Nursing
Systematic Review: Internet-Delivered Health Interventions That Work
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:09h | UTC
Guideline: Recommendations on Tracheostomized Children
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:19h | UTC
Study: probiotics can prevent sepsis in newborns
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:41h | UTCA randomized synbiotic trial to prevent sepsis among infants in rural India – Nature (free PDF)
Commentaries: At Last, a Big, Successful Trial of Probiotics – The Atlantic (free) AND Probiotic Bacteria Could Protect Newborns From Deadly Infection – NPR Goats and Soda (free) AND Seeding the Gut Microbiome Prevents Sepsis in Infants – The Scientist (free)
A National Implementation Project to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents
17 Aug, 2017 | 15:57h | UTCA National Implementation Project to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Study Shows 54 Percent Drop in CAUTIs Among Nursing Home Residents – Infection Control Today (free) AND AHRQ safety program helps cut catheter infections by more than 50% among nursing home patients, JAMA study shows – Healthcare Finance (free) AND Implementing technical and socioadaptive bundles may decrease catheter-associated urinary tract infections in nursing homes – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Nursing homes cut urinary tract infections in half through focused effort on catheter care – Michigan University, via EurekAlert (free)
Related: Toolkit for Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (free resources)
Standards for Diabetes Self-management Education and Support
16 Aug, 2017 | 13:20h | UTC2017 National Standards for Diabetes Self-management Education and Support – The Diabetes Educator (free)
Commentaries: ADA and AADE Update Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support – AJMC (free) AND Diabetes groups update standards for self-management – ACP Diabetes (free)
Occupation and Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis
16 Aug, 2017 | 14:03h | UTCOccupation and Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results From a Population-Based Case-Control Study – Arthritis Care & Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Certain occupations linked to an increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis – Willey, via EurekAlert (free) AND Occupational Exposures Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk – Medscape (free registration required) AND Some jobs tied to higher risk of rheumatoid arthritis – Reuters (free)
Case-control study suggests bricklayers, concrete workers, electricians and nurses are at increased risk.
Skin-to-skin care: can it reduce procedural pain in neonates?
15 Aug, 2017 | 15:54h | UTCSkin-to-skin care: can it reduce procedural pain in neonates? – Evidently Cochrane Blog (free)
Original systematic review: Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
“Skin-to-skin care probably is an effective intervention for pain during procedures for neonates”.
Alternatives to hospital admission for people aged over 65 years
9 Aug, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCA systematic review to identify and assess the effectiveness of alternatives for people over the age of 65 who are at risk of potentially avoidable hospital admission – BMJ Open (free) (RT @NIHR_DC)
Alternatives to hospital admission for people aged over 65 years can be safe and reduce costs across a range of acute and chronic conditions.
Design Thinking for Doctors and Nurses
5 Aug, 2017 | 14:52h | UTCDesign Thinking for Doctors and Nurses – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Social Interaction Improves Quality Of Life For People With Dementia
27 Jul, 2017 | 17:58h | UTCSocial Interaction Improves Quality Of Life For People With Dementia – NPR (free)
Early vs Later Orthostatic Hypotension Assessment Times
25 Jul, 2017 | 20:53h | UTCInvited commentary: Early Orthostatic Hypotension and Orthostatic Intolerance—More Than an Observation or Annoyance (free)
Practice Changing – Orthostatic hypotension within 1 min of standing (rather than at 3 minutes) has greater relation to falls, fracture, syncope, motor vehicle crash, and mortality.
