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One Year Later: Emergency Department Response to Biological Terrorism, Part II
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Tip of the Month: Checking IV sites can be made easier
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Do you know about these new cardiac meds?
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What Insect Repellent Should Your Patients Be Using?
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Effectiveness of OTC Cough Medications Doubtful, at Best
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You must brace for change in ED pain management
There are a number of significant advancements in pain management that will impact your clinical practice, including more frequent use of patient-controlled analgesia and increased use of conscious sedation. -
Make your most common ED nursing tasks mobile
It's a common source of frustration in many EDs: leaving patients in the waiting room until a "specialty" room is available, or placing the patient in a room that doesn't have the right equipment, which delays care. That's why many EDs are investing in mobile workstations on laptops or wheeled carts. -
Abdominal pain is often misdiagnosed in the ED: Take steps to protect patients
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleed. Cancer. Myocardial infarction (MI). Constipation. These are just some of the conditions that could present as abdominal pain in ED patients. -
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Journal Review
When ED patients watched an educational video or read a brochure about pain assessment, the patient's self-report of pain often was lower compared to previous self-reports, says this study from St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, OH.