ED Nursing articles from January 2006

ED Nursing archives from January 2006

Do you report medication near-misses? Here's what Joint Commission wants.
January 1, 2006... Do you report medication near-misses? Here's what Joint Commission wants Patients are safer if you report mistakes and potential errors You drew up penicillin for an allergic patient but caught it just in time. You gave a patient the...

Are you overlooking crucial ED nursing competencies?
January 1, 2006... Are you overlooking crucial ED nursing competencies? Focus on high-risk, low-volume procedures Is maintaining competencies a growing problem for your ED, due to the nursing shortage, fewer resources, and increasing patient volumes?...

Are you giving poor care to high-risk wounds?
January 1, 2006... Are you giving poor care to high-risk wounds? A 1 cm uncontaminated cut on the forehead of a healthy child. A 6 cm contused, macerated wound with dirt and gravel on a child's knee. How would you care for these two wounds? The former...

Is it delirium or dementia? A life may be at stake.
January 1, 2006... Is it delirium or dementia? A life may be at stake Underlying cause can be life-threatening After several hours of "sleeping it off," a 74-year-old intoxicated man being treated in an ED still had an altered level of consciousness....

Watch for intra-abdominal hypertension with trauma.
January 1, 2006... Watch for intra-abdominal hypertension with trauma Do you know the signs of intra-abdominal hypertension? This condition can develop in patients who have had intra-abdominal surgery because of a traumatic injury such as a liver laceration...

Will treatment window for stroke in the ED widen?
January 1, 2006... Will treatment window for stroke in the ED widen? Does every stroke patient who comes to your ED and is eligible for treatment with clot-busting drugs receive potentially life-saving medication? The answer is almost definitely no. Only...

CE objectives/questions.
January 1, 2006... CE objectives/questions Participants who complete this activity will be able to: *identify clinical, regulatory, or social issues relating to ED nursing; *describe how those issues affect nursing service delivery; *integrate...