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- Periop 101 training prepares in-house nurses for OR
About 750 facilities nationwide have implemented Periop 101, a training program designed to groom nurses for the specialist OR positions. The curriculum aims to help alleviate a shortage of perioperative nurses by helping hospitals retrain in-house staff instead of recruiting new RNs externally. The program is expected to go online next year. Nurse.com (Gannett Healthcare Group)
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- Studies link childhood obesity to heart disease risk
Excess weight in children could lead to heart disease later in life, and the rate of heart disease could increase by 16% when today's teens are middle aged, according to two studies in The New England Journal of Medicine. The risk of heart problems increased with any extra weight in childhood, but the heaviest older children had the highest risk in adulthood, researchers said. Yahoo!/Associated Press
(12/5), The Washington Post
(12/6)
- Study: Flu raises heart attack, stroke risk
A new study shows the flu and other serious respiratory infections double the risk of heart attack or stroke in the week following infection. Researchers emphasized that heart patients should get flu vaccinations. Reuters
(12/5)
- Teen, unmarried birth rates rise
Pregnancies among teenagers and unmarried women in the U.S. have risen, with the teenage birth rate increasing in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and the rate among single women hitting an all-time high of 38.5% of all live births. Rates for black and Hispanic women were considerably higher than those for whites. Reuters
(12/5)
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- Hospitals try to make IT useful for nurses
Some hospitals are working to make health IT more usable for nurses so they can spend more time with patients. One hospital in Iowa has established a nursing collaborative group to facilitate communication between IT staff and nurses. Health care facilities also are trying to expand their mobile computing options to give nurses more flexibility in workflow and documentation. Healthcare IT News
(12/4)
- Study: Emergency room visits increasing among U.S. seniors
A study found the number of seniors visiting emergency rooms in the U.S. is rising, especially among blacks, and researchers expect the overcrowding of these facilities to continue to rise "dramatically." The findings showed there was a 34% increase in visits from 1993 to 2003 among those ages 65 to 74. Yahoo!/Reuters
(12/5)
- Bar codes aim to reduce surgical sponge errors
Hospitals including Loyola University Medical Center near Chicago are using bar codes on sponges to help reduce the chances that a sponge will be left inside a patient following a surgical procedure. Nurses scan the sponges before and after use to track the total count. Chicago Sun-Times
(12/6)
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- Feedback program aims to boost patient satisfaction
RNs at the Forest Hills Hospital in Queens, N.Y., say that seminars with former patients and family members have provided not only feedback on the patient experience but also an opportunity for nursing teams and other hospital staff to form closer bonds for better teamwork. The seminars, funded by a state grant, have led to process improvements by medical staff. Nurse.com (Gannett Healthcare Group)
(12/3)
- Opinion: Required bachelor's degree would boost RN quality
A bill has been introduced in the New Jersey Legislature that would require RNs to earn their bachelor's degree within 10 years of their licensure, exempting already-licensed RNs. The law "will bring New Jersey nursing into the 21st century" and advance existing efforts "to move in the direction of a better-educated and more informed labor force," Linda Gural, president of the New Jersey State Nurses Association says in this commentary. The Philadelphia Inquirer
(12/5)
- Iraq RN offers insight from afar
Lt. Col. Denise Hopkins, who is based at the 86th Combat Support Hospital Task Force North in Baghdad, corresponded with nursing students at Indiana State University for a semester and shared her first-hand experience on trauma nursing. She said speed and being a team player are crucial in making a good trauma nurse. The Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.)
(12/5)
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