Author Articles
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Caring for Chinese-American Elderly
As a person ages, the number of medications prescribed for chronic disease usually increase. Older adults typically have…
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Capnography in the ED
A noninvasive, continuous measurement of exhaled CO2 and may be used to identify changes in a patient’s hemodynamic or…
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Nurse Delegation
Maintaining optimal workflow is essential to successful nursing practice. For nurses to be successful they must be able…
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Nurse Delegation
For nurses to be successful they must be able to address the many challenges they face every day,…
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Anatomic Pathology: Cultural and Religious Considerations
Vol. 22 • Issue 18 • Page 8 The Joint Commission has several requirements for respecting the cultural…
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Assigning New Codes for Cognitive Impairment
As a result of discussions at the September 2008 and March 2009 ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee meetings,…
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No Tolerance for Bullying
Several years ago, during the peak of the recent nursing shortage, I attended a state nurses’ association conference.…
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Transfusion Reactions: More Specificity Required in October 2010
Blood transfusions (taking blood from a healthy person and giving it to someone else) are performed routinely throughout…
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Fighting Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
We know that the risk for infection increases the longer a patient is mechanically ventilated. There are probably…
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Recruiting Certified Coders
Recruiting highly experienced certified coders has been an ongoing challenge for hospitals located in sparsely populated rural settings.…
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Meeting Challenges
“Necessity is the mother of invention, and wound and ostomy nurses are experts at creating effective solutions to…
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Obesity Is a Serious Public Health Problem
Obesity is one of the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. According to…
