola still very much in the news at that time, the findings are somewhat surprising, but likely would be similar at many other hospitals.
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Consumer group: Why leave chlorhexidine out?
The FDA is being taken to task for a failure to include chlorhexidine in its recently announced plan to review the safety of active ingredients in antiseptics used in healthcare.
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FDA concerned with alcohol exposures to pregnant, breast feeding healthcare workers
As hand hygiene is performed constantly throughout a hospital workday a small level of alcohol may begin to accumulate and flow through the bloodstream. No problem for most workers, but what about those expecting? -
CMS calls for infection control improvements, antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes
A proposed rule by the CMS calls for a sweeping upgrade of infection control in nursing homes, solidifying the role with a new title and making it a higher priority through annual risk assessments and much-needed antibiotic stewardship requirements. -
CDC bases infection projections on modeling
Some of the case count projections cited by CDC and others at the early stages of the Ebola outbreak turned out to be greatly overestimated, contributing to the perception by some that ratcheting up the fear level was designed to get the full support needed for the outbreak response. In this case, the CDC has collaborated with other researchers and used modeling methods already developed and time tested.