Nursing
Total Knee Arthroplasty: Improving Outcomes with a Multidisciplinary Approach
16 Feb, 2018 | 00:27h | UTC
Systematic Review: Nursing Interventions for Smoking Cessation
15 Feb, 2018 | 10:51h | UTCNursing interventions for smoking cessation – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Does support and intervention from nurses help people to stop smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)
“There’s moderate quality evidence that behavioural support to motivate & sustain smoking cessation delivered by nurses can lead to a modest increase in the number of people who achieve prolonged abstinence” (via @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Systematic Review: Is e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals?
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:38h | UTCIs e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals? – Cochrane Library (free)
E-learning for health professionals – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Intravenous antibiotics, administered over 3 hours, are linked to lower death rates in sepsis
5 Feb, 2018 | 16:50h | UTCIntravenous antibiotics, administered over 3 hours, are linked to lower death rates in sepsis – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Prolonged versus short-term intravenous infusion of antipseudomonal β-lactams for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials – The Lancet Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Viewpoint: Incorporating Nursing Complexity in Reimbursement Coding Systems
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:36h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: eHealth Interventions for Reducing Mental Health Conditions in Employees
4 Feb, 2018 | 17:13h | UTC
Systematic Review: E-learning for Health Professionals
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCE-learning for health professionals – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings
26 Jan, 2018 | 00:26h | UTCGuideline: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings – Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) (free)
Summary and commentary: New guidelines issued on contact precautions for C. diff, resistant infections – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services
23 Jan, 2018 | 16:49h | UTCCommentaries in the same issue: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Significant Step Forward and a Model for Other High-Risk Industries (free) AND What an Evidence-based Guideline for Fatigue Risk Management Means for Us: Statements From Stakeholders (free) AND Proposed Performance Measures and Strategies for Implementation of the Fatigue Risk Management Guidelines for Emergency Medical Services (free) AND Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services: A Step in the Right Direction Toward Better Sleep Health (free)
5 Ways Poorly Thought out Health IT Can Worsen Patient Safety
23 Jan, 2018 | 14:36h | UTC5 ways poorly thought out health IT can worsen patient safety – KevinMD.com (free)
Research: Older Adult-friendly Emergency Department Staff Help Reduce Hospital Admissions
23 Jan, 2018 | 13:28h | UTCCommentaries: Older adult-friendly emergency department staff help reduce hospital admissions – American Geriatrics Society, via EurekAlert (free) AND Emergency department program for older adults cuts hospitalizations by 33 percent – Northwestern University, via EurekAlert (free)
The Best Response to Medical Errors? Transparency
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:33h | UTCThe Best Response to Medical Errors? Transparency – AAMC News (free)
Related: The Michigan Model: Medical Malpractice and Patient Safety at UMHS (free)
Supporting Patients Through Serious Illness and the End of Life
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:52h | UTC“By proactively managing care for the terminally ill, the Advanced Illness Management program has produced savings of $8,000–$9,000 per patient” (via @commonwealthfnd see Tweet)
Research: Predictors of Moral Distress in a US Sample of Critical Care Nurses
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:18h | UTCCommentary: Improving the Work Environment Could Reduce Moral Distress Among ICU Nurses – American Association of Critical Care Nurses, via NewsWise (free)
Most ICU Monitoring Alarms Are Not Clinically Relevant
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:06h | UTCCommentary: Most ICU Monitoring Alarms Are Not Clinically Relevant, Even as Technology Becomes More Accurate – American Association of Critical Care Nurses, via NewsWise (free)
Dressings and Topical Agents for Healing Pressure Ulcers
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:01h | UTC
14 Improving Patient Flow in the ED: 7 Strategies for Nurses
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:48h | UTCWTBS 14 Improving Patient Flow in the ED: 7 Strategies for Nurses – Emergency Medicine Cases (free)
Related White Paper: Achieving Hospital-wide Patient Flow: The Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (free registration required – PDF)
Checklists are no Substitute for Experience in Spotting Patients who are Deteriorating
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCChecklists are no substitute for experience in spotting patients who are deteriorating – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Early warning systems and rapid response to the deteriorating patient in hospital: A systematic realist review – Journal of Advanced Nursing (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Position Statement on Informal Breast Milk Sharing for the Term Healthy Infant
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:40h | UTCNews release: The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Issues Guidance on Informal Milk Sharing for Healthy Term infants (free)
Research: Night Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:27h | UTCNight Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 61 Articles – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Online (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Night shifts raise women’s cancer risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Night Shifts Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Especially for Nurses – Medscape (free registration required) AND Female Night Shift Workers May Have Increased Risk of Common Cancers – American Association for Cancer Research (free)
Systematic Review: Does Support and Intervention from Nurses Help People to Stop Smoking?
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:04h | UTCDoes support and intervention from nurses help people to stop smoking? – Cochrane Library (free)
“There is moderate quality evidence that behavioural support to motivate and sustain smoking cessation delivered by nurses can lead to a modest increase in the number of people who achieve prolonged abstinence”.
Review: Managing Mental Health Emergencies in the ED
2 Jan, 2018 | 15:52h | UTCManaging Mental Health Emergencies in the ED – American Nurse Today, via Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Whole-System Approaches to Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Workers
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:24h | UTC
Guideline – Achieving Hospital-wide Patient Flow: The Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:15h | UTCWhite Paper: Achieving Hospital-wide Patient Flow: The Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (free registration required – PDF) (via @brhospitalist and @TheIHI see Tweet)
Meta-Analysis: Implementation Strategies for Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:46h | UTCComparative Effectiveness of Implementation Strategies for Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Meta-Analysis: It Takes a Team to Optimize Hypertension Tx – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Blood pressure control best achieved with a multilevel, multicomponent approach – American College of Physicians, via EurekAlert (free)