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Point-of-Care Ultrasonography to Confirm Endotracheal Tube Placement: A Review for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner

AENJ: Current Issue

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a useful tool in the emergency department for quick diagnosis and treatment of many emergency conditions (Gonzalez et al.,

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The Emergency Department Admitting Team: A Crisis Response to an Unprecedented Surge of Critically Ill Patients During COVID-19

EM Updates

In the last week of March and first week of April 2020, hospitals across New York City were overwhelmed with critically ill COVID-19 patients, many of whom had unprecedented oxygen requirements. From April 6 to May 3, 2020, 90 patients were admitted to the EDAT. 2020;e203391. Results are presented in Table 1. JAMA Intern Med.

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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

ACEP Now

As your national ACEP liaison to the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP), I have the incredible honor, privilege, and responsibility to be your “voice” during AAENP Board of Director meetings. Did I bold type “physician-led” in that last sentence? Another point purposefully made.

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Occupational Stress of Pediatric Emergency Nurses in Greece During the COVID-19 Pandemic

AENJ: Current Issue

This study aimed to examine the pediatric nurses' OS working in tertiary public hospitals in Greece. In this cross-sectional study, a total of 104 pediatric nurses were recruited randomly from summer 2020 to summer 2021. The overall OS mean score was 141.04 (SD = 33.48), indicating mild stress.

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ED Boarding

ACEP Now

For example, EMS personnel, certified nursing assistants, and medical assistants could reduce the nursing work burden for tasks such as drawing blood, hanging simple fluids, placing IVs, and other tasks. Similarly, nurses could lead their own teams with these new roles. 12 That $80 million is less than $300 per needed nurse.

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SGEM#286: Behind the Mask – Does it need to be an N95 mask?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Date: March 4th, 2020 Reference: Radonovich et al. Paul Norman is a registered nurse working as a frontline emergency nurse in Eastern Health, Newfoundland, Canada. A Randomized Clinical Trial.