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Nursing

Home Nursing
A handoff tool

Handoff Tool Alone Insufficient to Handle Nighttime Clinical Issues

Tool used as information source by residents in 27.7 percent of nighttime clinical encounters
For emergency department patients with pneumonia

Real-Time Decision Support Tool Aids ER Pneumonia Patients

Post deployment, significantly lower mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Health care providers demonstrate significant knowledge gaps regarding sex trafficking

HCPs Lack Knowledge and Awareness of Sex Trafficking

Most providers don't receive training on how to identify sex trafficking victims, especially child victims
Propranolol seems to be prophylactic against infantile hemangiomas

Propranolol Seems Prophylactic Against Infantile Hemangiomas

Case study involves infant treated shortly after birth; skin lesions appeared after suspension of propranolol
Measles

MMR Vaccination Rates Might Be As Low As 50 Percent

Analysis estimates MMR vaccination rates at 50 to 86 percent among exposed population in recent outbreak
The team at Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council reviewed 225 studies and concluded that homeopathy is no better than placebo

Australian Health Council Says No Evidence Homeopathy Works

Research claiming homeopathy effective found to be of poor quality
A new model has been proposed for classification of hypersensitivity/allergic diseases ahead of the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases

New Model Proposed for Hypersensitivity/Allergic Disease

International collaboration validated classification proposal using crowdsourcing
Management of pain is an important component in improving the quality of care in hospitals from a patient's perspective

Patients Say Pain Control Is Key to Quality of Care in Hospitals

Patient-provider shared decision-making may improve pain outcomes
Your voice may be the key to landing a new job

Getting Heard May Be Key to Getting New Job

Pitch for job was more convincing when evaluators heard it than when they read it
While some thinking skills begin to decline as one ages

Emotional Intelligence Peaks in Middle Age

Overall knowledge base highest for seniors