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Friday, October 09, 2015

From the Pedagogy Main Campus

Dystonia

Dystonia is a movement disorder that affects several hundred thousand adults and children in the United States.

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From the Pedagogy Infusion Campus

Comfort Line: A Garment to Secure Central Lines

In October 2009 our infant son Ian, approaching his first birthday, was admitted to Johns Hopkins Children's hospital with a Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO). Shocked, scared and concerned we spent several nights sleeping next to our son's crib at the hospital not knowing the cause of these fevers.

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From the Pedagogy Acute Care Campus

New Guideline Offers 'Best Practices' for PICCs

A multi-specialty panel has designed a best practices guide for the "insertion, care, and management" of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs).
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From the Pedagogy Inservice & Compliance Campus

Evidence Spotty for Healthcare Facility Cleaning Practices

Environmental cleaning is known to prevent the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), yet hospital cleaning practices varied, and not much quality data exists on the science of proper environmental cleaning methods, according to a systematic review.
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From the Pedagogy Long Term Care & Home Health Campus

Protocol Keeps Urinary Tract Infections at Bay

NEW ORLEANS — In long-term care facilities, rates of urinary tract infection and the overtreatment of asymptomatic infection can be reduced, according to a nurse practitioner who led the charge at her institution.
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From the Pedagogy Administrators Campus

Improving Care And Safety For Nursing Homes Residents

United States Department of Health and Human Services also know as HHS proposes to improve care and safety for nursing homes residents.
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From the Pedagogy Correctional Healthcare Campus

Risky Business: Pre-Pour Meds in Jails and Prisons

Medication administration is one of the riskiest nursing tasks in any clinical situation due to the many opportunities for error. Medication administration in a jail or prison has added layers of risk.

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Featured Author: Pamela Clark

Pamela Clark, CRNI, is a Nurse Manager for Accredo, a leader in specialty pharmacy care. She has more than 28 years of experience in infusion therapy and infusion education with both licensed nurses and patients. Her experience spans multiple infusion settings including: acute care, long-term care, home infusion, and ambulatory infusion care. She also has experience in oncology and oncology research.

Pam has been active in the Infusion Nurses Society, both locally and nationally. She currently sits on the Journal of Infusion Nursing editorial review board, is secretary of the Greater Houston INS Chapter, and has experience as a presenter at national INS conferences on various infusion-related topics. Ms. Clark holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from The University of Texas System School of Nursing at Austin. She has been certified in Infusion Nursing by the Infusion Nurses Credentialing Corporation for more than 25 years.

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