Nursing
Review: Interventions for Self-management of Type 2 Diabetes
3 Jan, 2019 | 11:19h | UTC
Guideline: Infection Prevention in the Operating Room Anesthesia Work Area
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:49h | UTCCommentary: New guidance focuses on reducing infections in anesthesiology – Healio (free registration required)
Report: Medication Administration Errors and Mortality
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:48h | UTCCommentary: New study sheds light on medication administration errors leading to death — omission is a common cause – University of Eastern Finland (free)
Study: Patient Safety After Implementation of a Coproduced Family Centered Communication Programme
13 Dec, 2018 | 19:42h | UTCCommentaries: Ensure that the family’s voice is heard first and last, and in their own words – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND Improving patient safety? Ask the patient – The BMJ Opinion (free) AND A new way to curb harmful medical errors: talk more to patients and families – STAT (free)
Systematic Review: Effectiveness of Community-Based Self-Management Interventions Among Primary Care COPD Patients
13 Dec, 2018 | 18:36h | UTC
Study: Low Nurse Staffing Linked to Increased Risk of Inpatient Death
7 Dec, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCCommentaries: Lack of nurses linked to increased risk of patient death – OnMedica (free) AND Low Nurse Staffing Increases Risk for Inpatient Death – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: Why Hospitals Should Let You Sleep
4 Dec, 2018 | 00:02h | UTCWhy Hospitals Should Let You Sleep – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Frequent disruptions are more than just annoying for patients. They can also cause harm.”
Review: Mobility Programs for the Hospitalized Older Adult
2 Dec, 2018 | 21:17h | UTC
Perspective: Nurses Will Help Turn the Promise of Universal Health Care into a Reality
30 Nov, 2018 | 01:17h | UTCNurses will help turn the promise of universal health care into a reality – STAT (free)
Cohort Study: Rotating Night Shift Work, Unhealthy Lifestyle and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
23 Nov, 2018 | 00:22h | UTCCommentaries: Night shifts worsen diabetes risk for unhealthy women – OnMedica (free) AND Night shifts and unhealthy lifestyle linked to particularly high risk of type 2 diabetes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Unhealthy nurses working irregular night shifts at high diabetes risk – Nursing Times (free)
Cohort Study: Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:56h | UTCIntermediate Diabetes Outcomes in Patients Managed by Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, or Physician Assistants: A Cohort Study – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Diabetes outcomes similar when primary care provided by NPs, PAs, or physicians, study finds – ACP Internist Weekly (free) AND Diabetics Cared for by NPs, PAs Do as Well as Those in Physicians’ Care – NEJM Journal Watch (free)
Study: Intravenous Catheter-Related Adverse Events Exceed Drug-Related Adverse Events in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:35h | UTC
Study: Association of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal ICU
22 Nov, 2018 | 21:21h | UTCAssociation of Nurse Workload With Missed Nursing Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – JAMA Pediatrics (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: How nurses rate daily job difficulty plays key role in patient care – Ohio State University (free)
IDSA Guideline: Management of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:24h | UTC2018 IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy – Clinical Infectious Diseases (free) (via @ABsteward)
Commentary: Updated Guidelines Advise on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy – Pharmacy Times (free) AND ID specialist input improves outcomes for outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy – Infectious Diseases Society of America (free)
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
9 Nov, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCClinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th Edition – National Consensus Project’s (free)
News Release: New National Guidelines Seek to Improve Access to Palliative Care for People Living with Serious Illness (free)
Commentaries: Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication – ACP Internist (free) AND New Palliative Care Guidelines Demand ‘Seismic Shift’ in Care – Medscape (free registration required)
Perspective: Training the Next Generation of Doctors and Nurses
6 Nov, 2018 | 15:37h | UTCTraining the Next Generation of Doctors and Nurses – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Hospital Accreditation not Associated with Better Outcomes in Observational Study
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:42h | UTCCommentaries: Joint Commission accreditation doesn’t lead to better outcomes, study shows – Modern Healthcare (free) AND Doubt cast on value of hospital accreditation in Harvard study – Healthcare Dive (free)
Review: Enhanced Recovery in Surgical Intensive Care
19 Oct, 2018 | 00:12h | UTCEnhanced Recovery in Surgical Intensive Care: A Review – Frontiers in Medicine (free)
How to Prevent Brain-Sapping Delirium in the ICU
12 Oct, 2018 | 01:50h | UTCHow To Prevent Brain-Sapping Delirium In The ICU – NPR (free text and podcast)
Related: ABCDEF Bundle – Society of Critical Care Medicine (free resource) AND The ABCDEF Bundle: Science and Philosophy of How ICU Liberation Serves Patients and Families – Critical Care Medicine (free)
Study: Ethanol Locks in Catheters for Dialysis May Prevent Sepsis
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:08h | UTCEthanol lock is effective on reducing the incidence of tunneled catheter-related bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis – International Urology and Nephrology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Ethanol locks in catheters for dialysis may prevent sepsis – NIHR Signal (free)
Systematic Review: Modifying the Consistency of Food and Fluids for Swallowing Difficulties in Dementia
28 Sep, 2018 | 00:57h | UTCModifying the consistency of food and fluids for swallowing difficulties in dementia – Cochrane Library (free for a limited period)
Summary: Modifying the consistency of food and fluids for swallowing difficulties in dementia (free)
“We are uncertain about the immediate and long-term effects of modifying the consistency of fluid for swallowing difficulties in dementia”
Clinical Update: Management of Chronic Wounds
27 Sep, 2018 | 22:36h | UTCManagement of Chronic Wounds—2018 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Study: Prediction Rules to Detect Delirium at Hospital Admission
6 Sep, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCCommentary: New prediction rule may help detect delirium at hospital admission – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Perspective: Changing the Way We Communicate About Patients
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCAbraar Karan: Changing the way we communicate about patients – The BMJ Opinion (free) (via @NUNESDOC)
“Father of 2, retired car salesman and keen on football NOT the colon cancer in Bed 4 – social history brings humanity back to the bedside” (via @hospicedoctor see Tweet)
Study: Performance of Electronic Prediction Rules for Prevalent Delirium at Hospital Admission
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:23h | UTCCommentary: New prediction rule may help detect delirium at hospital admission – ACP Hospitalist (free)