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National Assessment Highlights COVID-19 Impact on ED Pediatric Capabilities

Daily Nurse

Emergency departments (EDs) have made progress but still need to fully meet national guidelines for pediatric emergency care, despite the association with improved survival, found a study in JAMA Network Open. In 2021, 5,150 EDs were surveyed, with 3,647 responding and 3,557 available for full analysis. in 2021, a 13.5%

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The Relentless School Nurse: School Nurses and School-Based Health Centers Can Work Together!

The Relentless School Nurse

The role of school nurses is critical in providing care coordination and ensuring the effective delivery of healthcare services within the school setting. This collaboration is essential for providing comprehensive and effective healthcare services to students within the school setting.

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How and Why a Dedicated Spine Tumor Board Can Enhance Care of Complex Patients

Consult QD

Review results: cases and decisions All cases discussed at the STB on Cleveland Clinic’s main campus from its inception in May 2006 through May 2021 were included in the review. Quicker orchestration of care. Highlights of the findings are listed below. In total, there were 4,549 cases (2,618 patients). Education and training.

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North Carolina Nurse Educator Finds Right Fit in DNP Educational Leadership Program

Post University

Planning for the Future Back in Charleston, Bobbi rejoined Trident Medical as a patient care coordinator and nurse on the telemetry/progressive care unit but was soon offered a role as the district nurse coordinator for the school district where she’d worked previously. “My

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Using complaints to improve aged care

Nursing Review

For aged care clients and residents with life-limiting illnesses such as dementia and advanced heart disease, integration of palliative care is appropriate. With its focus on quality of life and physical, social, spiritual, and emotional needs, palliative care mirrors the breadth of aged care and has much to contribute.

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Let’s huddle up

American Nurse

A comprehensive ambulatory cancer center’s journey to implementing tiered huddles Takeaways: Tiered huddles are brief conversations that occur throughout levels of an organization or across health systems to improve patient safety, communication, situational awareness, care coordination, resource utilization, patient outcomes, and service.

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How Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Oncology Intensive Care Unit Improves Outcomes

Consult QD

Organizational factors improve outcomes Recent studies demonstrated reduced ICU length of stay among centers with greater experience providing cancer-specific treatment within the ICU, standardized practices and interprofessional care delivery models. Ann Intensive Care. 2021; 11(1):125. ” J Crit Care.

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