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| December
3, 2009 |
| Dear
Colleague,
 December
6th through 12th is National Handwashing Awareness
Week! Hand hygiene plays a central role in preventing
the transmission of infections. Protect your patients by performing
hand hygiene routinely and thoroughly before and after patient care.
Remember these basics:
- When using an alcohol-based
hand rub, apply it to the surface of one palm and rub over
all hand surfaces until your hands are dry.
- When
washing with soap and water, wet your hands before applying
the soap, then rub vigorously for at least 15 seconds, and
dry thoroughly. Use a paper towel to turn off the faucet
to avoid recontamination of your hands.
Read more on this topic
by exploring the articles in More Resources as well as the
CDC's Guideline
for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings.
Don't miss our next
enewsletter – with our end of year issue!
Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP
Clinical Editor
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Those of us who've been in practice for a long time ask the question,"What is the future of nursing?" I am happy to say that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has established a major initiative on the Future of Nursing. According to the RWJF website (http://www.rwjf.org/), this initiative will examine the capacity of the nursing workforce to meet the demands of a reformed health care and public health system. Check out FOCUS ON: RWJF Future of Nursing Initiative.
Anne Dabrow Woods, Chief Nursing Officer of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) and Ovid and Publisher of AJN, hosted a lively, free webcast that shed light on one hospital's cutting-edge approach to delivering evidence-based nursing care at the bedside. If you missed the live event, you can view the archived webcast here.
Also on NursingCenter:
Focus
On: Asthma, Focus
On: Trauma, Focus
On:Diabetes, and LGBTQ
Cultures; What Health Care Professionals Need to Know About
Sexual and Gender Diversity.
Hospital Outpatient Infusion Services: 2010 Documentation & Coding Update
Be ready for changes and increased RAC scrutiny
Professionals like you want to know what will happen with Medicare documentation and coding rules for outpatient infusion services in 2010. And, as if your plate wasn't full enough, the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program is stepping up its scrutiny of infusion services, particularly related to documentation for services charged and billed. This audio seminar will preview next year's changes, providing expert analysis and interpretation - how you'll be impacted on a daily basis. Don't miss this opportunity to gain essential insights into the new year! Register online or call MedLearn at 1-800-252-1578.
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 The
results are in - and they strongly suggest that nurses have learned
a lot more about their role in preventing catheter-associated bloodstream
infections. Take a look at the Nursing2009®
I.V. Infection Control Survey Report.
(3
contact hours) Nursing2009
Patients who receive kidney transplants
before beginning dialysis have lower rates of morbidity and mortality,
however several Barriers
to Preemptive Kidney Transplantation prevent early transplantation
in chronic kidney disease patients.
(2.9 contact hours) AJN,
American Journal of Nursing
Evidence-based practice - find out
what it is and what it isn't. Don't miss Seeing
Through the Clouds in Evidence-Based Practice.
(1.6 contact hours) Nursing Management
Review our Recommended
CE list on family
presence during resuscitation, glycemic control in the hospital, sarcoidosis...
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Understand
the basics of genomics and how to apply it in nursing. Be sure to read
Improving Nursing Practice with Genomics.
Nursing2009
 Discover
the latest recommendations of The American College of Cardiology and American
Heart Association by examining Are
You Up To Date with the Heart Failure Guidelines?
Nursing2009 Critical Care
Here's a great summary of the
pharmacologic management of left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Take
some time to read Heart
Matters: A Look at Standard Medications for LVSD.
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! |
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Browse our Recommended
Readings about antiviral-resistant strains -- bird
Flu, swine Flu, and resistant Influenza, evidence-based ways to
prevent hypothermia, and more.
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| Read
the articles in the latest Featured
Journal 
online only on NursingCenter. The Featured Journal gives you the
opportunity to get acquainted with the kind of coverage and clinical
information it has to offer. Get to know our journals. The
current Featured Journal is...
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The FDA
has approved Qutenza (capsaicin) 8% patch for the management
of neuropathic pain due to postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). It is the first
and only product that contains prescription-strength capsaicin, and produces
up to 12 weeks of reduced pain following a single 1-hour application.
See
more drug news.
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