Fluoroquinolone restriction to control fluoroquinolone-resistant Clostridium difficile
24 Jul, 2017 | 01:01h | UTCInvited Commentary: Fluoroquinolone restriction to control fluoroquinolone-resistant Clostridium difficile (free)
“Very important finding! Restricting fluoroquinolones more important than infection control measures to prevent CDI” (RT @sanjaysaint see Tweet)
Common ED Medication Errors: Polypharmacy
4 Jul, 2017 | 21:17h | UTCCommon ED Medication Errors: Polypharmacy – emDocs (free)
Related: Current and future perspectives on the management of polypharmacy – BMC Family Practice (free)
Redesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients
3 Jul, 2017 | 13:36h | UTCRedesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients – Harvard Business Review (a few articles per month are free) (RT @pash22 see Tweet)
Related: Designing a High-Performing Health Care System for Patients with Complex Needs: Ten Recommendations for Policymakers – The Commonwealth Fund (free) AND Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients — An Urgent Priority – New England Journal of Medicine (Free) AND Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – NICE Guideline (free) AND Multimorbidity in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (Free full text) AND Focusing on High-Cost Patients — The Key to Addressing High Costs? – NEJM Catalyst (free) AND Richard Smith: The challenge of high need, high cost patients – The BMJ Blogs (free) AND Playbook: Better Care for People with Complex Needs – Institute for Healthcare Improvement (free)
Hospital Visits by Nurse Practitioners Prevent Readmission
28 Jun, 2017 | 22:46h | UTCHospital Visits by Nurse Practitioners Prevent Readmission – Medscape (free registration required)
Asthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care
27 Jun, 2017 | 20:39h | UTCAsthma self-management programmes can reduce unscheduled care – NIHR Signal (free)
Original article: Systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma: a healthcare perspective – BMC Medicine (free)
Contact Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE: Time to Retire Legal Mandates
26 Jun, 2017 | 19:41h | UTCViewpoint: Contact Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE: Time to Retire Legal Mandates – JAMA (free)
“Contact precautions are easy to use w a single patient, but burdensome when applied to an entire hospital” (RT @JAMA_current see Tweet)
This viewpoint suggests a more selective use of contact precautions for the control of endemic pathogens.
For Some, Pre-Hospice Care Can Be A Good Alternative To Hospitals
26 Jun, 2017 | 14:58h | UTCFor Some, Pre-Hospice Care Can Be A Good Alternative To Hospitals – NPR (free) (RT @pash22 see Tweet)
Topical antimicrobial agents for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes
25 Jun, 2017 | 13:56h | UTCTopical antimicrobial agents for treating foot ulcers in people with diabetes – Cochrane Library (link to summary – & for full-text)
“Topical antimicrobial dressing may increase foot ulcer healing in people with diabetes” (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Benchmarking study helps hospitals improve measurement of adverse events
23 Jun, 2017 | 00:58h | UTCBenchmarking study helps hospitals improve measurement of adverse events – NIHR Signal (free)
Original report: Measuring harm and informing quality improvement in the Welsh NHS: the longitudinal Welsh national adverse events study – Health Services and Delivery Research (free PDF)
This study compared two different approaches to measure adverse events, the “Trigger Tool system” and the “Two-stage review”
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation – 30:2 or just keep going?
22 Jun, 2017 | 15:30h | UTCCardiopulmonary resuscitation – 30:2 or just keep going? – by Scott Munro, in Evidently Cochrane (free) (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)
“Untrained bystander CPR had better outcomes when given telephone advice from EMS services to perform continuous CPR, rather than interrupted CPR with rescue breaths”. For trained EMS professionals, “it is possible that there is little or no difference between the two approaches”.
What Moral Distress in Nursing History Could Suggest about the Future of Health Care
20 Jun, 2017 | 12:05h | UTC
Hand hygiene: facilitators and barriers
16 Jun, 2017 | 01:07h | UTCHand hygiene: facilitators and barriers – ACP Internist Blog (free)
Palliative care: A pathway to value-based care for nursing homes
12 Jun, 2017 | 19:56h | UTCPalliative care: A pathway to value-based care for nursing homes – Diane E. Meier, M.D via McKnight (free)
Working while sick
12 Jun, 2017 | 19:50h | UTCWorking with influenza-like illness: Presenteeism among US health care personnel during the 2014-2015 influenza season – American Journal of Infection Control (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Working while sick – ACP Internist (free) AND Health worker survey reveals many work during flu illness – CIDRAP (free)
Over 40% of surveyed health care personnel worked with self-reported influenza-like illness. “To reduce levels of health-worker–associated flu transmission, the researchers said that misconceptions about working while sick and sick leave policies both need to be addressed” (from CIDRAP)