Archive for November, 2008
No more cooking the books.
Authors: Dawes J
If there is one word that is driving current health policy it is ‘quality’. You can’t turn a page in the nursing press without being bombarded by new quality tools, quality audits, and other management ‘quality’ jargon. The Darzi review has stated that primary care services will have quality [...]
Minimizing the complications associated with migrating catheters.
This article seeks to explore the clinical practice of urinary catheter fixation. Traditionally, this area of practice has been neglected and nurses are familiar with tension lesions and dermal problems associated with inappropriate or incorrect urinary catheter fixation. A novel solution to this problem is a catheter fixation device. This device secures the catheter safely, [...]
Working Safely
E.R. Nurses Getting Hurt
It continues to be dangerous for Nurses in the ER.
Close to 98% of ER nurses in the US reported verbal harassment and about 67% reported physical violence. As is reported by the Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services International Conference thats been held in Berlin, Germany.
In Canada about 84 percent of ER [...]
