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| March
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| Dear
Colleague,
 March
is National
Nutrition Month! Try your hand at the following questions
to see how much you know on this topic:
1. When is a nutritional assessment required by The Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations?
2. What is nutrient profiling?
3. What nutrition
goals are important for the pediatric oncology patient?
4. If a patient's
BMI is 27, what does this mean?
5. How does a compromised
nutritional status affect pressure ulcer development?
Find these answers and
more by reading the articles in More Resources. Also,
browse through our journals Nutrition
Today and Topics
in Clinical Nutrition.
Don't miss our next issue
about infectious diseases,
plus new articles and CEs.
Lisa Bonsall, MSN, RN, CRNP
Clinical Editor
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written by Margaret Comerford Freda, EdD, RN, CHES, FAAN and
Leslie H. Nicoll, PhD, MBA, RN. Earn up to 9.75 contact hours
with purchase of this online-only resource.
Now in our clinical resource
collection – Focus
On: Heart Failure. Read the latest updates, brush-up
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complications and end-of-life care. Also on NursingCenter
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On: Influenza, Focus
On: Ethics, Focus
On: Diabetes, Focus
on: Trauma, and Focus
On: Asthma.
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 Learn
about three dangerous infections prevalent in hospitalized patients:
PVL-positive MRSA, Acinetobacter baumannii, and infections that develop
as a result of antimicrobial therapy, such as Clostridium difficile.
Be sure to read 3
Bad Bugs.
(2.3
contact hours) Nursing2010
Become familiar with the latest
recommendations for asthma care and management. Learn about key changes
by reading Asthma
Update: Four Components of Care.
(2.3 contact hours) Nursing
Made Incredibly Easy!
Through patient education, nurses
are instrumental in reducing the incidence of overdose-related liver
failure. Review recent moves by the FDA to improve acetaminophen safety
in Acetaminophen:
Old Friend--New Rules.
(1.5 contact hours) Orthopaedic
Nursing
Review our Recommended
CE list on medication errors, palliative care, and motorcycle safety...
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The use
of evidence-based practices can help prevent pressure ulcers. Brush up
on how to identify patients at risk and how to implement evidence-based
practices by reading Taking
Steps to Prevent Pressure Ulcers.
Nursing2010
Don't miss this article in which 3
common clinical scenarios are presented and ethical dilemmas are resolved
using relationship and communication skills. Take some time to read ETHICAL
ISSUES: Want to Achieve the 'Greatest Good'? Listen to Your Patients.
AJN, American Journal of Nursing
 The
importance of a neurologic assessment can't be overstated. Fine tune your
skills by reading Peak
Technique: Simplifying Neurologic Assessment.
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!
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Readings about tips for safe nursing practice, weight control, and more.
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information it has to offer. Get to know our journals. The
current Featured Journal is...
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The FDA has approved
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- Benicar (olmesartan medoxomil)
for the treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents 6 to 16
years of age.
A new doseform has been approved for
Norvir (ritonavir): 100 mg tablets. This form must be taken with
meals and does not require refrigeration.
See
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