Nursing
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)
Can Personalized Care Planning Improve Primary Care?
8 Jun, 2017 | 15:45h | UTCViewpoint: Can Personalized Care Planning Improve Primary Care? – JAMA (free)
Related: Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – NICE Guideline (free)
See more on caring for people with Complex Needs in our April 24th issue (see #4),
Short-term catheterisation: considerations for best practice
8 Jun, 2017 | 15:42h | UTC
Prophylactic Acid-Suppressive Therapy in Hospitalized Adults
2 Jun, 2017 | 18:39h | UTC
Pressure ulcer prevention and treatment
19 May, 2017 | 17:53h | UTCPressure ulcer prevention and treatment. Is ‘best practice’ evidence-based? – Cochrane Blogs: Evidence for Everyday Nursing (free) (RT @CochraneUK see Tweet)
Evidence for the treatment of pressure ulcers reviewed.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017
5 May, 2017 | 20:29h | UTCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 – JAMA Surgery (free) (RT @jankluytmans and @CIDRAP_ASP see Tweet)
Invited commentary: Surgical Site Infection Prevention – What We Know and What We Do Not Know – JAMA Surgery (free)
Commentary: ‘Long-Awaited’ CDC Guidelines on SSI Prevention Released – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection 2016 – World Health Organization (free)
Urinary catheter care: what does the evidence say?
4 May, 2017 | 20:12h | UTCUrinary catheter care: what does the evidence say? – Cochrane Library (free)
“How frequently should indwelling urinary catheters be changed? Are catheter washouts effective? Which type of catheter reduces rates of urinary tract infection?”. This post look at the evidence regarding urinary catheter care.
Use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life
20 Apr, 2017 | 14:34h | UTCUse of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
See also: Use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia – CBCNews (free) AND Many With Advanced Dementia Receiving Drugs of Uncertain Benefit – Medscape (free registration required)
“Too much use of meds of questionable benefit at the end of life: Just Stop.” (RT @DeeMangin see Tweet)
The wound/burn guidelines – Japanese Dermatological Association
5 Apr, 2017 | 21:55h | UTCThe wound/burn guidelines – Japanese Dermatological Association (all guidelines are free)
Wounds in general / Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment for pressure ulcers / Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment for diabetic ulcer/gangrene / Guidelines for the management of skin ulcers associated with connective tissue disease/vasculitis / Guidelines for the management of lower leg ulcers/varicose veins / Guidelines for the management of burns