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| May
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|  Dear
Colleague,
May is National
Stroke Awareness Month. Check out these startling statistics
about women and stroke from the National
Stroke Association:
- Women are twice as
likely to die from stroke as from breast cancer.
- 425, 000 women suffer
from stroke each year; that's 55,000 more than men.
Also, in a recent survey,
women believed breast cancer to be five times more prevalent
than stroke and 40 percent were only somewhat or not at all
concerned about experiencing a stroke in their life. Let's
work together to raise awareness! Read more about strokes
and women by visiting the Stroke
Health Center at HealthyWomen.org. Also, take some time
to peruse the selection of articles on stroke from our journals.
Don't miss our next issue
about neuromuscular diseases,
plus the latest articles and CE!
Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP
Clinical Editor
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| Congratulations
to all of the winners of our Nurses
Week challenges! Thank you to everyone who participated!
Don't miss the series
of free webinars from Planetree and the American Journal of
Nursing about creating a patient-centered system. The first
of these live online events, What It Takes To Be Patient-Centered,
will take place on May 25th from 1 pm to 2 pm EDT. Register
today!
Providing best-practice
care that is efficient, cost-effective, and evidence-based
is the goal of nurses and healthcare institutions today. Clinically
credible information must be made available to nurses in an
easily accessible format that is tailored to each individual
use. Take advantage of free access to the White
Paper: Improving Nursing Practice with Information and Technology.
Recent posts to our blog
NursingCenter's
In the Round include:
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Early diagnosis, appropriate treatment,
and patient education are essential for managing asthma. Get the latest
recommendations by reading Asthma
in Adolescents and Adults.
(2.6 contact hours) AJN,
American Journal of Nursing
The introduction of clinical information
systems requires a change in nursing practice because they alter workflow
of patient care and communication among staff. Read more about Capturing
Nursing Care Workflow Disruptions: Comparison Between Nursing and Physician
Workflows.
(2.8 contact hours) CIN:
Computers, Informatics, Nursing
 Sleep
is an important part of our overall well-being. Our sleep needs change
with age and problems with sleep generally increase with age. Take some
time to learn about Managing
Sleep Disorders In The Elderly.
(2.1 contact hours/1 advanced pharmacology hour) The
Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care
Review our Recommended
CE list on ALS and MS, Hepatitis B virus infection, hybrid
OR...
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 Get
the knowledge and skills you need to implement evidence-based
practice. Don't miss Evidence-Based
Practice, Step by Step: Searching for the Evidence.
AJN, American Journal of Nursing
What are the risks associated with
interruptions during safety-critical tasks? Don’t miss Interruptions
During the Delivery of High-Risk Medications.
JONA: Journal of Nursing Administration
Review the pathophysiology
of CLABSIs (central line-associated bloodstream infections) and find
out the three elements of disinfection by reading I.V.
ROUNDS: Keeping Needleless Connectors Clean, Part 1.
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
Browse our Recommended
Readings on nurse autonomy in cancer care, using Propofol
for sedation in endoscopy, ten ways to the top, and more.
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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 methamphetamine
hydrochloride 5 mg tablets, the first generic equivalent of Desoxyn.
The drug is indicated for the treatment of ADHD or obesity.
- The FDA is requiring that approved
protease inhibitors for HIV-1 treatment include new labeling information
on drug-drug interactions.
See
more drug news.
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RAC
Audit Series: Case Management & Documentation Essentials
Steps
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Which hospitals are
at the greatest risk for exposure under the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor
(RAC) program? It's frequently the organizations that lack effective case
management oversight and/or high-quality supporting documentation. From
this series of webcast seminars, you'll gain a clearer understanding of
the RAC program and what it means for your hospital, along with recommendations
for compliant practices in three key areas: access management; discharge
planning and care coordination; and clinical documentation improvement.
Click
here, or call MedLearn at 800-252-1578.
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