CE: Pandemic influenza vaccine: Determining vaccination priorities
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A U.S. influenza pandemic will require tough ethical choices on production and distribution of vaccine. Obstructions to vaccine production are discussed, along with U.S. government tiers of vaccination priority; the ethics of compulsory healthcare-worker flu vaccination are also reviewed. |
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| CE: Parkinson's focus
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| Parkinson's is debilitating for patients and presents daily treatment challenges. Learn the basics of this disease, along with guides for patients and their caregivers on medication and maintaining mobility. |
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| CE: Endometriosis can evade diagnosis
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| Learn the frequency, symptoms, pathogenesis, and differential diagnoses of endometriosis, including its staging, and treatment options available to women, both pharmacological and surgical. |
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| CE: "I have a headache!"
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| Our guide to recognizing, diagnosing, and treating your patients' most common headache complaints. Symptoms and causes are listed for tension-type, cluster, and migraine headaches; and treatments are broken down by nonpharmacologic therapies, common preventive drugs, and typical abortive drugs by type of headache. |
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| CE: Wound basics: Types, treatment, and care
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| Article describes six wound categories, their causes and complications, and treatment, including guidance on choosing and applying the right dressing. Lower-extremity ulcers are categorized by type, location, and predisposing factors, with recommendations for wound care and closure. |
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| CE: Deadly serotonin syndrome
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| With increased use of serotonergic drugs for depression, serotonin syndrome is rising. Learn its causes and symptoms, and use our takeaway lists of high-risk serotonergic drugs in your practice. |
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| CNE: Lysosomal storage diseases
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| Lysosomal storage diseases are rare and incurable genetic disorders that interfere with enzyme production to varying, sometimes fatal, degrees of severity. Article discusses detection of these disorders, their physiological effects, and the enzyme replacement therapies and strategies RNs can employ to ease symptoms. |
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| CNE: Pediatric Asthma
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| Amid rising mortality and morbidity rates, this article provides an overview of asthma symptoms, ethnic predisposition, drug management, and patient education to control and minimize future exacerbations. |
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| CNE: Heart failure: Managing systolic dysfunction
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| A review of heart failure caused by systolic dysfunction, including review of signs and symptoms, classifying severity, pharmaceutical courses, and assisting patients with risk management and lifestyle changes to improve prognosis. |
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| Hot and cold packs
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| Cold and heat are simple therapies that can effectively reduce pain, inflammation, and muscle spasms. To take advantage of them, you need to know how each works and how best to apply them. |
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| Surgical drains
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| You can limit complications by taking this systematic approach to surgical drain care. |
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| Post-mortem care
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| Once a patient is pronounced dead, your job is to prepare the body for the family to view, and then for transport to the morgue. Knowing what to do can make this difficult task just a little easier for you and the patient's family. |
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| Compression stockings
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| Compression stockings may be low tech, but they're not low risk. This review will help you safeguard your patients. |
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| Inserting an NG tube
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| Inserting a nasogastric tube is a common nursing function in many hospitals. This handy step-by-step guide will help you perform this procedure safely and confidently. |
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| Drawing blood for ABGs
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| The ability to draw an arterial blood gas sample safely and
accurately is essential? even when you're under the gun. |
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| Obtaining blood cultures
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| Contaminated samples account for nearly half of all positive blood
cultures. Accurate results require your rigorous adherence to
proper technique. |
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| Epicardial wires
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| Careful handling of epicardial pacing wires is paramount to your
patient's safety. Here are the steps you'll need to take. |
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| Sputum sample collection
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| Collecting an accurate sputum sample is an invaluable skill, and the only way to ensure that patients with respiratory disease get a precise diagnosis. |
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