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Cherokee Uniforms accepting nominations for 2009 Inspired Comfort Awards
The Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award program provides peers, friends, and colleagues with an opportunity to celebrate nurses and other nonphysician healthcare professions for their tireless work and dedication. LPNs/LVNs have their own category. More

Outpatient visits for certain conditions on the rise
Outpatient visits to hospitals and other medical providers for high cholesterol grew 300%; kidney disease, 112%; and diabetes and thyroid disease, 96% between 1996 and 2006, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. More

Insurance often fails cancer patients
Cancer patients often find it difficult to find or maintain adequate and affordable health coverage, according to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and American Cancer Society. More

CDC: 17% of Americans have high-deductible plan
According to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report, an estimated 17% of Americans under age 65 with private health insurance had a high-deductible health plan in 2007. More

Study points to racial disparities in care
African American heart attack patients who live in highly segregated areas are more likely than Caucasians to be admitted to hospitals with lower survival rates, according to an online study published by Health Affairs. More

One in 10 adults experiences serious mental distress
According to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, an estimated 24.3 million U.S. adults experienced serious psychological distress in 2007, and only 45% of them received mental health services. More

Local surgery for primary metastatic breast tumors reduces risk of death
Local surgery on the tumors of patients with metastatic breast cancer appears to significantly reduce the risk of death, according to findings presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology 62nd Annual Cancer Symposium. More

• Be someone's angel: A long-term-care nurse
  By Donna Smouse Ferguson, RN, BS
  Want to truly connect with your patients? Click here to find out more about this speciality.

• What's the attraction of Magnet hospitals?
  Click here to get the inside scoop about working at these prestigious facilities.

• Cholecystectomy: Take a look at two options
  By Bernadette R. Thomas, RN, CNOR, BSN
  Open surgery or laparoscopy? Click here to find out how to care for a patient who's undergoing either type of surgery.

EDUCATION EXTRA

Don't miss these peer-reviewed, continuing education articles from the March/April 2009 issue of LPN2009. For staff development instructors and nursing faculty, we’ve included PowerPoint slides (links below) that you can use as the basis for your lectures on these topics.

• Understanding heart failure
  By Damon Cottrell, RN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, CEN, MS; Cynthia Bither, RN, ANP, ACNP, MSN; Renee Garnes-Spence, RN, PCCN, MSN; and Michelle Jones, RN, ANP, ACNP, MSN
  BONUS: PowerPoint slides, click here.
  
  
• Delirium & dementia: Double trouble
  By Denise L. Lyons, GCNS-BC, MSN; Shannon M. Grimley, CGP, PharmD; and Linda Sydnor, GCNS-BC, MSN
  BONUS: PowerPoint slides, click here.

LEARNING CENTER

Hospital Acquired Conditions: Prevent and Reduce the Impact
New CMS mandate presents challenges to nursing staff. Reducing the incidence of hospital acquired conditions, including pressure ulcers, catheter-related bloodstream infections and surgical site infections, is not only critical to patient care, it is crucial to minimizing the financial impact on the hospital.
Click here for key strategies

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