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When a crisis occurs, such as the recent case of a 13-year-old being declared brain dead after an adenotonsillectomy, a medical facility must be careful in how it responds to avoid a negative public response as well as liability.
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Once a child goes home after surgery, parents are left with little guidance on how to best help their children cope with pain.
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It seems benign enough, with its simple language and cartoon bugs, a piece of paper like so many others that might be handed to patients or family members upon admission. But make no mistake about it, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has put some powerful medicine in the hands of vulnerable patients with a newly designed education handout.
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Postsurgical pain scores were highly correlated with reports of overall patient satisfaction during healthcare stays in a new finding that was true for some types of surgery more than others. The researchers emphasized the importance of improving patient care in the perioperative setting in alignment with new federal requirements tying performance to pay.
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Most of us are confused about where the opportunities lie in healthcare today. It is not uncommon to have friends ask if they should continue their plans to attend nursing school or surgical tech programs or whether they should even get into healthcare at all!
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One significant change to the standards for the 2014 handbook for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) addresses surgical procedures when performed under deep sedation.
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The 2014 edition of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORNs) Perioperative Standards and Recommended Practices includes new ambulatory supplemental information specific to ambulatory surgery centers.