(HealthDay)—A three-step intervention addressing the diverse causes of medication errors can reduce these errors in a pediatric setting, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Jan 9, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Patient diaries kept during a hospital stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for a critical illness may be used as a therapeutic tool to assist survivors in recovery after discharge, according to research published ...
Dec 15, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Nurses and doctors commonly report problems as a result of surgical smoke exposure, but they do not take effective protective measures, according to a study published online June 27 in the Journal of Clinical ...
Jul 11, 2016
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(HealthDay)—When nurses are patients they rate satisfaction with their care experience lower than the general public does, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Jan 26, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Most patients have high confidence in self-testing their international normalized ratio (INR), according to a study published online Feb. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Mar 17, 2017
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A new study found that certain factors affect cervical cancer screening among lesbian and bisexual women and transgender men. Some of these factors overlap with the general female population, whereas others are specific to ...
Jun 30, 2016
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Almost half of all pregnancies are unplanned. In 2017, 12,733 abortions were carried out in Norway. The number of live births the same year was 56,600.
Mar 21, 2019
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(HealthDay)—For parents of infants previously hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), posttraumatic growth (PTG) is related to factors such as posttraumatic stress symptoms, positive reinterpretation and ...
Aug 25, 2016
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(HealthDay)—For patients undergoing elective cranial surgery, the rate of surgical site infections is similar for regional and strip hair shaving, but regional shaving negatively affects patient body image, according to ...
Jun 13, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Communication failures in the perioperative setting often result from inaccurate or inaccessible documentation, as well as document overload, according to a study published in the July issue of the Journal of ...
Jul 6, 2015
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