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Clinical Catchphrases - Improving Clinical Outcomes with Clever Communication

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Those anxious prognosis questions can be given assurance as my surgeon grandfather did with "you're doing as well as can be expected considering the circumstances." " This puts into play the powerful forces of expectation of a positive outcome. ." This also helps induce buy-in to the plan by the patient and family.

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??I would have been thankful for, in days of yore …

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

If doing what was called "the one-man-band resurrection shuffle" [single person CPR in the back of a moving ambulance], this worked very well, as the bag would stay hanging there on the patient's face. How useful these would have been to let us know how well the patient was oxygenating and ventilating!

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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

Every patient admitted to the EDAT was followed to the conclusion of their hospital course; the development of this unit and patient outcomes resulting from its execution are presented here. However, preliminary data emerging from besieged hospitals in Asia and Europe showed high mortality in intubated patients.

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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. Coach John Wooden was famous for focusing on the fundamentals, sometimes called “little things.”

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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. References American College of Emergency Physicians, et al.

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Resident Rights in Assisted Living Training

American Medical Compliance

Our Continuing Medical Education (CME) program is committed to enhancing the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of healthcare providers to improve patient care outcomes. The course also emphasizes person-centered care to enhance resident well-being.

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The Nose: the other route to the lungs

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Expiratory airway obstruction may well have been frequently misdiagnosed as it can produce breath-stacking and ball-valve obstruction that impedes any airflow with mask ventilation if neither a nasal nor an oral airway is used and the lips have closed under the mask. Lubricate well. Gerkin] Priceless. Rogue Medic. Ludwig’s angina.