Emergency Nursing & Workplace Violence
ED nurses are too commonly exposed to workplace violence, according to findings of a study...
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Author: TimH
MVC-Related Eye Injuries in EDs
National studies have shown that motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are among the leading causes of...
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Depression, Clinical Inertia, & Uncontrolled Hypertension
Depression has been identified as a risk factor for a poor prognosis among patients with...
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Predicting Home Discharge After Surgery
Most surgical patients want to know whether or not they will need to prepare for care at a...
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Exploring Outpatient Antibiotic Programs
Several years ago, New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) opened an Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic...
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A Look at Smoking Among Cancer Survivors
The 2014 Surgeon General’s Report concluded that smoking by cancer patients and survivors...
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Intensive Lifestyle Interventions: Assessing the Impact
The number of adults who are overweight or obese and have type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly...
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The Sensitive Subject of HIV Treatment Side Effects
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is essential to keeping HIV from replicating and further infecting...
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Examining Why HIV Patients Discontinue ART
Discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among patients with HIV has been found to lead to...
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Protocol-Based Care for Septic Shock
Until recently, the hospital mortality of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock was 50%. In...
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Identifying Patients With Problematic Drug Use in the ED
According to the Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2.5 million of the 5.1 million drug-related ED visits...
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Expert Recommendations for Below-the-Knee PAD
Infrapopliteal (IP) arterial disease, also known as “below-the-knee” or tibial disease, is a...
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Refining Neurosurgery Practices
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons...
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Assessing the Surgical Care of Breast Cancer
Clinical trials have shown that survival rates appear to be similar for patients with early-stage...
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Living for Yourself, Prioritizing Your Needs
Research indicates that physicians tend to put the needs of their patients before their own....
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The Top 10 Heart Un-Healthy Industries
The below table depicts the prevalence of a history of coronary heart disease or stroke among...
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Enhancing Quality in the Pediatric Cath Lab
According to published estimates, about one in 110 babies in the United States is born with...
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New Options for Treating Opioid Addiction
The quest for improved outcomes in the treatment of opioid addiction is accelerating on several...
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Enhancing Care With Robotic Prostatectomy
During the last decade, the number of robot-assisted prostatectomies performed in the United...
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Updating Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations
Pneumococcal disease is an infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria (also referred to...
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